Opera (2015)
Music and Libretto by
Matthew Aucoin
World Premiere
Directed by Diane Paulus
Featuring Chamber Orchestra:
A Far Cry
American Repertory Theater
Citi Performing Arts Center
Theater District, Boston
May 29 – June 7, 2015
A moving and beautifully scored, played, sung and designed opera based on the Civil War diaries of Walt Whitman, by a Boston-bred wunderkind.
Operas
The Magic Flute
Opera (1791)
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Created by Isango Ensemble
Adapted and directed by
Mark Dornford-May
Music arranged by Pauline Malefane
and Mandisi Dyantyis
Presented by Eric Abraham and
ArtsEmerson
Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theater
Boston, MA
October 21-26, 2014
Mozart with Marimba and a hint of Motown, a really energetic, fabulously fun take on the master’s late, great singspiel.
La Traviata
Opera (1853)
by Giuseppi Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Boston Lyric Opera
Boston, MA
October 10 – 19, 2014
An intimate, passionate and beautifully rendered account of the great heartbreaker about a noble courtesan and her ill-fated love affair.
Le Nozze di Figaro
Opera (1786)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Conductor: James Levine
Production: Sir Richard Eyre
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
Live in HD
A superbly acted and sung version of the Mozart masterpiece conducted by the great, resurgent, James Levine.
Sumeida’s Song
Opera (2014)
by Mohammed Fairouz
Boston Opera Collaborative
Somerville Theater
Davis Square, Somerville, MA
May 2-6, 2014
A concise, contemporary tale of honor and revenge set in modern Egypt.