Arizona Opera highlights and 2009-2010 season
Saturdays starting at noon
July 3, 2010
La fanciulla del west (The Girl of the Golden West) by Giacomo Puccini
Against the backdrop of the wild American West in the age of the Gold Rush, Minnie defies an enamored sheriff to rescue her beloved from lynching.
2001 performance; sung in Italian.
July 10, 2010
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
In a tale of revenge, lust, and innocence betrayed, the libertine Duke of Mantua seduces the sheltered Gilda, daughter of his own sarcastic court jester Rigoletto, and a father's protective love turns to a bitter thirst for vengeance.
2001 performance; sung in Italian.
July 17, 2010
La fille du regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) by Gaetano Donizetti
This charming comic opera includes the show-stopping tenor aria "Ah, mes amis" with its nine high Cs, plus the crusty Duchess of Crackentorp and, of course, young love blossoming in the middle of military obligations.
2001 performance; sung in Italian.
July 24, 2010
Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) by Giuseppe Verdi
This tragedy of betrayed loyalty and ill-fated passion focuses on the love triangle between Riccardo, Count of Warwick; his secretary, Renato; and Amelia, Renato's wife.
2000 performance; sung in Italian.
July 31, 2010
Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
Declared a "masterpiece" by Richard Strauss, Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera began life as a family entertainment for private performance, using a libretto by his sister Adelheid.
2002 performance; sung in German.
August 7, 2010
Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi
Peace in Europe comes at the cost of love when Philip II, King of Spain, marries his son Don Carlo's beloved fiancee Elisabeth de Valois, a princess of France.
2001 performance; sung in Italian.
August 14, 2010
The Pearl Fishers by Georges Bizet
2003 performance; sung in French.
August 21, 2010
Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) by Richard Wagner
An unearthly captain and his ship find salvation with a young woman's love and devotion.
2006 performance; sung in German.
August 28, 2010
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
2002 performance; sung in Italian.
Arizona Opera's 2009-2010 season
September 18, 2010
Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
September 25, 2010
Salome by Richard Strauss
October 2, 2010
La bohème by Giacomo Puccini
October 9, 2010
Arias by various composers (concert performance)
October 16, 2010
The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini
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