
Opera Scenes 2010
A fun and moving evening of scenes from operas and musical theatre. Selections include Stephen Sondheim’s dynamic sex-farce “A Weekend in the Country “ from A Little Night Music and R. Strauss’ thoughtful opera about young people growing up in Ariadne auf Naxos. Shakespeare is represented with selections from Gounod’s masterpiece Roméo et Juliette and… Continue reading Opera Scenes 2010

Das Liebesverbot
See the full photo gallery for Das Liebesverbot A fun, sexy, and colorful evening of Italian opera with Das Liebesverbot (“The Ban on Love”), Wagner’s second opera, presented by the talented performing artists of the USC Thornton Opera Program and the USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra. Pre-performance talk Ken Cazan and James Kincaid April 21, 2010… Continue reading Das Liebesverbot

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