New York Metropolitan Opera comes to MONA

The MONA Cinema is offering a series of exclusive screenings of the New York Metropolitan Opera Company’s 2011-2012
season.

To kickstart the series – we begin with Jules Massenet’s Manon – an adaptation of a controversial 1731 novel, Manon Lescaut
– which was banned in France for more than 20 years until the author agreed to ‘tone it down’. Think gamblers, wanton
actresses, rakish Dukes, or – Moulin Rouge without the jukebox.

Viewing time: 1pm. Duration: 4hrs 8 mins, with two intermissions.
Adults $27, Concession $22 and Children $15.

Tickets available at Museum Reception, the Void Bar or by telephone.

Conveniently, the cinema is located adjacent to the bar – and food and drinks are accepted, if not encouraged, to
accompany your viewing – leaving you with little excuse not to attend at least something over the next few months:

THE PROGRAM –
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Now showing: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (a Wim Delvoye documentary) and its free.
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Saturday April 28, Sunday 29, Monday 30 & Wednesday May 2, Thursday 3: Manon by Jules Massenet
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Saturday May 12, Sunday 13, Monday 14, Wednesday 16, Thursday 17: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
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Late June: The complete Ring Cycle by Richard Wagner
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June (sometime): Two versions of the National Theatre UK production, Frankenstein, directed by Danny Boyle – one
starring Benedict Cumberbatch (‘Sherlock’) and the other, Johnny Lee Miller (‘Trainspotting’)
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July (sometime): The hit comedy, One Man, Two Guvnors, by Richard Bean, starring James Corden.
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In case you’d like to make a day of it, on Sundays – we have Jazz in the Void running through winter. This weekend its trio,
Muir, Whitton & Ives who will grace the space with mellow jazzy blues in the crooning style – think Jobim, Sinatra and Chet
Baker.
Delia Nicholls, Research Curator, MONA