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Regal to live-stream opera ‘Lulu’ on Saturday

Dan Webster

If opera is something you enjoy, then you might want to think twice about sleeping in on Saturday morning. The Regal Cinemas theaters at NorthTown Mall and Coeur d'Alene's Riverstone Stadium 14 will live-stream the full 4 hour and 30 minute (including intermission) Metropolitan Opera production of Alban Berg's "Lulu" beginning at 9:30 a.m.

According the The Met's website, this production of "Lulu" is directed by William Kentridge and stars soprano Marlis Petersen, along with Susan Graham, Daniel Brenna and Johan Reuter.

Here are some of the critical comments:

The Washington Post: "Marlis Petersen was dazzling."

The New York Observer: “Spellbinding… if there’s such a thing as a gold standard for opera, this is it.”

The New York Times: “A masterful 'Lulu' at the Met… visually stunning and superbly performed… an ideal fit for William Kentridge’s darkly fantastical artistic sensibility…”

Click here to see ticket availability.