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Opera Southwest

Opera Southwest's Amleto

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A NEW WORLD PREMIERE

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There have been many successful operatic adaptations of Shakespeare, including such masterworks as Verdi’s Otello and Falstaff.

However, it was thought there was no credible adaptation of the Bard’s most famous play.

Until now.

For the last ten years, Opera Southwest Artistic Director Anthony Barrese has worked to bring back to life the lost work of the composer Franco Faccio and his better-known librettist Arrigo Boito. Faithful to the original Shakespearean text, even including an aria Essere o non essere (to be or not to be), this is a once-in-a-lifetime production.

CAST

Amleto / Alex Richardson
Claudio / Shannon DeVine
Geltrude / Caroline Worra
Ofelia / Abla Hamza
Laerte / Javier Gonzalez
Polonio / Matthew Curran
Lo Spettro / Jeff Beruan
Orazio / Joseph Hubbard
Marcello / Paul Bower

Conductor / Anthony Barrese
Stage Director / David Bartholomew
Scenic Design / Carey Wong

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Mar
30
4:00 PM16:00
Opera Southwest

Bizet's Opera: The Pearl Fishers

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Before Carmen, there was The Pearl Fishers. This sparklingly novel work by the youthful Bizet (just 24 when the opera was composed) foreshadows all of the brilliance that was to come later. The duet “Au fond du temple saint” is probably the single most famous duet for tenor-baritone in all of opera.

Focused on the love triangle between Leila, Nadir, and Zurga, the drama unfolds against a delightfully inventive and tuneful musical backdrop that has an especially prominent role for the chorus, which acts almost as a “fifth character”. This production will feature our first-ever collaboration with the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus under the direction of Maestro Roger Melone.

Opera Southwest welcomes Soprano Shana Blake Hill (Violetta, La Traviata 2011) back to the stage as the beautiful Leila.

CAST

Leila / Shana Blake Hill
Nadir / Scott Ramsay
Zurga / Sean Anderson
Nourabad / John Fortson

Stage Director / Nathaniel Merchant
Scenic Design / John Malolepsy
Conductor / Roger Melone

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Mar
28
9:30 PM21:30
Opera Southwest

Bizet's Opera: The Pearl Fishers

  • National Hispanic Culture Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Before Carmen, there was The Pearl Fishers. This sparklingly novel work by the youthful Bizet (just 24 when the opera was composed) foreshadows all of the brilliance that was to come later. The duet “Au fond du temple saint” is probably the single most famous duet for tenor-baritone in all of opera.

Focused on the love triangle between Leila, Nadir, and Zurga, the drama unfolds against a delightfully inventive and tuneful musical backdrop that has an especially prominent role for the chorus, which acts almost as a “fifth character”. This production will feature our first-ever collaboration with the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus under the direction of Maestro Roger Melone.

Opera Southwest welcomes Soprano Shana Blake Hill (Violetta, La Traviata 2011) back to the stage as the beautiful Leila.

CAST

Leila / Shana Blake Hill
Nadir / Scott Ramsay
Zurga / Sean Anderson
Nourabad / John Fortson

Stage Director / Nathaniel Merchant
Scenic Design / John Malolepsy
Conductor / Roger Melone

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Mar
26
9:30 PM21:30
Opera Southwest

Bizet's Opera: The Pearl Fishers

  • National Hispanic Culture Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Before Carmen, there was The Pearl Fishers. This sparklingly novel work by the youthful Bizet (just 24 when the opera was composed) foreshadows all of the brilliance that was to come later. The duet “Au fond du temple saint” is probably the single most famous duet for tenor-baritone in all of opera.

Focused on the love triangle between Leila, Nadir, and Zurga, the drama unfolds against a delightfully inventive and tuneful musical backdrop that has an especially prominent role for the chorus, which acts almost as a “fifth character”. This production will feature our first-ever collaboration with the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus under the direction of Maestro Roger Melone.

Opera Southwest welcomes Soprano Shana Blake Hill (Violetta, La Traviata 2011) back to the stage as the beautiful Leila.

CAST

Leila / Shana Blake Hill
Nadir / Scott Ramsay
Zurga / Sean Anderson
Nourabad / John Fortson

Stage Director / Nathaniel Merchant
Scenic Design / John Malolepsy
Conductor / Roger Melone

OSW-Icon-PearlFishers-01.png
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Mar
23
4:00 PM16:00
Opera Southwest

Bizet's Opera: The Pearl Fishers

  • National Hispanic Culture Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Before Carmen, there was The Pearl Fishers. This sparklingly novel work by the youthful Bizet (just 24 when the opera was composed) foreshadows all of the brilliance that was to come later. The duet “Au fond du temple saint” is probably the single most famous duet for tenor-baritone in all of opera.

Focused on the love triangle between Leila, Nadir, and Zurga, the drama unfolds against a delightfully inventive and tuneful musical backdrop that has an especially prominent role for the chorus, which acts almost as a “fifth character”. This production will feature our first-ever collaboration with the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus under the direction of Maestro Roger Melone.

Opera Southwest welcomes Soprano Shana Blake Hill (Violetta, La Traviata 2011) back to the stage as the beautiful Leila.

CAST

Leila / Shana Blake Hill
Nadir / Scott Ramsay
Zurga / Sean Anderson
Nourabad / John Fortson

Stage Director / Nathaniel Merchant
Scenic Design / John Malolepsy
Conductor / Roger Melone

OSW-Icon-PearlFishers-01.png
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