2012.13 SEASON

PRE-SHOW PREVIEW TALKS

Opera Insights: one hour before

curtain at every performance.

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

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translations above the stage.

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Madame Butterfly


For more than a century, audiences have been thrilled by Giacamo Puccini's haunting, poignant music and touched by the lovely Butterfly, who sacrifices everything for love.  More.


OCTOBER 11 & 13, 2012   |   ANDREW JACKSON HALL, TPAC

The Magic Flute


The genius of Mozart shines bright in this masterfully diverse mix of unforgettable melodies, majestic choruses, and stratospheric, show-stopping coloratura singing.  One of the most imaginative entertainments ever created delivers the life-affirming message: love conquers all.  More.


APRIL 11 & 13, 2013   |    ANDREW JACKSON HALL, TPAC

Cinderella


With this hilarious comic opera, Rossini (the composer of The Barber of Seville) gives us his madcap version of the classic fairy tale Cinderella.  t’s a perfect opera for the entire family or your favorite Fairy Godmother.  More.


JANUARY 25, 27, 29, 2013    |    JAMES K. POLK THEATER, TPAC

The Difficulty of

Crossing a Field


A plantation owner in the antebellum American South walks across his field and disappears - in plain view of his family, his neighbors and the slaves - forever altering their world.  Everyone has his or her own theory of what that “disappearance” means in this haunting contemporary masterpiece by David Lang.  Think Gone with the Wind meets The Twilight Zone!  More.


NOVEMBER 9, 10, 11, 2012    |    THE NOAH LIFF OPERA CENTER