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Arts

Met Live in HD features ‘Manon’

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 — Issue 533

BRATTLEBORO — The 2019-20 season of The Met: Live in HD continues Saturday, Oct. 26, at 1 p.m., at the Latchis Theatre with Jules Massenet's opera comique, Manon.

Soprano Lisette Oropesa stars in the title role, with Michael Fabiano as Chevalier des Grieux, Carlo Bosi as Guillot de Morfontaine, Artus Rucinski as Lescaut, Brett Polegato as De Bretigny, and Kwangchul Youn as Comte des Grieux. Maurizio Benini conducts.

Running time is 4 hours, 2 minutes, including two intermissions. General admission is $22, $20 for Met Club Forever members, and $10 for students. To learn more or buy tickets via credit card, contact Jon Potter at 802-254-1109, ext. 3 or jon@latchisarts.org.

The 2019-20 Met: Live in HD series continues with Madama Butterfly by Puccini on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 1 p.m. For more information, visit latchisarts.org.

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