Opera & Vocal Events
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Saturday, July 19
Opera Showcase
2 pm, Hahn Hall
Best-loved scenes from Le Nozze di Figaro, Lucia Di Lammermoor, Don Giovanni, Der Rosenkavalier, and three other operas are brought to life in this staged operatic potpourri. Lotfi Mansouri is the stage director and Warren Jones is the music director for this immensely popular Festival event. Repeats on July 21.
Reserved Seating: $32
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Monday, July 21
Opera Showcase
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
Best-loved scenes from Le Nozze di Figaro, Lucia Di Lammermoor, Don Giovanni, Der Rosenkavalier, and three other operas are brought to life in this staged operatic potpourri. Lotfi Mansouri is the stage director and Warren Jones is the music director for this immensely popular Festival event. Saturday matinee performance on July 19.
Reserved Seating: $32
TICKETS
Saturday, July 26
Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition
10 am, Hahn Hall
Academy Voice and Vocal Piano Fellows compete before a panel of distinguished jurors for prestigious awards, including a New York City recital presented by the Marilyn Horne Foundation.
Morning Ticket, 10 am to Noon: $8
Afternoon Ticket, 1 to 5 pm: $12
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Monday, July 28
Musical Insights Dialog
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
Composer William Bolcom will engage in a public conversation with KUSC host Jim Svejda about his opera A Wedding.
Free
Thursday, July 31
Vocal Chamber Music Concert
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
Under the direction of Warren Jones, Academy faculty artists, voice Fellows, and instrumentalists perform a program of classical art songs.
Reserved Seating: $20
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Wednesday, August 6
Opera Open Dress Rehearsal: William Bolcom's A Wedding
7:30 pm, Lobero Theatre
Conducted by George Manahan, music director of the New York City Opera, this fully staged production showcasing the Academy's stellar Voice Program features the world premiere of a newly commissioned score for chamber orchestra.
Reserved Seating: $33,
includes Lobero facility fee
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Friday, August 8
Opera: West Coast Premiere of William Bolcom's A Wedding
7:30 pm, Lobero Theatre
George Manahan, conductor
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and pianist William Bolcom based his 2004 comic opera on the Robert Altman film of the same title. Filled with engaging songs and dance numbers, A Wedding involves audiences in "a glistening web of sound" (The New Yorker) and madcap social commentary.
Reserved Seating: $68 / $48, includes Lobero facility fee
Sunday, August 10
Opera: West Coast Premiere of William Bolcom's A Wedding
2:30 pm, Lobero Theatre
George Manahan, conductor
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and pianist William Bolcom based his 2004 comic opera on the Robert Altman film of the same title. Filled with engaging songs and dance numbers, A Wedding involves audiences in "a glistening web of sound" (The New Yorker) and madcap social commentary.
Reserved Seating: $68 / $48, includes Lobero facility fee
TICKETS
