We are finishing out our season with....
Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro
It isn’t only the music, all those glorious arias, bustling duets, teasing trios, and the Finales that begin intimately until they become symphonies of voice that just keep rolling, full of character and inspiration that we hope will never stop. It isn’t only the plot, the upstairs-downstairs story of social and financial privilege that gets turned on its head when wisdom and wit outmaneuver treachery.
Le Nozze di Figaro will also live on because we allow history to keep repeating itself. With the #metoo and #blacklivesmatter movements shining new light on ancient inequities, it is no longer time for Le Nozze to give us the opportunity to laugh at ourselves; Rather, it is time for this opera to remind us that the sins aren’t new, and the recompense, when it begins, will be as many generations in the restitution as it was in creation.
With The Count’s sexual pursuit of The Countess’ maid in full swing, and the maid’s fiancé unable to stay focused enough to be of real assistance, the two women join forces to save their honors. If this doesn’t sound like a familiar story to you, you haven’t been paying attention.
Resident Music Director Sarah Jenks’ Mozart For Millennials version turns much of Mozart’s recitative into comedic narration, keeping the storyline clear while making supertitles unnecessary and allowing today’s audience to focus on the music. Favorite baritones Jonathan Wilson and Noah Gartner return as Figaro and The Count respectively, Mary Govertsen sings The Countess (you may have heard her fine performance in the second act of this opera in last Spring’s Letters of Love and Subterfuge concert last Spring), and soprano Anne Slovin returns to us as Susanna. Anne last appeared with TT-O as Irena in Richard Wargo’s The Seduction of A Lady.
Le Nozze di Figaro will stream on May 6 & 7 at 7:00 PM CST, May 8 at 6:00 PM CST, and May 9 at 3:00 CST. Tickets are $10, and are available at the link above.
MEET THE CAST
Figaro - Jonathan Wilson
Susanna - Anne Slovin
Countess Rosina Almaviva - Mary Govertsen
Count Almaviva - Noah Gartner
Cherubino – Brittany Jeffery
Marcellina – Katherine B. Dalin
Don Basilio - Erich Buchholz
Don Bartolo - Bryan Dahl
Antonio - Aaron Hunt
Don Curzio - Timothy McGowan
Adaptation & Narration - Sarah Jenks
Audio & Video Design - Brent A Morden
It isn’t only the music, all those glorious arias, bustling duets, teasing trios, and the Finales that begin intimately until they become symphonies of voice that just keep rolling, full of character and inspiration that we hope will never stop. It isn’t only the plot, the upstairs-downstairs story of social and financial privilege that gets turned on its head when wisdom and wit outmaneuver treachery.
Le Nozze di Figaro will also live on because we allow history to keep repeating itself. With the #metoo and #blacklivesmatter movements shining new light on ancient inequities, it is no longer time for Le Nozze to give us the opportunity to laugh at ourselves; Rather, it is time for this opera to remind us that the sins aren’t new, and the recompense, when it begins, will be as many generations in the restitution as it was in creation.
With The Count’s sexual pursuit of The Countess’ maid in full swing, and the maid’s fiancé unable to stay focused enough to be of real assistance, the two women join forces to save their honors. If this doesn’t sound like a familiar story to you, you haven’t been paying attention.
Resident Music Director Sarah Jenks’ Mozart For Millennials version turns much of Mozart’s recitative into comedic narration, keeping the storyline clear while making supertitles unnecessary and allowing today’s audience to focus on the music. Favorite baritones Jonathan Wilson and Noah Gartner return as Figaro and The Count respectively, Mary Govertsen sings The Countess (you may have heard her fine performance in the second act of this opera in last Spring’s Letters of Love and Subterfuge concert last Spring), and soprano Anne Slovin returns to us as Susanna. Anne last appeared with TT-O as Irena in Richard Wargo’s The Seduction of A Lady.
Le Nozze di Figaro will stream on May 6 & 7 at 7:00 PM CST, May 8 at 6:00 PM CST, and May 9 at 3:00 CST. Tickets are $10, and are available at the link above.
MEET THE CAST
Figaro - Jonathan Wilson
Susanna - Anne Slovin
Countess Rosina Almaviva - Mary Govertsen
Count Almaviva - Noah Gartner
Cherubino – Brittany Jeffery
Marcellina – Katherine B. Dalin
Don Basilio - Erich Buchholz
Don Bartolo - Bryan Dahl
Antonio - Aaron Hunt
Don Curzio - Timothy McGowan
Adaptation & Narration - Sarah Jenks
Audio & Video Design - Brent A Morden
If you missed this fantastic concert, you can stilL view it on our Youtube station!
For the last year+ we have been dealing with a global pandemic the likes of which have not been seen for a very long time. This has robbed the collective of precious lives, loves, livelihoods, careers, social/emotional/intellectual interactions, and so many other things in our lives that we may have easily taken for granted. The performing arts have been decimated, with contracts shredded, audition opportunities postponed, competitions rescheduled, all ‘round the world.
But we were never alone. To remember this is an imperative. No matter your individual spiritual journey, to be human is to know that there is only one family, and it is all of us. We must continue to reach out to each other, and to support each other in every way possible.
Because we can only be healed when every one of us is safe from this pestilence.
Transgressive Theatre-Opera has assembled a group of musicians at the beginning of their careers, from all the corners of the earth to bring you a concert of international proportion. They have not stopped their work, as you will clearly hear. They have continued to grow, to become. Let their passion for the artform remind you of our worldwide solidarity and wash us all clean.
Producing Artistic Director – Aaron Hunt
The concert will be shown beginning March 26, 2021 AT 7:00 PM EST and will remain up on the company YouTube page: Transgressive Theatre-Opera - YouTube
PLEASE MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION THROUGH OUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT, AND INDICATE THAT IT IS FOR HOPE HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD
Concept and Musical Direction by Sarah Jenks, Resident Music Director
Audio & Video Design by Brent A. Morden
Program Cover Design by Dominic Rescigno
Please view the program in this slideshow presentation
WE HOPE YOU DIDN'T MISS OUR FEBRUARY PRODUCTION!
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Book by CRAIG LUCAS
Music and Lyrics by ADAM GUETTEL
Produced by arrangement with Turner Entertainment Co.
Owner of the original motion picture "Light In The Piazza"
Based on the Novel by Elizabeth Spencer
Original Broadway Production by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2005
The World Premiere of The Light In The Piazza was produced by the Intiman Theatre
Seattle, Washington
Opening Night: June 14, 2003
Bartlett Sher, Artistic Director Laura Penn, Managing Director
and The Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
Opening Night: January 20, 2004
Robert Falls, Artistic Director Roche Schulfer, Executive Director
Developed with the Assistance of the Sundance Institute Theatre Laboratory
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
Developed with the Assistance of the Sundance Institute Theatre Laboratory On the staff page of all programs you agree to set forth the following credits: Italian Lyrics for "Il Mondo Era Vuoto" by Judith Blazer
Italian Translation by Judith Blazer and Maria Vèrnole Blazer
Italian Translation by Judith Blazer and Maria Vèrnole Blazer
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This was programmed JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE'S DAY, is the beloved Lucas/Guettel musical, The Light In The Piazza, streaming directly into your living room!
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“Out of somewhere I have something I have never had, and sad is happy. That’s all I see.”
Transgressive Theatre-Opera presents its first full musical theatre offering in this heart-wrenching tale of the power of love, family, and women’s self-empowerment. This score is rooted in classical music and the operatic style of storytelling. In its most passionate moments, the score is too grandiose to be considered anything other than the grandest form of theatre; opera. When the spoken word is not enough, these characters sing. When the lyrics are no longer sufficient, “Ah!” is the only response.
TT-O’s cast of classical singers will not attempt to affect more contemporary musical theatre sounds. Once the American and the Italian families of this tale become a new family in the truest sense the sound is pure opera, and our cast of singing actors will deliver the histrionic goods along with the vocals, as our audiences and critics have always remarked.
Transgressive Theatre-Opera presents its first full musical theatre offering in this heart-wrenching tale of the power of love, family, and women’s self-empowerment. This score is rooted in classical music and the operatic style of storytelling. In its most passionate moments, the score is too grandiose to be considered anything other than the grandest form of theatre; opera. When the spoken word is not enough, these characters sing. When the lyrics are no longer sufficient, “Ah!” is the only response.
TT-O’s cast of classical singers will not attempt to affect more contemporary musical theatre sounds. Once the American and the Italian families of this tale become a new family in the truest sense the sound is pure opera, and our cast of singing actors will deliver the histrionic goods along with the vocals, as our audiences and critics have always remarked.
