Opera Season

Così fan tutte 
by W. A. Mozart with a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte 
Stage Director: Stefan Novinski 
Conductor: Stephanie Rhodes Russell
Designer: Donna Marquet 

Performances:
November 1 - 7:30pm
November 2 - 7:30pm
November 8 - 7:30pm
November 10 - 3:00pm

Sung in Italian with English Supertitles

One of Mozart’s three operas written with a clever and scandalous Lorenzo Da Ponte libretto, Così fan tutte is an opera buffa (comic opera) that challenges gender stereotypes with humor and heart. When their lovers are called off to war, will Fiordiligi and Dorabella be able to stay faithful when two exotic visitors show up and try to seduce them?

Tickets may be purchased at thempac.music.unt.edu

Die Fledermaus
by Johann Strauss II with a libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée
Stage Director: Jonathan Eaton
Conductor: Stephen Mulligan 
Designer: Donna Marquet 

Performances:
February 28 - 7:30pm
March 2 - 3:00pm
March 6 - 7:30pm
March 7 - 7:30pm

Sung in German with English dialogue

Possibly the most beloved musical comedy of all time, Die Fledermaus, or The Bat, is a feast of mistaken identities, over-the-top frivolity, and waltzes that will leave the audience humming and dancing for days on end.

Tickets may be purchased at thempac.music.unt.edu

Proving Up
by Missy Mazzoli with a libretto by Royce Vavrek 
Stage Director:  Jonathan Eaton
Conductor:  Sharon Bjorndal Lavery

Performances:
April 10 - 7:30pm
April 11 - 7:30pm
April 12 - 7:30pm
April 13 - 3:00pm

Sung in German with English dialogue

Based on a short story by Karen Russell, Proving Up is a story about the American Dream.  A Nebraskan family is set on "proving up" to obtain the deed to the land they have settled in the 1870’s. The most difficult requirement of the Homestead Act was a glass window.  Ma and Pa Zegner send their youngest son Miles to share their only glass window with the neighboring homesteaders when the government inspector is scheduled to visit.  Through a series of ghostly encounters and ever deeper tragedy, the opera leaves the audience questioning the price we pay for some of our most tightly-held dreams. 

Tickets may be purchased at thempac.music.unt.edu