2008 – 2009 Season
The University Opera Theatre will present Benjamin Britten's
The Rape of Lucretia and Leoš Janáček's Jenufa.
Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia
| Thursday, November 6 | 7:30 pm | |
| Friday, November 7 | 7:30 pm | |
| Saturday, November 8 | 7:30 pm | |
| Sunday, November 9 | 1:30 pm |
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Ronald Duncan
Directed by David Walsh
Conducted by Mark Russell Smith
An operatic exposé of sexual and cultural violence set amidst the backdrop of imperialist war. In English with supertitles.
Join us for a forum where the focus of discussion will be violence and feminine sensibility, as illuminated in The Rape of Lucretia.
Ted Mann Concert Hall
Tickets: 612/624-2345 or www.tickets.umn.edu
$20 general admission; $10 UM Student w/ ID; Call for group rates
Leos Janáček’s Jenufa
| Thursday, April 23 | 7:30 pm | |
| Friday, April 24 | 7:30 pm | |
| Saturday, April 25 | 7:30 pm | |
| Sunday, April 26 | 1:30 pm |
Music by Leos Janáček
Libretto by Gabriela Preissova*
Directed by David Walsh
Conducted by Mark Russell Smith
This intensely moving and powerful social drama depicts the tragedy of a young woman's 'sin' in an intolerant, unforgiving society and her subsequent triumph through compassion, love and newfound understanding.
Join us for a forum to discuss the theme of society's hypocrisy and double standards with respect to male and female morality.
*Janáček extracted the text directly from Preissova's play Her Stepdaughter, making only some cuts and a few minor emendations to the original wording.
Ted Mann Concert Hall
Tickets: 612/624-2345 or www.tickets.umn.edu
$20 general admission; $10 UM Student w/ ID; Call for group rates