Metropolis Turns 100: Composer Jeff Beal Performs His New Score Live with the RPO, March 5

Fritz Lang's Metropolis is 100 years old, and Rochester is getting one of the most remarkable ways to celebrate that anniversary. Composer Jeff Beal — whose television and film credits are extensive — joins the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and members of the Eastman Philharmonia at Kodak Hall on March 5 to perform his new score live as the film plays on screen. This is not a restoration with a canned soundtrack. It is the composer in the room with the musicians, performing a work written specifically for this moment in the film's century. These events are genuinely rare.

Date: Friday, March 5, 2027 Time: 7:00pm Location: Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 26 Gibbs St, Rochester, NY 14604 Cost: Ticketed — see rpo.org for pricing

Tickets available at rpo.org/events/.