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Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at Clarice Smith, Jul 18-26

Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at Clarice Smith, July 18-26

Maryland Lyric Opera presents
Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kay Theatre, reserved seating.

Sat, Jul 18, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sun, Jul 19, 2015 . 3:00PM
Fri, Jul 24, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sun, Jul 26, 2015 . 3:00PM

Maryland Lyric Opera presents Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, in French with English surtitles, semi-staged, with full orchestra and a cast of professionals and young artists.

Tickets $35 to $100, reserved seating with multiple price levels. Buy tickets here.

Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 7-8

Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 7-8

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.

Music, Movement, Mind and Score at Clarice Smith, May 3

Music, Movement, Mind and Score at Clarice Smith, May 3

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.

The Human Capacity at Clarice Smith, May 2-9

The Human Capacity at Clarice Smith, May 2-9

The Human Capacity
By Jennifer Barclay
May 2-9, 2015
Director Michael Dove

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Sat, May 2, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sun, May 3, 2015 . 2:00PM
Sun, May 3, 2015 . 7:30PM
Wed, May 6, 2015 . 7:30PM
Thu, May 7, 2015 . 7:30PM
Fri, May 8, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sat, May 9, 2015 . 2:00PM
Sat, May 9, 2015 . 7:30PM

Tickets: Regular: $25, Student: $10. Kogood Theatre, General Admission.

Description: Set in East Berlin, both before and after the fall of the Wall, The Human Capacity follows the journey of a Stasi officer as he seeks redemption from the woman whose life he shattered. Both torturer and victim find themselves caught in a struggle to reconcile the horrors of their past with their hopes for the future.

The Human Capacity is a searing look into a society and a family in turmoil, and an exploration of the human capacity for cruelty, perseverance and forgiveness.

Maryland Opera Studio presents Crime and Punishment at Clarice Smith, April 18-26

Maryland Opera Studio presents Crime and Punishment at Clarice Smith, April 18-26

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