Washington, D.C. (January 2, 2007)
-- The Metropolitan Opera on Saturday aired a HDTV
production of Mozart's The Magic Flute in 100
movie theaters across the country.
However, the first live high-def transmission of an
opera was technically off-key in at least two theaters,
according to a review in The Los Angeles Times.
The picture and sound experienced several outages,
leaving theater goers singing the blues.
"There's no excuse for this," opera fan Steven
Rosenthall told the newspaper. "There are five networks
in L.A. that have high-def. This is not new technology."
The Magic Flute
disappeared at one theater.
The Times reports that the Burbank AMC 16 in
Burbank, California, was buzzing with excitement prior
to the event, with all seats sold out weeks in advance.
In fact, several opera fans without tickets paced in
front of the theater, holding signs saying, "Need One
Ticket."
The Met's English-language version of the Mozart opera
was transmitted Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Eastern
time. However, The Times says the audio
disappeared a few minutes after the beginning of
Rejoice and the picture went blank when the
character Papageno entered the stage.
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HDTV Opera Fans Sing the Blues The first live high-def transmission of the Metropolitan Opera in movie theaters.lays an egg. By Phillip Swann ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip
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