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‘Met in HD’ season continues at Latchis

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 — Issue 481

BRATTLEBORO — Roberto Alagna and Elina Garanca star in the title roles as the 2018-19 season of The Met: Live in HD continues on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 1 p.m., at the Latchis Theatre, 50 Main St., with Saint-Saens' Samson et Dalila.

This new production of Saint-Saens' biblical tragedy is conducted by Sir Mark Elder and also stars Laurent Naouri as the High Priest opposite Elchin Azizov as the Philistine King Abimelech and Dmitry Belosselskiy as the Old Hebrew. Making his Met debut, Darko Tresnjak directs.

General admission is $22, $20 for Met Club Forever members, $10 for students. Contact Jon Potter for questions or advance credit card purchases at 802-254-1109, ext. 3, or [email protected].

The Met: Live in HD season continues at the Latchis Theatre on Oct. 27 with Puccini's La Fanciulla del West.

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Co-curators, artists will offer tour of ‘In Nature’s Grasp’

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