The Rape of Lucretia
See the full photo gallery for The Rape of Lucretia What happens when innocence is sacrificed to a lust for power? What happens to ones faith when post-war atrocities are revealed? These are the questions Benjamin Britten poses in his 1946 masterpiece The Rape of Lucretia. Britten, a pacifist, returned to Great Britain from self-imposed… Continue reading The Rape of Lucretia
Don Giovanni
See the full photo gallery for Don Giovanni The Opera program presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni, performed by the singing-actors of the USC Thornton vocal and performing arts program and instrumentalists of the Thornton Chamber Orchestra. Mozart’s masterpiece tells the story of Don Giovanni, an aging nobleman, driven by an uncontrollable sexual appetite. A rapist and… Continue reading Don Giovanni
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
See the full photo gallery for I Capuleti e i Montecchi The USC Opera presents Bellini’s taut bel canto masterpiece I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s timeless Romeo and Juliet, Juliet desperately tries to keep the peace and her sanity while Romeo battles his personal demons and Juliet’s father, the bitter Capellio.… Continue reading I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Summer and Smoke
See the full photo gallery for Summer and Smoke The USC Thornton Opera Program and the USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra present Hoiby’s work as part of a season of ordinary women in extraordinary circumstances. Summer and Smoke is a sensitive yet compelling operatic study of Alma Winemiller, a woman obsessed with the “boy next door,”… Continue reading Summer and Smoke
Powder Her Face
See the full photo gallery for Powder Her Face Before there was Diana, before there was Fergie, there was Margaret, Duchess of Argyll! A sexy, salacious, scintillating character study in two acts, Powder Her Face hypothetically explores what happened in the life of the Duchess of Argyll behind the closed doors of London ’s exclusive… Continue reading Powder Her Face
Opera Scenes 2007
The USC Thornton Opera Workshop presents an evening of opera scenes including works by Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Mozart, and Britten. The performance of 12 scenes, conducted by Thornton Opera Music director Brent McMunn and directed by Resident Stage Director Ken Cazan, starts at 7:00 pm. Performance List Faust by Charles Gounod in French Pagliacci by… Continue reading Opera Scenes 2007
Miss Lonelyhearts
See the full photo gallery for Miss Lonelyhearts Miss Lonelyhearts, a Centennial Commission of The Juilliard School, has been developed cooperatively among The Juilliard School, the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California and the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. The world premier performance was April 30, 2006 at… Continue reading Miss Lonelyhearts
Cendrillon
See the full photo gallery for Cendrillon The USC Opera presents Bellini’s taut bel canto masterpiece I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s timeless Romeo and Juliet, Juliet desperately tries to keep the peace and her sanity while Romeo battles his personal demons and Juliet’s father, the bitter Capellio. I Capuleti e i… Continue reading Cendrillon
Opera Scenes 2006
The talented singer/actors of the USC Thornton School of Music Vocal Arts department and Opera Program will present an exciting and varied program of opera scenes including: L’incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi Die Zauberflöte, Mozart La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart Ariadne auf Naxos, R. Strauss Fidelio, Beethoven L’Italiana in Algeri, Rossini L’elisir d’amore, Donizetti Pelléas et… Continue reading Opera Scenes 2006
Idomeneo
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