Madama Butterfly High Definition Screening at SLAM

In St. Louis, the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday matinee performance of Puccini's Madama Butterfly will be shown at the St. Louis Art Museum, on March 7, at 12:00 p.m. The running time will be 3 hours 21 minutes with two intermissions.

Cristina Gallardo-Domâs returns to the title role in the late Anthony Minghella’s production opposite Marcello Giordani. Patrick Summers will conduct.

Tickets for the HD broadcast are $22 ($15 for members of the Saint Louis Art Museum, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, or Metropolitan Opera, and children 12 and under).

Tickets are available in person at the Museum or through MetroTix. Tickets purchased through MetroTix will incur a $2.75 service fee per ticket; the service fee is waived for tickets purchased at the Museum.

According to the Museum's web site:

The Museum theatre seats 480 people. The screen is approximately 12 feet by 22 feet, and the opera broadcasts will be received in high-definition via satellite. The auditorium uses a widescreen, high-definition projector at 1080i. The sound system is Dolby 5.1 digital surround.

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