The season features three unique opera performances. Kicking off the season will be Verdi’s MacBeth. Performances are slated for Sept. 18 and Sunday, Sept. 20.
Next up, Friday, Nov. 13 and Sunday, Nov. 15, is Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers, followed by Kern and Hammerstein’s Show Boat with performances Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 18-21, 2016. Single tickets for the Brown-Forman 2015/16 Season are now on sale at KYOpera.org or by calling (502) 584-7777.
Opera novices and connoisseurs can still subscribe to this season of Kentucky Opera and see all three shows for as little at $86. You can easily subscribe online at KYOpera.org or by calling (502) 584-4500. All subscribers have access to exclusive events and ticket offers along with invites to cast parties, previews and more.
MacBeth is a bold presentation that teems with madness, the supernatural and deliciously unrestrained passion of this classic Shakespeare thriller. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth burn with ruthless purpose in Verdi’s opera based on the classic play. After they take the crown, their reign of terror and corruption is engulfed by their doomed fate. With magnificent sets and costumes from the Opera Pacific Victoria, this production offers a vivid portrayal of Verdi’s richly emotional score. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Conducted by the music director Joseph Mechavich and staged by Keturah Stickann, the cast includes: Gergory Dahl as Macbeth and Lyne Fortin as Lady Macbeth.
Three Decembers will peel back decades of misguided love, secrets, resentment and unacknowledged family truths in this intimate chamber opera by Jake Heggie, starring world-renowned mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves.
Audiences peek in on Madeline, the Broadway star and her two grown children over three Christmas Holidays to discover them wrapped ever tighter in conflict and affection. A story of a family facing success and failure, Three Decembers is a beautifully poignant and heart wrenching work. Sung in English with English supertitles.
The opera will be conducted by Robert Wood and staged by Florentine Opera’s general director William Florescu, leading a production design team from Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Kentucky Opera embraces this American Classic with an operatic side of musical theater in a splendid presentation of Kern & Hammerstein’s Show Boat. Life on a Mississippi riverboat is depicted in grand opera style, combining the spectacle of glorious singing and staging, with sumptuous costumes and familiar tunes, all driven by powerful themes of prejudice and enduring love. Classic songs from Show Boat include “Ol’ Man River,” “Make Believe” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man.” Sung in English with English supertitles.
The cast includes: Liam Bonner as Ravenal, local soprano Emily Albrink as Magnolia, Alyson Cambridge as Julie LaVerne, Derrick Parker as Joe, and Angela Renee Simpson as Queenie. The production will be conducted by Joseph Mechavich, staged by David Gately with choreography by Barbara Cullen.
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From the Kentucky Opera