“La ci darem la mano”
“Here I Stand”
“Fuggi, crudele, fuggi!”
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Il viaggio a Reims
Pop the champagne corks, sit back, and relax with Gioachino Rossini’s silly, fun comedy Il viaggio a Reims. Celebrate life with Rossini’s bubbly score and the talented young artists from the USC Thornton School of Music’s Opera Program and Orchestras.
April 23, 25, and 27, 2014
Bing Theatre
USC University Park Campus
USC Thornton Opera’s The Tempest Reviewed by the Los Angeles Times
USC Thornton Opera’s West Coast premiere of Lee Hoiby’s The Tempest was reviewed by Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times. The performance was praised for its productions and “talented and well-prepared large cast.” Read the article.
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The Tempest
Get swept into intrigue on a desert island with the sorcerer Prospero, his daughter Miranda, Caliban, the monstrous offspring of a witch, and Ariel, the light and mischievous sprite in composer Lee Hoiby’s masterful and moving adaptation of Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest.
November 14, 16, and 18, 2012
Bing Theatre
USC University Park Campus
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Dialogues of the Carmelites
Based on a true story, this opera, written immediately after WWII by Francis Poulenc, will keep you riveted and may even cause you to question your beliefs and how far you are willing to go in defense of them.
April 25-28, 2013
Bing Theatre
USC University Park Campus
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The Magic Flute
The singing actors of the USC Thornton Opera program and musicians of the USC Thornton Symphony present The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in a sparkling production where nothing is as it seems.
November 17-20, 2011
Bing Theatre
USC University Park Campus
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Owen Wingrave
Benjamin Britten addresses pacifism and the call to war in his gripping 1972 operatic drama, Owen Wingrave.
April 19-22, 2012
Bing Theatre
USC University Park Campus
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Gianni Schicchi and Three Decembers
USC Thornton Opera Program and the USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra present an evening of “families in crisis” as seen from two very different perspectives: Puccini’s hilarious and sweet Gianni Schicchi and Jake Heggie’s tender and real Three Decembers.
November 17, 19, and 21, 2010
Bing Theatre
USC University Park Campus