Posted AT 4:45 AM EST on 17/12/07
Met's magic star-crossed on the silver screen
Roméo et Juliette Metropolitan Opera:Live in High DefinitionOn Saturday in TorontoPeter Gelb sounded affably imperial as he addressed the crowd from the big screen. "It's no longer a movie theatre," he said, about the place where we were sitting (in my case, a Cineplex theatre in Toronto). "It's a satellite of the Metropolitan Opera.
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