Opera Season
2008 - 2009: I Love You to Death
Movies, theater and dance all have achieved greatness with memorable death scenes but fewer art forms tell this tale as often or as well as opera. This season come witness firsthand three smart, strong, charismatic women consumed by love. Puccini, Bizet and Verdi all created beautiful music to express the passion and emotional depth of their leading ladies in Manon Lescaut, Carmen and La Traviata. With the legendary Don Juan story of Don Giovanni you will agree with Mozart’s masterpiece - there is no other acceptable ending to this story.
This 66th season of opera provides a marker for the history books with the anticipated re-opening of the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts. Mr. Plácido Domingo returns to New Orleans on January 17, 2009 for a gala celebrating both the re-opening of the theater and to help inaugurate the “Plácido Domingo Stage.”
Join us as we continue New Orleans’ two-hundred and twelve year heritage of opera!
Season Schedule
Puccini’s Manon Lescaut – October 17 & 19, 2008 at McAlister Auditorium
Mozart’s Don Giovanni – November 14 & 16, 2008 at McAlister Auditorium
A Glorious Gala Concert with Plácido Domingo - January 17, 2009
Bizet’s Carmen – March 20 & 22, 2009 at Mahalia Jackson Theatre of the Performing Arts
Verdi’s La Traviata – April 17 & 19, 2009 at Mahalia Jackson Theatre of the Performing Arts
