PASSION
HONOR
SACRIFICE
Make sure you don't miss our final and most exciting performance of the season. Puccini's Madama Butterfly is a grand opera that tells a story of Passion, Honor, and Sacrifice.
Tickets are still available in all price categories. Call today to order yours!
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Roy Dicks expresses pleasure
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Martha A. Fawbush raves
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What are your thoughts?
What operas should we produce in the future?
Should the OCNC continue the A Taste of Opera series?
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Va, pensiero - Favorite Italian Arias |
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Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, and Other Famous Italian Composers
April 5, 2008 at 7:30pm
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh
For those new to opera, this evening is a showcase of opera's greatest hits. For our veteran audience, it is a nostalgic sampling of their favorite opera experiences. "Va, pensiero", the famous chorus from Verdi's Nabucco, literally means "Fly, thoughts", an appropriate title for an inspirational evening. Francesco Maria Colombo, our La Bohème maestro, returns from Italy to narrate, conduct, and express the heart-felt meaning of his favorite arias.
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Meet the Cast
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Giacomo Puccini
May 30, 2008 at 7:30pm and June 1, 2008 at 3:00pm
Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh
We conclude our journey through Italian Opera with the world's most famous opera, Puccini's Madama Butterfly, written approximately 70 years after Lucia and 120 years after Figaro. This intense drama is grand opera at its finest, and will be staged in Memorial Auditorium with the high quality for which the Opera Company of North Carolina is known well. This will truly be a weekend to remember!
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Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
September 27, 28, 29, 2007 at 8:00pm
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh
Fittingly, our journey through Italian Opera begins with the master, Mozart, his most famous piece, Le Nozze di Figaro, and opera's most famous overture. A collaboration with the NC Symphony, these semi-staged performances showcase the music and the voices. You saw Part I of the story with The Barber of Seville in May '06, now see Part II with the orchestra on stage, just as Mozart did in his day.
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Gaetano Donizetti
January 17, 19, 2008 at 7:30pm and January 20 at 3:00pm
Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh
Donizetti was a key player in the development of opera, and Lucia di Lammermoor was his crowning achievement. Written 50 years after Figaro, Lucia is the epitome of the Bel Canto (Beautiful Singing) style. The true beauty and drama of this work must be experienced in an intimate setting, and OCNC breaks from tradition to deliver it in the comfortable confines of Fletcher. Seating will be limited so act quickly!
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