Lane at Santa Fe Opera 2019
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Opera
This week!
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
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Oklahoma City's New Resident Opera Company
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Oklahoma City
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Opera Companies within Driving Distance
2019-2020 Productions
Austin Lyric Opera
Dallas Opera
Houston Grand Opera
Lyric Opera Kansas City
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Painted Sky Opera of Oklahoma City
San Antonio Opera
Santa Fe Opera
Tulsa Opera
Wichita Grand Opera
and more!
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2018-2019 Operas within Driving Distance
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur, January 12
The radio broadcast is the audio version of the HD broadcast taking place at the same time at movie theaters. The heroine is a historical actress famous in French history and is sung by Anna Netrebko, with Piotr Beczala as Maurizio and Anita Rachvelishvili as the Princess de Bouillon who sends poisoned flowers to her benefactress.
Verdi: Otello, January 5
Verdi's setting of the Shakespeare play as rewritten in Italian by Arrigo Boito.
Stewart Skelton is Otello, Sonya Yoncheva is his wife Desdemona, and Zeljko Lucic is the villain Iago.
Stewart Skelton is Otello, Sonya Yoncheva is his wife Desdemona, and Zeljko Lucic is the villain Iago.
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
This is the audio version of the HD broadcast from earlier this season on October 27, 2018. Eva-Maria Westbroek is the heroine Minnie.
Verdi: La Traviata, December 15
Set in the 1850's, contemporary with the world premiere, the production is another version of Violetta remembering her life on her deathbed.
Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele, December 1
After 18 years, Mefistofele returns with Angela Meade and Michael Fabiano as Margherita and Faust and Christian van Horn in the title role as the Devil himself. Jennifer Check signs Helen of Troy.
Giordano: Andrea Chenier. 13 October
The great verismo opera about the French Revolution has never caught on in Paris, but remains Giordano's masterpiece. Chenier was a historical figure, a poet who was killed during the Reign of Terror, and is sung by Yonghoon Lee. Anna Pirozzi is Maddalena di Coigny, a young noblewoman who falls for Chenier and George Gagnidze is the member of the Tribunal whose desire for Maddalena brings about the deaths of both Chenier and Maddalena.
Carmen, September 8
Ana Maria Martinez and Riccardo Massi are the ill-fated lovers in the Carmen which opened the LA Opera 2017-18 season. Amanda Woodbury sings Micaela with Alexander Vinogradov as Escamillo.
