The Met to broadcast Maria Stuarda” to movie theaters on Saturday”
The crowd goes wild
- Ken Howard/The Metropolitan Opera
- I TOLD THEE I WAS HARDCORE: Soprano Elza van den Heever shaved her head so that the elaborate wigs for the role of Queen Elizabeth would fit better during performances of the Met’s “Maria Stuarda.” The Met’s new production will be broadcast live to movie theaters this Saturday.
The New York Times got it partially right. “2 Queens, 3 Lovers and One Death Warrant,” read the headline for the rave review of the Met’s new production of Maria Stuarda, which premiered New Year’s Eve and will be broadcast live to local movie theaters this Saturday. But it seems to me that the most crucial and newsworthy item was left out of that little list. It should more accurately read: 2 Queens, 3 Lovers, One Death Warrant, and 200 Thousand Opera Fans Lose Their Friggin’ Minds.