Opera in cinemas takes off – and joins the 3D revolution

Lights, camera, arias! Sell-out shows bring in new audiences and serious cash for leading opera housesTonight, most British cinema audiences will be settling down with a Coke and a carton of popcorn for the weekend's big movies: the latest in the Narnia franchise, perhaps, or Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in The Tourist.But not all of them. In around 80 UK cinemas, audiences will instead be preparing themselves for a performance, beamed in live by satellite from New York's Metropolitan Opera, o...

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