WORLD PREMIERE
NOV 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 2017
GIACOMO PUCCINI The Ellie Caulkins Opera House ARI PELTO Conductor MATTHEW OZAWA Director ANYA MATANOVIC Mimi DOMINICK CHENES Rodolfo LEVI HERNANDEZ Marcello MONICA YUNUS Musetta JOSHUA BLOOM Colline ANDREW GARLAND Schaunard
This grand opera production tells a poignant tale of love and loss among young artists in the vibrant bohemian Latin Quarter of 19th-century Paris, and remains a worldwide favorite that appeals to both opera enthusiasts and new audiences.
JAN 25 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 2018
W O R LD PR EMI ER E
MUSIC BY GERALD COHEN LIBRETTO BY DEBORAH BREVOORT The Wolf Theatre | Mizel Arts and Culture Center, MACC at the JCC
ARI PELTO Conductor OMER BEN SEADIA Director INNA DUKACH Ina Soep GIDEON DABI Jaap Polak ADRIANA ZABALA Manja Polak
Based on a true love story that transcends the horrors of the Holocaust, two lovers secretly pass letters while prisoners at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. “ I’m a very special Holocaust survivor. I was in the camps with my wife and my girlfriend; and believe me, it wasn’t easy.” — Jaap Polak
MAY 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 2018
GIUSEPPE VERDI The Ellie Caulkins Opera House ARI PELTO Conductor DAVID EDWARDS Director OLAFUR SIGURDARSON Falstaff CYNTHIA CLAYTON Alice MARCO NISTICO Ford SANDRA PIQUES EDDY Meg DANA BETH MILLER Dame Quickly SUSANNAH BILLER Nannetta MINGJIE LEI Fenton
A brilliant adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, Verdi’s witty and insightful comedy tells the tale of Falstaff, a rotund knight played by Icelandic baritone Olafur Sigurdarson, who has run out of money and seeks to get rich quickly by attempting to seduce two married women with wealthy husbands.
A CHAMBER OPERA FOR TWO VOICES MUSIC & CONCEPT BY LAURA KAMINSKY LIBRETTO BY MARK CAMPBELL & KIMBERLY REED
As One 15% off With humor and empathy, As One with your season chronicles a transgender person’s ticket order. inner journey.
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