OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY
OPERA & MUSIC THEATER COMPANY
2023-24 SEASON
SEPTEMBER 29 -
Music, Book & Lyrics
Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler
INSPIRATION
Victorian penny dreadful character
OF NOTE
Original production and revivals won 12 Tony Awards; movie adaptation won Golden Globes’ Best Musical.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“Haunting, horrible and thrilling…It’s a nightmare of a show and in some ways a dream, pushing at the boundaries of what a musical might say and do and be ”
The Guardian
MAINSTAGE MUSICAL
Kirkpatrick Auditorium
Director
David Herendeen
Music Director
Matthew Mailman
PERFORMANCES
NEW SHOWTIMES!
7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 7:30 p m Saturday, Sept 30
2:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1
PRE-SHOW
DIRECTOR’S TALK
NEW TIME!
Petree Recital Hall
7:00 p m Friday, Sept 29 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30
1:30 p m Sunday, Oct 1
405.208.5227
okcu edu/tickets
OPENING NIGHT DINNER
Bass Music Center Atrium Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29
Seating begins at 5:45 p m
Tickets $25
OCTOBER 1
NOVEMBER 3-5
Music, Book & Lyrics
Adam Guettel, Craig Lucas
INSPIRATION
1960 novella by Elizabeth Spencer, followed by 1962 film
OF NOTE
Winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Original Score
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“A work of such consummate beauty, truth, energy … you leave the theater filled with joy and revived by hope for the future.”
The New York Observer
SPOTLIGHT MUSICAL
Burg Theatre
Director
Karen Coe Miller
Music Director
Chuck Koslowske
405.208.5227 | okcu.edu/tickets PERFORMANCES 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 7:30 p m Saturday, Nov 4 2:00 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 NEW SHOWTIMES!
NOVEMBER 17-19
PIETÀ
Music & Libretto
Gake Landau, Andrea DelGiudice, Jake Landau
SUOR ANGELICA
Music & Libretto
Giacomo Puccini, Giovacchino Forzano
INSPIRATION
Puccini’s classic inspired the 21st century Pietà
OF NOTE
Pietà, acclaimed by IndieOpera as “lush and lyrical ” will be making its Oklahoma premiere
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"Suor Angelica makes a profound introduction to opera for newcomers, yet offers plenty to ponder for aficionados More than a century after its debut, Puccini's music still dazzles and casts a spell over listeners ”
KDHX.org
MAINSTAGE OPERA
Kirkpatrick Auditorium
Director
Andrea DelGiudice
Music Director
Jan McDaniel
PERFORMANCES
NEW SHOWTIMES!
7:30 p m Friday, Nov 17
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 2:00 p m Sunday, Nov 19
PRE-SHOW
DIRECTOR’S TALK
NEW TIME!
Petree Recital Hall
7:00 p m Friday, Nov 17
7:00 p m Saturday, Nov 18
1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19
405 208 5227 okcu.edu/tickets
OPENING NIGHT DINNER
Bass Music Center Atrium
Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17
Seating begins at 5:45 p m
Tickets $25
FEBRUARY 16-18
Music & Libretto
Otto Nicolai, Salomon Hermann Mosenthal
INSPIRATION
Shakespeare comedic 1602 play has inspired operatic adaptations across three centuries: In addition to Nicolai’s version, Antonio Salieri debuted his Falstaff in 1799; Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff premiered in 1893, followed in 1929 by Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Sir John in Love.
OF NOTE
The OCU production will be set in the 20th Century
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“The brilliant and justly celebrated overture is no false guide to what follows. Nicolai’s touch is light and witty…The orchestration is constantly imaginative and the melodies flow one after another, repeatedly warming the listener’s heart with some extra-delicious touch.”
MAINSTAGE OPERA
Kirkpatrick Auditorium
Director
Karen Coe Miller
Music Director
Jan McDaniel
PERFORMANCES
NEW SHOWTIMES!
7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16 7:30 p m Saturday, Feb 17 2:00 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18
PRE-SHOW
DIRECTOR’S TALK
NEW TIME!
Petree Recital Hall
7:00 p m Friday, Feb 16
7:00 p m Saturday, Feb 17
1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18
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OPENING NIGHT DINNER
Bass Music Center Atrium
Dinner at 6:00 p m Friday, Feb 16
Seating begins at 5:45 p.m.
Tickets $25
208 5227 okcu.edu/tickets
MUSIC, LIBRETTO
Arthur Sullivan, W S Gilbert
INSPIRATION
The Victorian fascination with fairies and of lampooning public figures
OF NOTE
Iolanthe made its premiere in London’s Savoy Theatre, the world’s first all-electric public building, and used the new technology in stagecraft that lit stars in the fairies’ hair and at the tip of each wand
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“The fantastical satire Iolanthe has delighted audiences with its clever combination of romance, humor, political satire, and the memorable musical numbers that made Gilbert and Sullivan household names ” stageagent.com
SPOTLIGHT OPERA
Burg Theatre Director
David Herendeen
Music Director
Chuck Koslowske
7:30 p m
Feb 23 7:30 p m Saturday, Feb 24 2:00 p m Sunday, Feb 25
FEBRUARY 23-25
405.208.5227
okcu.edu/tickets
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PERFORMANCES
NEW
Friday,
SHOWTIMES!
APRIL 19-21
Music, Book & Lyrics
Jonathan Larson
INSPIRATION
Puccini’s beloved 1896 opera, La bohème OF NOTE
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and four Tony Awards, including Best Musical
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“For 25 years, Jonathan Larson’s Rent has inspired audiences to choose love over fear and to live without regret [celebrating] artists and the raw courage and commitment they evince in daring to pursue their craft - almost always in a community of like-minded misfits, non-conformists and crazies ” BroadwayWorld
MAINSTAGE MUSICAL
Kirkpatrick Auditorium
Director
Scott Guthrie
Music Director
Matthew Mailman
PERFORMANCES
NEW SHOWTIMES!
7:30 p m Friday, April 19
7:30 p m Saturday, April 20
2 p.m. Sunday, April 21
PRE-SHOW DIRECTOR’S TALK
NEW TIME!
Petree Recital Hall
7:00 p m Friday, April 19 7:00 p m Saturday, April 20
1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21
OPENING NIGHT DINNER
Bass Music Center Atrium Dinner at 6:00 p m Friday, Apr 19
Seating begins at 5:45 p.m.
Tickets $25
5227 okcu.edu/tickets
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