Week of Events
Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia Ashton is madly in love with Edgardo, leader of the Ravenswoods, her family’s fiercest political enemies. However, her marriage to Lord Arturo Bucklaw has already been arranged by her brother Enrico, in order to save their family from poverty. Caught in the middle of the two rival families, Lucia loses her strength and descends into madness, leading to the opera’s tragic conclusion. Donizetti’s beautifully tumultuous score is highlighted by the iconic “Mad Scene,” an extended, virtuosic showpiece made famous by sopranos such as Joan Sutherland, Maria Callas, and Beverly Sills.
Brown Bag Opera
Brown Bag Opera
Share your lunch break with Pensacola Opera! Once a month during the season, our Jan Miller Studio Artists perform arias and musical theatre pieces while you enjoy your lunch, in this laid-back recital series. Brown Bag Opera takes place at the Opera Center at Noon, lasting about 45 minutes. You bring the lunch, we bring[.....]
Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
Bring the whole family out to a FREE musical production, designed just for kids at your local library! Performed by our Studio Artists, join us in the forest as we meet some well-loved characters, but in some unexpected ways!
Forest Ranger Dudley is too shy to ask Little Red’s mom, the widow Hood, to the Forest Ranger Ball. For that reason he leaves a written invitation in a basket of flowers outside Little Red’s house. Unfortunately for Dudley, the basket is delivered to Granny. Granny simply loves men, especially men in uniform. In the resulting confusion Dudley loses his pants, Granny kisses the Wolf, Mom gets impatient and Little Red gets in trouble. In fact, everyone experiences, in one way or another, a very, very unusual day.
Music by Jacques Offenbach & Gioachino Rossini
Adaptation, book, & lyrics by John Davies