Category Archives: Opera

Maryland Lyric Opera presents Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci at Clarice Smith, Jul 19-27

Maryland Lyric Opera presents Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci at Clarice Smith, Jul 19-27

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kay Theatre. Reserved Admission.

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Regular: $45
Senior (62+): $35
Students: $20

Saturday, Jul 19, 2014, 7:00PM
Sunday, Jul 20, 2014, 2:00PM
Saturday, Jul 26, 2014, 7:00PM
Sunday, Jul 27, 2014, 2:00PM

Description: Cavalleria Rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play and short story written by Giovanni Verga. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on 17 May 1890, at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. Since 1893, it has often been performed in a so-called Cav/Pag double-bill with Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.

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Maryland Opera Studio presents Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 1-2

Maryland Opera Studio presents Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 1-2

Thursday, May 1, 2014, 7:30pm
Friday, May 2, 2014, 7:30pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Gildenhorn Recital Hall.

Free admission, no tickets required.

Description: After a year of deconstructing their craft and sculpting it from the ground up, Maryland Opera Studio first-year students are paired in operatic scenes from a wide variety of repertory. Accompanied only by piano and minimal props, these performances give our young artists a chance to shine in the purest of forms.

Maryland Opera Studio presents A Night in Old Vienna at Clarice Smith, Apr 12-15

Maryland Opera Studio presents A Night in Old Vienna at Clarice Smith, Apr 12-15

April 12-15, 2014

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kay Theatre. General Admission.

Free admission. Or make a $25 donation and sit on the stage!

Sat, Apr 12, 2014 . 7:00PM
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 . 7:00PM

Description: For a more immersive experience, make a $25 or more donation to the Maryland Opera Studio and sit on stage for the performance as part of the action. (Quantities limited. Donate today!) Your donation can be made as part of your online purchase process, over the phone or at the ticket office. Two bubbly evenings of cabaret. Faculty, alumni and special guests will join members of the Maryland Opera Studio and the Maryland Opera Workshop in performing songs and scenes from Vienna’s rich musical treasure trove. Operetta, lieder and arias included!

Maryland Opera Studio presents Die Fledermaus at Clarice Smith, Apr 11-19

Maryland Opera Studio presents Die Fledermaus at Clarice Smith, Apr 11-19

April 11-19, 2014

Music Johann Strauss II
Libretto Karl Haffner and Richard Genée​
Conductor Edward Maclary
Director Nick Olcott

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kay Theatre. Reserved Admission.

Regular: $25
Subscriber: $20
Senior Citizen: $20
UMD Alumni Association: $20
UMD Faculty & Staff: $20
Students & Youth: $10

Fri, Apr 11, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 . 5:00PM
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 . 7:30PM

Description: Witty pranksters, straying spouses and lilting melodies — it’s the ultimate Viennese confection. In Strauss’ beloved 1874 operetta, revenge for a cruel trick leads to a woman sending her lover to jail under her husband’s name, a man attempting to seduce his own wife (disguised as a Hungarian countess) and a chambermaid masquerading as a lady of quality. The complications get straightened out in a prison run by a drunken jailer, all to the sparkling music of the great Viennese master.

Maryland Opera Studio presents New Works at Clarice Smith, Feb 14

Maryland Opera Studio presents New Works at Clarice Smith, Feb 14

Friday, February 14, 2014, 7:30pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Gildenhorn Recital Hall.

Free admission, no tickets required.

Description: Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the allure and passion of opera. On this concert, first-year Maryland Opera Studio students perform a partially-staged – but fully dramatic – new work for opera. In Love/Hate by Jack Perla and Rob Bailis, a couple at a bus stop lives through all the reasons they have for never meeting. Music makes strange bedfellows as two diametrically opposed Supreme Court Justices express their opinions through song in Scalia/Ginsburg.