Opera (1905)
Music by Franz Lehár
Sung in German, English, French,
Italian, Russian and Serbian
with projected translations
Boston Lyric Opera
Citi Performing Arts Center/
Shubert Theatre
April 29 – May 8, 2016
A multilingual account of the popular operetta and waltzathon, reset a bit forward from the original to just before World War I.
Operas
Werther
Opera (1887)
Music by Jules Massenet
Conductor David Angus
Boston Lyric Opera
Citi Performing Arts Center
Shubert Theater
Theater District, Boston
March 11-20, 2016
A wonderful production of the Massenet opera inspired by Goethe’s early hit The Sorrows of the Young Werther (1774) about disappointed love.
uCarmen
Opera
Based on the opera Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Adapted and directed by
Mark Dornford-May
Music Arranged by Mandisi Dyantiyis
Isango Ensemble
Arts Emerson
Cutler Majestic Theater
Theater district, Boston
November 10-22, 2015
A lively integration of Bizet’s opera with South African motifs, supported by marimba orchestra.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream –
Iphubpha Iobuskuku
be-Ntwasahlobo
Opera
Based on the opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by Benjamin Britten
Adapted and directed by
Mark Dornford-May
Music Arranged by Mandisi Dyantiyis
Isango Ensemble
Arts Emerson
Cutler Majestic Theater
Theater district, Boston
November 10-22, 2015
An interpretation of the Britten opera based on Shakespeare’s comedy, with marimbas and African choreography and dress.
La Bohème
Opera (1896)
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by David Angus
Boston Lyric Opera
Citi Shubert Theatre
Theater District, Boston
October 2-11, 2015
A version of the great classic set in Paris during the political uprisings of 1968.