The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Opera, music and stage shows this fall
TORRINGTON — The Warner Theatre has packed the fall months with events for every age and taste. Tickets are required for all performances and events. To purchase tickets, call the Warner Box Office at 860-489-7180 or visit warnertheatre.org.
Goldfinger: The Warner Theatre will show the quintessential James Bond film, GOLDFINGER on our big screen Saturday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5. The lobby opens at 7 p.m.. Don’t miss the Aston Martin convertibles, the 1967 Aston Martin DB6 and the vintage Rolls Royce parked in front of the Warner, the “Gold” Take-a-Chance penny raffle in the lobby for a chance to win “Gold” prizes and the Martini Bar!
Special Agent 007 (Sean Connery) comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy. Bond must avoid several distractions along the way by Goldfinger’s henchmen including OddJob (Harold Sakata), Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) as the “Golden Girl” and Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) Goldfinger’s personal pilot. Sponsored by Elevator Service Company, Nancy R. Wadhams, Rich Gravel's Automotive Collision Repair and Zeller Tire.
Wine & Food Tasting: The Warner Theatre will hold its 16th Annual Wine & Food Tasting on Friday, Oct. 27, from 6-9 p.m., presented in association with The Cork Fine Wine & Spirits. This year’s fundraising event is bigger and better than ever! Ten percent of all wine sales that night will be donated back to the theatre. General admission tickets are $25 and VIP admission tickets are $75.
Stuart Little on stage: The students of the Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education will present the first production of this year’s Young Actors Series, “Stuart Little” in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre Nov. 17-19, sponsored by The Lufkin Family Foundation.
The endearing classic about a mouse named Stuart Little, who is born into an ordinary New York family comes to life with the charm, wisdom and joy of the E.B. White original, captured in this adaptation. The many adventures — both big and small — of Stuart Little, the mild-mannered mouse trying to survive in a "real people's world," will steal the hearts of audience members of all ages. The Young Actors Series gives students of the WTCAE the unique opportunity to showcase the skills they have learned in their performing arts classes at the WTCAE through high-caliber, full-scale theatrical productions on the Warner’s magnificent Main Stage and Nancy Marine Studio Theatre Stage.
“The Exterminating Angel”: The Warner Theatre’s Met Opera Live in HD Season continues in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre on Saturday, November 18 at 12:55 p.m. with the Met premiere of “The Exterminating Angel,” conducted by composer Thomas Adès. A complimentary 45 minute pre-opera lecture by Dr. Marguerite Mullée will be offered in the Studio Lobby two hours before the broadcast. The morning’s special lecture topic will cover “What Is Becoming of Opera?”
Following the rapturous response to his last opera, The Tempest, the Met presents the American premiere of Adès’s The Exterminating Angel, inspired by the classic Luis Buñuel film of the same name. Hailed by the New York Times at its 2016 Salzburg Festival premiere as “inventive and audacious … a major event,” The Exterminating Angel is a surreal fantasy about a dinner party from which the guests can’t escape. Tom Cairns, who wrote the libretto, directs the new production, and Adès conducts his own adventurous new opera.
The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Season is sponsored by Viron Rondo Osteria. The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Lecture Series is sponsored by Mitchell Auto Group.
Charlie Daniels Band: The Charlie Daniels Band will take the Main Stage on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.
From his Dove Awardwinning gospel albums to his genre-defining Southern rock anthems and his CMA Award-winning country hits, few artists have left a more indelible mark on America’s musical landscape than Charlie Daniels. An outspoken patriot, beloved mentor to young artists and still a road warrior at age 80, Charlie has parlayed his passion for music into a multi-platinum career and a platform to support the military, underprivileged children and others in need.
Daniels released his newest album, Night Hawk, in August 2016. Night Hawk is a reflection of stories from the trail told by cowboys around the campfire through the years. Many of the songs, introduced in an acoustic style, are obscure songs with deep meaningful lyrics, while some are classics presented in a new way. Daniels has never fit into any certain label, purposely creating a sound and blend of music all his own. The new album stays true to that tradition with a unique spin on cowboy songs both well-known and uncovered from through the years.