||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER |||
Orcas Center finishes their on-screen season this June with two incredible performances from the Metropolitan Opera:
Saturday, June 11 at 1pm: Lucia di Lammermor. The character of Lucia has become an icon in opera and beyond, an archetype of the constrained woman asserting herself in society. She reappears as a touchstone for such diverse later characters as Flaubert’s adulterous Madame Bovary and the repressed Englishmen in the novels of E. M. Forster. The insanity that overtakes and destroys Lucia, depicted in opera’s most celebrated mad scene, has especially captured the public imagination. Donizetti’s handling of this fragile woman’s state of mind remains seductively beautiful, thoroughly compelling, and deeply disturbing.
Thursday, June 30 at 6pm: Hamlet. When Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian declared, “New opera doesn’t often get to sound this good … Shakespeare offers a gauntlet to composers that shouldn’t always be picked up, but Dean’s Hamlet rises to the challenge.”
Advanced ticket sales only – no door sales. Ticket prices range from $5-$47, with a “pay what you can” option to suit your personal budget. Masks are required inside the theatre. Call 360-376-2281 ext 1, or visit www.OrcasCenter.org for tickets and more information.
