NEC Opera Season 2008/2009
Opera studies at NEC | Past productions
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Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
December 5, 6 at 8pm; December 7, 3pm
Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, Boston
Bad boy Mozart catches nobility with its pants down. Don't miss this scintillating, sexy assault on authority.
In the 18th-century world of Mozart and his librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte, the French Revolution hasn't happened yet—but there's a revolution in the bedroom. On the night of the marriage between two members of the serving class, Figaro and Susanna, their employer, the Count Almaviva, intends to exercise his droit du Seigneur with Susanna—a sort of institutionalized rape, and a betrayal of his wife, the Countess.
Director Nic Muni promises to "make clear the extent to which the behavior of the characters is absolutely shocking and outrageous." The music comes from the instruments and voices of NEC's orchestra and cast of talented students. Conductor John Greer, chair of NEC's Opera Studies program, will keep Mozart's music flowing. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Production portfolios: Costume designer Seth Bodie has captured the characters in wardrobe sketches befitting the mood of brooding Spanish paintings that have inspired director Nic Muni's production vision. View portfolio. Stage designer Caleb Wertenbaker continues this feel and brings one of the paintings literally into the room. View portfolio.
$20/$16 students, seniors. Free with NEC i.d. WGBH members, 2-for-1 with i.d. Tickets available through www.telecharge.com or at the Cutler Majestic Theatre Box Office, 219 Tremont Street, Boston, Mon-Sat, 10am–6pm / 800-233-3123.
Nic Muni's participation is made possible by the Mattina R. Proctor Visiting Artist Fund.
Upcoming:
Undergraduate Opera Studio Scenes
November 14 and 15, March 3 and 4
Opera Seminar Scenes
December 14
Opera Workshop Scenes
February 1 and 2, April 26 and 27
Spring opera production
February 20, 21, and 22
Opera department revue
March 25 and 26
Perkin Opera Scenes
April 14
Vocal and Opera Studies at NEC
Find out about vocal and opera studies at NEC:
College program
Continuing Education program
Summer School program
Past productions, 2007/2008 season
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| photo by Tim Morse |
Lee Hoiby's Summer and Smoke
December 7, 8 at 8pm; December 9, 3pm
Cutler Majestic Theatre
219 Tremont Street, Boston
Dean Williamson, conductor
Marc Astafan, director
One of the masters of the American theater, Tennessee Williams offered his classic play Summer and Smoke to be adapted for the opera stage by librettist and fellow playwright Lanford Wilson and composer Lee Hoiby.
This production received generous support from the Mattina R. Proctor Foundation.
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She loves him.
She loves him not.
She loves someone else.
Wait a minute …
Cavalli's Egisto
… a tangled love story
March 7, 8 at 8pm; March 9, 3pm
Cutler Majestic Theatre
219 Tremont Street, Boston
John Greer, conductor
Marc Astafan, director
Libretto by Giovanni Faustini
Realized by Raymond Leppard
Sung in English
updated 14 November 2008