Kurt Weill Festival: Street Scene at Clarice Smith, Apr 12-20
Kurt Weill Festival:
Street Scene
Kurt Weill, composer
Elmer Rice and Langston Hughes, librettists
April 12 – April 20, 2019
Fri, Apr 12, 2019 . 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 14, 2019 . 3:00PM
Wed, Apr 17, 2019 . 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 20, 2019 . 7:30PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kay Theatre.
The Maryland Opera Studio presents Weill’s Street Scene, a work that brilliantly combines elements of opera and musical theater and that is widely acknowledged as one of the composer’s masterpieces. Set in a crowded tenement in 1940s New York City, the opera portrays life among a diverse group of working-class immigrants and the climactic events of one sweltering summer day. Based on a story by Elmer Rice with lyrics by Langston Hughes, Street Scene addresses social justice issues, race and the complexity of human relationships.
Sung in English with supertitles.
Tickets: General admission $25, Students/Youth Free. Click here.
