Hanna arrives and is showered with compliments by the Parisian men. He plans to get Danilo Danilovitch, a womanizing aristocrat and the embassy secretary, to marry her so that her millions will stay in Pontevedro. Zeta eagerly awaits the arrival of the guest of honor, Hanna Glawari, a wealthy Pontevedrian widow. In fact, Camille has declared his love for Valencienne and writes “I love you” on her fan. He’s pleased when he sees his young wife, Valencienne, flirting with Camille de Rosillon, a young Frenchman, assuming she’s trying to win French support for Pontevedro.

His home country is nearly bankrupt and he hopes that their Parisian guests will help them raise the money they need. The LHE/PAC is located on the campus of Fryeburg Academy at 18 Bradley St., Fryeburg.The Pontevedrian ambassador in Paris, Baron Mirko Zeta, is giving a ball at the embassy. Order online at or call the box office at 20. Live in HD tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors, and $10 for students. The lectures, which are free and open to the public, are designed to prepare attendees for the upcoming Live in HD simulcast. on Thursday, June 2, in the LHE/PAC Seminar Room.

Opera enthusiast Joe De Vito will be hosting his Opera Lecture Series at 3 p.m. Nicholas Carter makes his Met debut conducting a remarkable ensemble, which also features soprano Brenda Rae as Ophelia, mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly as Gertrude, baritone Rod Gilfry as Claudius, and John Relyea as the ghost of Hamlet’s father. Many of the original cast members have followed, including tenor Allan Clayton in the title role. When Australian composer Brett Dean’s “Hamlet” had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian declared, “New opera doesn’t often get to sound this good … Shakespeare offers a gauntlet to composers that shouldn’t always be picked up, but Dean’s Hamlet rises to the challenge.” Neil Armfield, who directed the work’s premiere, brings his acclaimed staging to the Met stage.

Hamlet at the metropolitan opera