Come and join us to this Metropolitan Opera rebroadcast in High Definition of the “Fedora” opera by Umberto Giordano on February 4, 2023.

Umberto Giordano’s exhilarating drama returns to the Met repertory for the first time in 25 years. Packed with memorable melodies, showstopping arias, and explosive confrontations, Fedora requires a cast of thrilling voices to take flight, and the Met’s new production promises to deliver.

Soprano Sonya Yoncheva, one of today’s most riveting artists, sings the title role of the 19th-century Russian princess who falls in love with her fiancé’s murderer, Count Loris, sung by star tenor Piotr Beczała. Soprano Rosa Feola is the Countess Olga, Fedora’s confidant, and baritone Lucas Beachem is the diplomat De Siriex, with much-loved Met maestro Marco Armiliato conducting. Director David McVicar delivers a detailed and dramatic staging based around an ingenious fixed set that, like a Russian nesting doll, unfolds to reveal the opera’s three distinctive settings—a palace in St. Petersburg, a fashionable Parisian salon, and a picturesque villa in the Swiss Alps.

Fedora is sung in Italian, but English SURTITLES™ will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.

The performance lasts approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes with one 20-minutes intermission

Deadline for registration is Saturday January 28, 2023

You might also be interested in the following links that expand on the opera itself and on its artists:

• MET Article – From Russia with LOVE “Fedora explores opera’s most adored themes—love, adultery, revenge, murder, suicide—in a glittering melodrama that delivers passion in every breath.”
• Here’s the opera synopsis
• Soprano Sonya Yoncheva – Dress Rehersal
• Tenor Piotr Beczala – Rehersal
• Director David McVicar – “Fedora is incredibly entertaining”; “Fedora is sumptuous, and it’s romantic. It’s something we can indulge in,”

Event logistics

This rebroadcast will take place at the Empress Walk Cineplex (5095 Yonge St 3rd Floor) on Saturday February 4, 2023 starting at NOON. The box office opens at 11:30. We recommend arriving at least 15 minutes before showtime to the 3rd floor lobby to get your ticket, and meet with EACTN friends.

The continued use of face masks is strongly recommended while attending  the event at Theater #8 of Cineplex. While not mandatory, wearing a mask is a small measure that we can all take to keep ourselves and audience communities safe.

For the first couple of opera rebroadcasts, we are not planning an Après-Opera program. We want to see how this event unfolds. However, for those interested to socialize or have a post-opera chat we can stick around in the lobby, after we get a coffee or other refreshment at the concession stand. Your organizer will be happy to shepherd this group event and organise refreshments ahead or time. So let us know ahead of time if you plan to participate.

The Empress Walk Cineplex is accessible by subway from the North York Centre  TTC station. Parking is available under the building, entrance is from Hillcrest Ave; first 3 hrs free, 4th hour at $1, then regular rates.

Registration deadline is Saturday, January 28, 2023.

You can register electronically (preferred and faster) as follows:

• FIRST by forwarding your Interac e-Transfer payment as described here,
•  AND THEN by filling and submitting the electronic form below

Note that after clicking the “Submit” button, the page will refresh with your input that you could print for your records.

Please see here if you wish to register using a more traditional method.

Note that you are registered for the event only when we receive your payment, and subject to capacity limit.

You can find the text of the Waiver of Liability and Consent here.

Electronic registration form: