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January 8, 2023 · 4:10 pm

DIDO AND AENEAS + GIANNI SCHICCHI Runs Feb. 3-5

CCM_DIDO AND AENEAS + GIANNI SCHICCHIDIDO AND AENEAS + GIANNI SCHICCHI
UC College-Conservatory of Music Opera
Feb. 3-5
Cohen Family Studio Theatre [University Heights]

Kenneth Shaw, director
Brett Scott, conductor

Let your passions burn as Opera d’arte presents the tragic, but heroic love story between the Queen of Carthage and the hero of Troy. Henry Purcell’s only true opera, Baroque masterpiece Dido and Aeneas, is presented in a double bill with Giacomo Puccini’s raucous comedy, Gianni Schicchi, where we see a family passionately struggling to gain the inheritance of a dead relative, only to be outwitted by Gianni, who has his own passionate reasons to turn the tables! There is truly something for every opera lover in this double bill.

  • Fi-Sat, Feb. 3-4 at 8pm
  • Sun, Feb. 5 at 2pm

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December 23, 2022 · 12:36 pm

THE WILD PARTY Runs Jan. 12-14

CCM_The Wild Party logoTHE WILD PARTY
UC College-Conservatory of Music
Jan. 12-14
Contemporary Arts Center [Downtown]

Directed by Eric Santagata
Music directed by Steve Goers
Choreographed by Eliza Levy

Decadence and excess are the life of the party in this jazzy 1920s whodunnit. Lovers Queenie and Burrs decide to throw the party-to-end-all-parties in their Manhattan apartment. After the colorful arrival of a slew of guests living life on the edge, Queenie’s wandering eyes land on a striking man named Black. As the party’s decadence and destruction reaches a climax, so does Burrs’ jealousy. Tickets will not be available for purchase at the venue.

  • Thu-Fri, Jan. 12-13 at 7:30pm
  • Sat, Jan. 14 at 2pm & 7:30pm

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October 16, 2022 · 11:02 am

DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES Runs Nov. 18-20

CCM_Dailogues of the Carmelites promoDIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES
UC College-Conservatory of Music Opera
Nov. 18-20
Corbett Auditorium [University Heights]

TBA guest conductor
Robin Guarino, director

Based on a true story, this haunting opera tells the tale of the Carmelite Nuns, a small order put to death during the French Revolution. The fictional Parisian aristocrat Blanche de la Force attempts to find refuge with the nuns, setting the stage for a psychological study of devotion in the face of terror. Sung in French with English supertitles.

  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 18-19 at 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 20 at 2pm

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October 9, 2022 · 6:55 am

A DREAM PLAY Runs Nov. 3-8

CCM_A Dream Play logoA DREAM PLAY
UC College-Conservatory of Music
Nov. 3-8
Cohen Family Studio Theater [University Heights]

Directed by Vincent DeGeorge

A young woman from another world is sent to earth to see what it is like to be human. In Strindberg’s A Dream Play, written in 1901, the playwright has sought to imitate the disconnected but apparently logical form of a dream. Anything can happen, everything is possible and plausible. Time and space do not exist. Using the backdrop of real-life events, Strindberg spins new patterns of memories, experiences, inventions and absurdities all in the quest to discover if life is really worth living. 100 minutes, no intermission.

  • Thu-Fri, Nov. 3-4 at 8pm
  • Sat, Nov. 5 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 6 at 2pm

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September 20, 2022 · 10:00 am

SOMETHING ROTTEN Runs Oct. 20-30

CCM_Somthing Rotten promoSOMETHING ROTTEN
UC College-Conservatory of Music
Oct. 20-30
Patricia Corbett Theater [University Heights]

Directed & choreographed by Diane Lala
Music directed by Matt Welsh

Two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of 16th-century Shakespeare and 21st-century Broadway. Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.

  • Thu-Fri, Oct. 20-21 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 22 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 23 at 2pm
  • Thu-Fri, Oct. 27-28 at 8pm
  • Sat, Oct. 29 at 2pm & 8pm
  • Sun, Oct. 30 at 2pm

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