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October 2009

Opera in 4 parts
Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano
based on the play El trovador by Antonio Garcia Gutíérrez

In the Spain of the fifteenth century, the troubadour Manrico, brother of the Count de Luna, was abducted as a child by the gypsy Azucena, whose mother had been tortured on the order of the old Count de Luna. Years later, the Count and Manrico have become political rivals and are both in love with Leonora.

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Salle Métropole
Sun 4 October 5 PM
Wed 7 October 7 PM
Fri 9 October 8 PM
Sun 11 October 5 PM
Vichy Opera, France
Sat 17 October 8 PM

December 2009

Opera buffa in 3 acts
Libretto by Henry Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy based on Le carosse du Saint Sacrement by Mérimée

Late eighteenth century Lima, La Périchole, a street singer tired of the poverty of her itinerant life, agrees to be maid of honour to the Viceroy Don Andres. In observance of etiquette, she must marry and deny herself the love of Piquillo, her lover. On the other hand, the notary of the Viceroy, charged to find a « good husband » for La Périchole, meets Piquillo...

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Salle Métropole
Sat 26 December 8 PM
Sun 27 December 5 PM
Tue 29 December 7 PM
Thu 31 December 7 PM
Sun 3 January 5 PM

January 2010

February 2010

Lyric tragedy in 3 acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Berio

Late fifteenth century Venice. Iago and the Doge's son, Rodrigo, are plotting against Otello, a Moorish general who returns victorious from his battle against the Turks. Together they make him so mad with jealousy that he is eventually driven to murder his fiancée Desdemona before killing himself