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OCP at the Movies


Since 2008 the Opera Company has partnered with the Bryn Mawr Film Institute to show opera-related films and to provide commentary before popular opera HD film screenings.
 
Join us as we expand that partnership to include a series of films specifically related to each of the operas we present this season.
 
Bryn Mawr Film Institute shows the best in independent, documentary, art, and repertory films. Located on Lancaster Avenue in Bryn Mawr, the theater has ample parking and is easily accessible via the Septa R5 Paoli-Doylestown line. 
Click here for directions.
 
Stay tuned for more information on how you can purchase tickets, but mark your calendar today and join us at BMFI for screenings of these films:

Film Screening Date Time
M. Butterfly (1993)
David Cronenberg's award-winning film based on David
Henry Hwang's play stars Jeremy Irons
September 30, 2009 7:30 PM

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
The phenomenal film by Ang Lee which features an
Oscar-winning and Grammy-winning score by Tea
composer Tan Dun.

February 10, 2010 7:30 PM

Cleopatra (1963)
The multi Oscar-winning film stars Elizabeth Taylor, 
Richard Burton and Rex Harrison.

March 10, 2010 7:30 PM
Camille (1936)
Greta Garbo stars in this legendary film based on
the same story that inspired Verdi's La traviata.
April 28, 2010 7:30 PM
Black Orpheus (1959)
This Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film sets the
Orpheus myth in the midst of Rio de Janeiro's
Carnival festivities.
June 16, 2010 7:30 PM
dates and times subject to change

HD Opera Film Screenings from Europe
The Opera Company of Philadelphia's Community Programs Department partners with Bryn Mawr Film Institute to present the HD European Opera Series. The Opera Company will provide 30 minute talks at each Sunday film screening, beginning in September, 2009. The operas to be shown beginning in the fall include:

Opera Screening Date Time
Bizet's Carmen
LIVE Opening Night broadcast from La Scala with Jonas
Kaufmann and Erwin Schrott
December 7, 2009
one screening only
7:30pm
Verdi's Il Trovatore
LIVE from the Liceu in Barcelona, Spain with Fiorenza
Cedolins, Marco Berti and Marco Armiliato
December 22, 2009 
one screening only
7:30pm
Mozart's Cosė fan tutte
Starring Miah Persson and Isabel Leonard from the 2009
Salzburg Festival

January 13, 2010
January 24, 2010

7:00pm
1:00pm
Monteverdi's Orfeo
This new production from La Scala by Robert Wilson stars
Sarah Mingardo

February 3, 2010
February 7, 2010

7:00pm
1:00pm
dates and times subject to change

For information on the operas in the series visit the Bryn Mawr Film Institute website.