The first 2024 broadcast of The Met Opera: Live in HD

The first co-presentation by the Lakes District Arts Council and The Beacon Theatre takes place on Sunday, Jan. 14 at 1 p.m. sharp at The Beacon Theatre. The featured opera broadcast is X: The Life and Time of Malcolm X.

Anthony Davis鈥檚 groundbreaking and influential opera premiered in 1986. The opera arrives at the Met in Robert O鈥橦ara鈥檚 new staging that imagines Malcolm as an Everyman whose story transcends time and space. An exceptional cast of young Met stars are featured in the operatic retelling of the civil rights leader鈥檚 life. Baritone Will Liverman, who triumphed in the Met premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, sings Malcolm X, alongside soprano Leah Hawkins as his mother Louise.

Mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis takes on the role of his sister Ella. Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel portrays his brother Reginald, and tenor Victor Ryan Robertson is Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Kazem Abdullah conducts the newly revised score, which provides a layered, jazz-inflected setting for Thulani Davis鈥檚 libretto. Content Advisory: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X contains strong language.

For more information about this month鈥檚 Met Opera broadcast, click on this link:

https://www.metopera.org/season/2023-24-season/x-the-life-and-times-of-malcolm-x/

Look for LDAC鈥檚 ads in the Lakes District 亚洲天堂 and The Local Connector NW. All tickets for the Met opera broadcasts are $12, and are available at the door starting at 12:30 p.m. the day of the performance.

亚洲天堂 Lake Music Society Open Mic Coffee House

The first Open Mic Coffee House of 2024 happens on Friday evening, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. at the 亚洲天堂 Lake Heritage Church on First Avenue.

66th Annual Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts: Registration deadline

The deadline for registering for the 66th Annual Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts is Thursday, Feb. 1. The festival welcomes piano, instrumental, speech arts and vocal competitors. Copies of the Festival syllabus are available in various locations around 亚洲天堂 Lake. For registration information or to volunteer for the Festival, phone 250-695-6699. To download the syllabus and registration forms, click on this link:

https://www.ldfestival.com/entry-form-and-information.html

Free live theatre performance at The Beacon Theatre on B.C. Family Day

The Lakes District Arts Council offers a free live theatre show, Frog Belly Rat Bone, for children and families on B.C. Family Day, Monday Feb. 19 at The Beacon Theatre in 亚洲天堂 Lake.

The theatre opens at 12:30 p.m., and the show starts at 1 p.m. sharp.

Vancouver-based Axis Theatre Company presents a live show about a very special boy whose wish is to find a treasure. Based on a children鈥檚 storybook adapted for the stage, this show is meant for kids Pre-K to Grade Five.

Combining the magic of beautifully handcrafted puppets with an original pop/rock musical score, this show tells the story of a young boy鈥檚 quest for treasure, and the unlikely hero he creates to protect it. For more information about the show, click on this link: www.axistheatre.com/frog-belly