Music by Charles Gounod, libretto by Jules Barbier. Charles Gounod’s Faust draws upon the two act play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a literary classic based on the German legend of a man who sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Gounod’s opera does not attempt […]
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RIGOLETTO (Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco M. Piave) Fully staged opera in partnership with Connecticut Lyric Opera Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto is a spectacular fast-paced story of seduction, love, ridicule and tragic death, with powerful music, that has often been cited as Verdi’s best! Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber […]
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Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Nov. 6, 2015 Trinity-On-Main Arts Center – New Britain Nov. 7, 2015 MHS Performing Arts Center – Middletown Nov. 11, 2015 Infinity Hall – Hartford Nov. 15, 2015Garde Arts Center – New London Cast: Figaro: Luke Scott Susanna: Amanda Kohl, […]
Read MoreFully Staged Opera Production with the Connecticut Lyric Opera
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Read MoreThe Virtuosi is pleased to announce the 2014-2015 season of orchestral concerts and operas, building upon a 17 year tradition as Connecticut’s premiere chamber orchestra and, in our co-productions with Connecticut Lyric Opera, offering the state’s only full-season professional opera. October 17, 2014 Heritage Concert: Music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, […]
Read More‘Flying Dutchman’ opera at Garde was worth the wait By Milton Moore Publication: The Day New London – The Connecticut Lyric Opera gave New London its first taste of a fully staged Richard Wagner opera Saturday night – and it was delicious. On this bicentennial of Wagner’s birth, the CLO […]
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