Maryland Opera Studio presents New Works Reading:
Another Country
Composer Michael Oberhauser
Librettist Shannon Berry
February 12, 2016. 7:30PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Gildenhorn Recital Hall, General Admission.
A chamber opera for nine singers loosely based on nursery rhymes and explores the nature of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Free, no tickets required.
Maryland Opera Studio
Don Giovanni
Libretto & Composer: W.A. Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Fri, Nov 20, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sun, Nov 22, 2015 . 3:00PM
Mon, Nov 23, 2015 . 7:30PM
Tue, Nov 24, 2015 . 7:30PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kay Theatre, Reserved Seating.
Mozart masterfully shadows the conniving but captivating Don, aided by his loyal servant, Leporello, in his quest to conquer all of the beautiful women he encounters. Part comedy, part tragedy, this opera is Mozart at his finest, sparkling with music full of sheer genius, dynamic characters and some bold supernatural payback.
General Public: Regular: $25, Student: $10.
Maryland Opera Studio presents Opera Scene Study
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Opera Scene Study
May 7, 8, 2015 . Gildenhorn Recital Hall . FREE
After a year of taking apart their craft and sculpting it from the ground up, the final class project for out first-year students pairs them in operatic scenes from a wide variety of repertory and featuring all aspects of their training. Accompanied only by piano and minimal props, these performances give our young artists a chance to shine in the purest of forms.
UMD Symphony Orchestra
Maryland Opera Studio
Music, Movement, Mind and Score
Sunday, May 3, 2015 . 8PM
Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yanez
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Taught by James Ross and Liz Lerman, the School of Music’s first course on improvisation, collaboration, and art-making culminates on stage with a conductorless performance that integrates music and movement.
The Maryland Opera Studio joins UMSO on the second half of the concert to perform highlights from their spring production of Rossini’s one-act opera, L’occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity makes a thief).
Free.
Maryland Opera Studio presents
Crime and Punishment: Operas in One Act
April 18-26, 2015
Gian Carlo Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief
Conductor James Ross
Director Kasi Campbell
Maurice Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges (The child and the magical appearances)
Gioachino Rossini: L’occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity makes a thief)
Conductor Craig Kier
Director Nick Olcott
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 . 7:30PM: Menotti and Ravel
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 . 7:30PM: Rossini and Ravel
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 . 7:30PM: Menotti and Ravel
Sun, Apr 26, 2015 . 3:00PM: Rossini and Ravel
Crime and punishment appears in many forms in each of these one-act operas, all masterfully performed by the nationally-renown Maryland Opera Studio.
Gioachino Rossini: L’occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity makes a thief)
When two suitcases are switched at an inn, one of the travelers decides to assume the identity of the man whose suitcase he’s received – and steal his fiancée!
Craig Kier, conductor
Nick Olcott, director
Gian Carlo Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief
Two honest women attempt to woo an innocent man who they believe is a burglar. Overpowered by their desperation, they ultimately become the thieves.
James Ross, conductor
Kasi Campbell, director
Maurice Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges (The child and the magical appearances)
A naughty child throws a tantrum and goes on a destructive rampage. To his surprise, all things, plants, and animals he has hurt joins forces to seek revenge on him.
Craig Kier, conductor
Nick Olcott, director
Tickets: Regular: $25, Student: $10, NextLEVEL (Limit 2 per show): $20
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