Charles-Francois Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
Friday, November 16, 2012.  8:00 p.m.
Sundays, November 11 and 18, 2012.  3:00 p.m.
Lyric Theatre, Murchison Performing Arts Center
Sung in French with projected English supertitles

Shakespeare’s immortal story of “two star-cross’d lovers” becomes the ultimate French grand opera: compelling, lyrical and unforgettably passionate.

$35, $25, $15
(Full production with sets, costumes, and lights, with the UNT Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephen Dubberly)

Directors’ Scenes Program (one performance only)
Tuesday, January 22, 2013. 4:00 p.m. 
Voertman Recital Hall, College of Music

Enjoy the directing debuts of graduate students enrolled in Opera Stage Directing, taught by Paula Homer, as they wear the hat of a stage director instead of being the singer/actor on the other side of the footlights.  A variety of excerpts from famous operas will be performed.

Free of charge
(Studio production with piano accompaniment)

Leos Janácek’s  Zápisník Zmizelého
 (The Diary of One Who Disappeared)
February 9, 2013.  8:00 p.m.
Performed as part of the Janácek Festival and conducted by Vit Spilka from Czech Republic with the Janacek Festival Orchestra)

'Some time ago, in an East Moravian highland village, J.D., a law-abiding and industrious youth, the sole object of hope for his parents, disappeared from home in a mysterious way. At first an accident or even a crime was suspected and the imagination of the villagers was kindled. Some days later, however, a diary was found in his room which disclosed the secret. It contained several short poems which eventually provided the key to the mystery.’

W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance
Fridays, February 22 and March 1, 2013.  8:00 p.m.
Sundays, February 24 and March 3, 2013.  3:00 p.m.
Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Arts Center

Wacky, irreverent and as entertaining today as it was when it first opened in 1879, The Pirates of Penzance spins an hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewy-eyed daughters and an eccentric Major-General, all morally bound to the often-ridiculous dictates of honor and duty.

$35, $25, $15
(Full production with sets, costumes, and lights, with the UNT Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Dubberly)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Le devin du village
(The Village Soothayer or The Cunning Man)
Only two performances
Friday, April 19, 2013.  8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 21, 2013.  3:00 p.m.
Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Arts Center
Performed in French with English supertitles

First performed in 1752, this charming opera was so popular in its day that it was performed at the wedding of the future Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

$15.00
(One-act opera designed for touring and performed with the UNT Baroque Orchestra, members of Collegium Singers and conducted by Paul Leenhouts)

Summer Opera Workshop Production  (TBA)
First weekend in August (exact dates TBA)
Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Arts Center

There’s always fun in the summer when the summer opera workshop rolls around!  Mark your calendar for the first weekend in August. Opera choice will be announced in the spring.

$10 general admission
(Studio production with reduced orchestra, minimal sets, costumes, and lights)

For ticket reservations: www.theMPAC.com
Box Office: 940-369-7802
Opera Office: 940-565-4654 (Paula Homer, Director of Opera)
Opera website: www.music.unt.edu/opera

UNT OPERA ON THE ROAD…

UNT OPERA and THE DALLAS OPERA
The Dallas Opera continues its partnership with UNT Opera and SMU Opera as part of its newly launched Educational Program in 2011-2012. Catch the UNT Opera cast of George Bizet’s family-friendly opera, Doctor Miracle, at the Winspear Opera House or The Dallas Children’s Theater.

A hilarious 1-act opera sung in English about a young man’s quest to marry his true love by way of a poisonous omelet.

For tickets and information go to:
www.dallasopera.org/family

We’re off to the Czech Republic

Janacek Festival begins in the Czech Republic with a residency from Nov. 21 to Dec. 4. Through the generous support of the Czech Educational Foundation of Texas (CEFT), the cast and staff of Zápisník Zmizelého (The Diary of One Who Disappeared) will travel to the Czech Republic and Slovakia to prepare the piece and then bring it to UNT in February (see above).

www.theMPAC.com
Box Office:  940-369-7802
Opera Office:  940-565-4654