Wed. 13th 1p rebroadcast of Verdi's "RIGOLETTO" by Met Opera, @ Elmwood theater

Join us Wednesday, August 13th, at the Elmwood Palace 20 movie theater for the rebroadcast of Verdi's Italian-language opera "RIGOLETTO" by the Metropolitan Opera.
In this electric performance from 2013, baritone Željko Lučić sings the title role in Michael Mayer’s 1960s-era production of Verdi’s great drama, sharing the stage with soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Piotr Beczała. Michele Mariotti conducts.
2.5 hours; we do the matinee show starting at 1 pm. Program starts on time/no trailers. Tickets are $16 to 19.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto
https://www.metopera.org/season/summer-events/live-in-hd-summer-encores/
https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/new-orleans/amc-elmwood-palace-20/showtimes?date=2025-08-13
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I'll be in the lobby (by the bar) from 12:35 to 12:55.
For more info, call/text/email Guy Henoumont anytime at 504-460-9049 or at guyheno@gmail .com
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Oh darling, how I long that you may fulfil your promise ... Our own little room, our own furniture, a library of our own, quiet and regular work, walks together, an opera from time to time, a small -- very small -- circle of intimate friends ... And perhaps even a little, very little, baby?
[Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-born German revolutionary, to Leo Jogiches, fellow socialist, March 6th, 1899. Neither of the two turned out to be equipped for domesticity. They were both arrested and murdered during an insurrection in 1919. ~~ from "Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion"]