THE SHINING

Score: Paul Moravec
Libretto: Mark Campbell

October 9, 2025 - 7:30 PM
October 11, 2025 - 7:30 PM
Tennessee Performing Arts Center - Jackson Hall

Directed by John Hoomes
Conducted by Dean Williamson
Featuring the Nashville Opera Orchestra
Sung in English with English lyrics projected above the stage

Based on The Shining by Stephen King
Premiere: May 7, 2016 at Ordway Music Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota

Deep in the shadows of the Colorado Rockies and miles from where anyone can hear you scream; the Overlook Hotel awaits. For its new caretakers, the Torrance family, the only thing more unnerving than their profound seclusion and solitude is the realization that they are not the hotel’s only guests.

While his young son with a sixth sense endures this house of horrors, Jack faces demons – past and present, real and imagined – that ultimately turn him into a monster.

What started as a desperate search for financial (and marital) sanctuary now spirals out of control and sinks into a terrifying struggle for sanity and survival. Based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel, The Shining features music as beautiful and haunting as the story is horrifying.