Audiences can step inside a world of fantasy, hilarity, and boundless imagination as Shepherd School of Music's Opera Department presents John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles.
As the curtain rises, we encounter the ghosts of King Louis XVI’s court, including Marie Antoinette who is still haunted by the memory of her execution. Her favorite playwright tries to lift her spirits with an opera featuring the beloved characters from Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.
As the “opera within an opera” unfolds, realities blend, worlds collide, and events take an unexpected turn. It's an evening of spectacle, suspense, laugh-out-loud humor, and emotional poignancy awaits in this grand celebration of the power of opera.
Audiences can join composer John Corigliano in Tudor Patrons’ Lounge on the parterre level one hour before curtain time for an insightful look into the process of composing the opera.
Audiences can step inside a world of fantasy, hilarity, and boundless imagination as Shepherd School of Music's Opera Department presents John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles.
As the curtain rises, we encounter the ghosts of King Louis XVI’s court, including Marie Antoinette who is still haunted by the memory of her execution. Her favorite playwright tries to lift her spirits with an opera featuring the beloved characters from Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.
As the “opera within an opera” unfolds, realities blend, worlds collide, and events take an unexpected turn. It's an evening of spectacle, suspense, laugh-out-loud humor, and emotional poignancy awaits in this grand celebration of the power of opera.
Audiences can join composer John Corigliano in Tudor Patrons’ Lounge on the parterre level one hour before curtain time for an insightful look into the process of composing the opera.
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