Winter Opera Festival

Schedule of Events

March 22, 2025

1:30PM

The Marriage of Figaro

Dramma giocoso in four acts

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

Continuing the story of The Barber of Seville, Count Almaviva's eye has now wandered and his current objective is Susanna, Figaro's fiancée. The distressed couple, along with Rosina (now the Countess Almaviva) conspire to reveal the count's lechery, despite the many obstacles thrown in their way. Mozart's musical genius, along with Lorenzo DaPonte's witty libretto make The Marriage of Figaro one of opera's masterpieces.

7:30PM

Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA 

Opera in one act

Music by Pietro Mascagni 

Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti & Guido Menasci

PAGLIACCI

Opera in one act 

Music and Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo

Two operas, two betrayed husbands, two tragic ends. In Cavalleria rusticana the calm of a Sicilian Easter morning is broken by a betrayed lover who sets off a chain of events ending in violent tragedy. In true theatrical tradition Pagliacci's clown tries to go on the show, but his real -life humiliation and despair lead to a grim climax. The violent passions and raw emotions of these two works changed the direction of Italian opera forever.

Buy Tickets

Date: February 15 - March 30, 2025