'Nosferatu Live' Returns To Salem For 2 Shows This Weekend

SALEM, MA — The North Shore-based Arpeggione Ensemble will provide a musical accompaniment to the 1922 silent horror classic "Nosferatu" for two performances at Cinema Salem this weekend after last year's sold-out performance.

The group will perform a matinee at 2 and an evening performance at 8 using historical instruments, harmonium, flute, clarinet, and strings, to play the original 1922 score.

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"We forego headphones or other electronic aids commonly used to perform film music today," said Arpeggione co-director Andrea LeBlanc. "The musicians are organically pacing the music frame by frame, as theater orchestras did in the silent film era. It adds to the drama and suspense and highlights why Nosferatu is such a classic."

As the earliest adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this film remains a touchstone for both horror enthusiasts and cinephiles alike.

General admission is $30. VIP tickets, which help sponsor these and future performances, are available for $125 and include premium seating and a behind-the-scenes lecture/demo with the musicians at 7 pm.

Tickets are available here.

Arpeggione is a nonprofit organization that performs a full season of concerts on the North Shore, with outreach programs that bring the same world-class programming to underserved audiences.

Arpeggione creates community through shared artistic experiences and brings beloved masterpieces out of the concert hall to those who would not normally be able to experience them live.

"Nosferatu" will be performed by Andrea LeBlanc, flute; Thomas Carroll and Elise Bonhivert, clarinets; Lisa Brooke and Emily Hale, violins; Alexander Vavilov, viola; Anna Seda, cello; Guinevere Fridley, bass; April Sun, piano; and George Wiese, harmonium.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)