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The Met: Live in HD presents the world premiere of a new opera featuring the lovers from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream shipwrecked on Prospero's island from The Tempest. The score incorporates music from more than 30 operas, cantatas, and oratorios by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and other masters of the Baroque period. Phelim McDermott (Satyagraha) directs; William Christie conducts the orchestra. Approximate run time three hours, 30 minutes.

A cinematic tour of the sold-out National Gallery (UK) exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan," created especially for movie theater audiences. A virtual walk-through of the exhibit, with exclusive commentary from scholars and curators. Hosted by highly respected art historian Tim Marlow and presenter Mariella Frostrup.