Operas from British stage to hit Japanese big screens

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

TOKYO (AFP) — Sony Corp. plans to use its latest high-definition video technology to show operas staged in England in cinemas in Japan, the electronics giant said Wednesday.

Sony will in November bring to a handful of Japanese cinemas Bizet's "Carmen" and Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" as recorded at the Royal Opera House in London along with performances from the annual Glyndebourne festival.

The opera screenings, which will come with Japanese subtitles, "are not only aimed at enthusiasts of the genre but can bring delight to all audiences," the company said in a statement.

The technology "can bring to the big screen throughout the country events that in real life only take place in specific places for a limited time," it said.

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