Fidelio
by Beethoven
Friday, October 22 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 24 at 3:00 pm
Tuesday, October 26 at 7:30 pm
Christine Goerke as Leonore
Michael Hendrick as Florestan
Andrew Funk as Rocco
Robert Honeysucker as Don Fernando
Meredith Hansen as Marzelline
Jason Ferrante as Jaquino
Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger
Based on a true story from France's Reign of Terror, Beethoven's only opera tells the powerful story of a woman, in disguise as a young man, who goes to work in a dismal prison to liberate her husband, a political prisoner. With highlights that include the first-act quarted, powerhouse arias for soprano and tenor, and the Prisoner's Chorus, the score fully expresses the opera's lofty themes of unwavering loyalty, freedom, and love.
Sung in German with English titles. |
Cardillac
by Hindemith
New England Premiere
Friday, February 25 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 27 at 3:00 pm
Tuesday, March 1 at 7:30 pm
Sanford Sylvan as Cardillac
Steven Sanders as The Officer
Sol Kim Bentley as The Daughter
Matthew Anderson as The Cavalier
Janna Baty as The Lady
David Kravitz as The Gold Merchant
Directed by Nic Muni
A modernist thriller set in late 17th-century Paris during a time of unsolved murders, Cardillac is based on a tale by ETA Hoffmann. Cardillac is a goldsmith whose works are in demand by Paris's wealthy and fashionable. The nobility's desire to possess Cardillac's work is no match for his obsessive need to be reunited with his treasured creations; he will go to any length to get them back. Sanford Sylvan brings his "creamy baritone" and "formidable dramatic presence" (Opera) to this suspenseful and unsettling drama.
Sung in German with English titles. |
Maria Padilla
by Donizetti
New England Premiere
Friday, May 6 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 8 at 3:00 pm
Tuesday, May 10 at 7:30 pm
Barbara Quintiliani as Maria Padilla
Adriano Graziani as Don Ruiz
Laura Vlasak Nolen as Ines
DongWon Kim as Don Pedro
Young Bok Kim as Don Ramiro
Yeghishe Manucharyan as Don Luigi
Glorivy Arroyo as Francisca
Jon Salvi as Don Alfonso di Pardo
Directed by Julia Pevzner (The Nose)
Described by Donizetti scholar William Ashbrook as "one of the most unfairly neglected of Donizetti's mature operas," Maria Padilla is a tour de force loosely based on the life of a woman who secretly married King Pedro the Cruel of Castile. In this new production, beloved soprano Barbara Quintiliani returns to a role she triumphed in at the 2009 Wexford Festival. In her Ireland debut: "the evening belonged, thrilling and unequivocally, to Barbara Quintiliani as Maria. . . She has a remarkable range of colors at her disposal, her coloratura is superbly executed. . . She also has one of the rarest qualities: an innate understanding of how to build this music to a thrilling climax, with superb high notes" (Opera News)
Sung in Italian with English titles |
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