Don't worry about being rushed through dinner, attend one of the opera's dinners and receptions at the newly renovated Lila Cockrell Theatre!
Opening Night Dinner
February 4, 2011 at 6:00pm
open seating $75 per person
President's Dinner
February 5, 2011 at 6:00pm
open seating $75 per person
Champagne Toast to the opera stars
February 5, 2011 following opera $20
visit with the conductor and cast in costume
Matinee Brunch
February 6, 2011 from 11:00am-1:30pm
open seating $30 per person
INSIDE the Opera Talk
Join Dr. William McCrary for
45 minutes before curtain
For reservations and dinner menu details, call Bonnie at 225-5972. Seating is limited.
For parking info click here.
News > 2010-2011 Season >Marriage of Figaro
Marriage of Figaro
February 4, 5, at 8:00 PM and the 6th at 2:00 PM
Lila Cockrell Theatre
Sung in Italian with English surtitles
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The key to this opera is in understanding who is chasing whom. The Countess still loves the Count. Well, she does think that Cherubino is awfully cute, but that's only because the Count has eyes for Susanna, who is engaged to Figaro. Meanwhile, Barbarina is also crazy about Cherubino, who is really interested in anything in a skirt except Marcellina, who is after Figaro until she finds out that.?. Comic chaos turns into blissful resolve and raucous hilarity into revelations about love and what it means to forgive. Only a genius like Mozart could make the Marriage of Figaro as funny and relevant today as when it premiered in 1786. At once humorous and touching, this madcap masterpiece represents the crowning glory of Mozart's unparalleled brilliance. The Marriage of Figaro, for very good reason, is often described as the most perfect comic opera ever written.
Cast
Program Printing generously donated by Shweiki Media
| Count Almaviva | Michael Krzankowski |
| Countess Almaviva | Priti Gandhi |
| Susanna | Samantha Britt |
| Figaro | Darren K. Stokes |
| Cherubino | Jossie Perez |
| Marcellina | Jennifer Root |
| Bartolo | Matthew Lau |
| Basilio | Jeffrey Hallili |
| Don Curzio | Jeffrey Hallili |
| Barbarina | Emily Ward |
| Antonio | Max Wier |
| Director | Cynthia Stokes |
| Conductor | Anton Coppola |