LOCH SHELDRAKE – The SUNY Sullivan Foundation presents an encore screening of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) at The Seelig Theatre, as part of The Met: Live in HD cinema series. This special rebroadcast of the acclaimed Metropolitan Opera production will take place on Saturday, April 26, at 12:30 p.m.

Mozart’s effervescent comic opera returns to the Met stage in a revival of Richard Eyre’s elegant and insightful production, set in the gilded interiors of 1930s Seville. The witty and subversive score brings to life a tale of love, jealousy, and mistaken identities – all in the span of a single day.

Baritone Christian Gerhaher stars as the cunning valet Figaro, with soprano Federica Lombardi as his bride-to-be Susanna. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley appears as the philandering Count Almaviva, with soprano Olga Kulchynska as the Countess and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as the pageboy Cherubino. Maestro James Gaffigan conducts this spirited performance, originally transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage.

Tickets for The Met: Live in HD encore presentations, along with series sponsorship opportunities, are available online at sunysullivan.edu/met-opera. Prices are $25 for general admission, with discounts available for Met Opera Members and seniors at $20, students at $10, and children under five at $5. Tickets can also be purchased at the door. The Seelig Theatre will open 30 minutes before each screening, and all performances will begin promptly at the listed times. Proceeds will benefit the SUNY Sullivan Foundation.

The Live in HD season continues with encore presentations of Strauss’s Salome on May 17 and Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia on May 31.