theatre · Chelsea, London
Metropolis at 100
TITLE: Metropolis at 100 --- SUBTITLE: Film screening with live orchestra --- DATE/TIME: Tuesday 26 January 2027, 7pm --- PROGRAMME: Fritz Lang – Metropolis (1927) [PG]; original 1927 score by Gottfried Huppertz (edited by Hans Brandner & Ben Palmer) --- PERFORMERS: Covent Garden Sinfonia; Ben Palmer (conductor) --- EVENT COPY: One hundred years after its January 1927 premiere, Fritz Lang’s silent film Metropolis remains one of cinema’s most visionary achievements. Set in a futuristic city of stark class division, it combines groundbreaking visual design with an orchestral score that helped shape the sound of Hollywood. For the film’s centenary, Covent Garden Sinfonia performs a newly prepared live‑orchestra version of Gottfried Huppertz’s original symphonic score, meticulously edited by silent‑film specialist Hans Brandner and conductor Ben Palmer, making this an unmissable live‑to‑pict
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