Tag: Opera

Bizet’s Carmen, a legendary opera, follows the passionate and free-spirited Carmen, a seductive factory worker living by her own rules. Her love triangle with soldier Don José and bullfi ghter Escamillo unfolds into jealousy, betrayal, and tragedy.

Experience the timeless allure of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, where Japanese traditions collide with American dreams in a poignant tale of love, sacrifice, and cultural clash.

Handel’s beloved Acis & Galatea weaves a tale of love, jealousy, and mythological mischief. Director Meeker dubs it “visual poetry” as a shepherd’s love for a sea nymph is disrupted by a cyclops, and a lover’s tragic murder brings fountains of resolution to heartbreak.

Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore takes audiences on a romantic and comedic journey that will sweep you off your feet, and leave you wondering about the power of wine!

Offenbach’s Songbird is a reduced version of French operetta La Périchole. The scene is 1920’s New Orleans, and musicians Songbird and Piquillo have fallen on hard times and are desperate for a better life.

Experience this beautiful powerhouse opera, now set in Milwaukee’s 1940s Bronzeville. Luxuriate in the lush movie music and an all-star cast telling this double love story and bromance. Original sets and artwork will bring Bronzeville alive for all of us to celebrate.

The Barber of Seville fizzes with memorable melodies that fuse physical comedy and farce, a comic masterpiece, and a feast of frivolous fun.

Debating the nature of attraction, fidelity, and perception of gender, events at a college party cause six college students to question everything they know about each other – and themselves.