This week at the Lincoln Theater

Tue, 12/05/2023 - 8:00am

Story Location:
2 Theater Street
Damariscotta, ME 04543
United States

“A Medieval Christmas: Hodei Chritus Natus Est” - Lincoln Theater is pleased to welcome The Boston Camerata live in concert. “A power beyond words, elevating your heart with the music.” – Milwaukee Mag. Transcendent music for the season, featuring a superb all-female ensemble of voices and instruments. A Medieval Christmas: Hodie Christus Natus Est features songs to the Virgin Mary, processionals from Saint Martial of Limoges, hymns, lyrics, and miracle ballads, sung in Latin, Old French, Old Provençal, and Saxon, interlaced with Medieval English texts of the Nativity. Thursday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door. All seats general admission.

“The Adventures of Robin Hood” -  (1938; 1 hour, 42 minutes) -  Please join us for The Adventures of Robin Hood, the third film in Season 6 of the Classic Film Club celebrating the Legends & Lovers of Hollywood. We are pleased to be joined at each screening by film historian and CFC host, Jeannie MacDonald, for a pre-film introduction and post-screening talkback. Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland ignite the screen in the quintessential swashbuckler. In the best-loved of their eight screen pairings, Errol and Olivia portray Robin Hood, the bandit king of Sherwood Forest, and the lovely Maid Marian. When King Richard the Lionheart is captured, his scheming brother Prince John (Claude Rains) plots to swipe the throne with the help of villainous Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Basil Rathbone)…but not if Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men have anything to say about it! Playing Thursday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $9 adult, $6 members and youth; Free for Classic Film Club members. 

“Anatomy of a Fall” - (R; 2 hours, 30 minutes; subtitles ) - For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel’s suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect. What follows is not just an investigation into the circumstances of Samuel’s death but an unsettling psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel’s conflicted relationship. Playing Friday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 1 p.m. (note early start time) and 7 p.m., and Thursday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. (note early start time) and 7 p.m. 

“Florencia en el Amazonas” - The Met Live in HD - (approx. 2 hours, 35 minutes; one intermission) - New production. A Met premiere.  Inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. The Met premiere stars soprano Ailyn Pérez as Florencia Grimaldi, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to lead a spellbinding new production by Mary Zimmerman that brings the mysterious and magical realm of the Amazon to the Met stage. A distinguished ensemble of artists portray the diva’s fellow travelers on the river boat to Manaus, including soprano Gabriella Reyes as the journalist Rosalba, bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as the ship’s captain, baritone Mattia Olivieri as his enigmatic first mate, tenor Mario Chang as the captain’s nephew Arcadio, and mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera and baritone Michael Chioldi as the feuding couple Paula and Álvaro. Saturday, Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. Tickets: $25 Adult, $23 LT Member, $5 Youth.

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” - A Y-Arts production - Because of his shiny nose, Rudolph doesn’t feel like he belongs in Christmastown and sets off to find a place that accepts him. Along his journey, he encounters fellow misfits, only to realize that home is where he has belonged the whole time. When a storm threatens to keep Santa’s sleigh from taking flight, what makes Rudolph different turns out to be what helps him save Christmas! Two shows at 5 p.m.: Thursday, Dec. 14 and Friday, Dec. 15. Tickets: $5. Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended for Y-Arts performances.

Coming soon: “Maestro” - Dec. 15;  The Met Live in HD—Holiday Encore: “The Magic Flute” - Dec 16;  “Yellow Brick Road: A live concert tribute to Elton John” -  Dec. 17.

Tickets are available at the door beginning 30 minutes before showtime or in advance through the theater’s online box office at www.LincolnTheater.net. Movie tickets are $9 adult, $6 members and youth 18 and under. Event ticket prices vary.  The Lincoln Theater is located at 2 Theater St. in downtown Damariscotta. Curtain going up!