Screening of The Royal Opera's Carmen, directed by Damiano Michieletto, at the Arc Cinema as part of its Arc Live! Event Cinema season.
The Royal Opera brings Carmen to The Arc Cinema in Preston on Tuesday 10 and Sunday 15 November, both screenings starting at 19:00 and running until 22:55. It's one of the most popular operas in the repertoire, and this production is being shown on the cinema's largest screens, so you get the full scale of it without having to travel to London.
This particular version is by Damiano Michieletto, and his staging casts a searing light on the lust, violence and destructive desire at the heart of Bizet's story. It's a long one — 235 minutes in total — so it's a proper evening's commitment, not something you'll breeze through in a couple of hours. If you've never seen Carmen before, it's a good place to start: the music is some of the most recognisable in all of opera, and the story is a classic for a reason.
The screening is part of 'Arc Live! Event Cinema', the cinema's season that runs from September through May and brings live performances from the Royal Opera House and other international productions to the local screen. It's set up for a proper night out, with allocated luxury seating, High Definition screens and high-fidelity sound, so you're not just watching a recording — you're getting the audio and visuals as close to the original as you can get without being in the room.
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With two dates to choose from, you can pick the one that suits you best: Tuesday 10 November or Sunday 15 November, both starting at 19:00 and finishing at 22:55. It's a full-length production, so make sure you've cleared the evening.
