TOSCA
Giacomo Puccini
March 25 & 27, 2022
Mobile Opera
Compellingly operatic. Intensely engaging. Bernard returns to Mobile Opera to conduct Puccini's most cinematic score, featuring soprano Maria Fasciano in the title role, James Chamberlain as Mario Cavaradossi, and Alexander Henderson as the corrupt Baron Scarpia.
GUYS AND DOLLS
Frank Loesser
March 4-6, 2022
Simpson College
Nathan Detroit looks to set up the biggest craps game in New York City while his long-suffering fiancée Adelaide pines for a wedding. Sky Masterson woos missionary Sarah Brown who shows little interest in being wooed by a professional gambler. This Broadway classic features a cast of colorful characters and such songs as “Luck Be a Lady,” “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat” and “Adelaide’s Lament.”
IN CONCERT
Grinnell Symphony Orchestra
February 26, 2022
Grinnell College
Bernard appears at the rostrum in concert with the Grinnell Symphony Orchestra, featuring symphonic and operatic selections from the Mediterranean, including Rossini's overture to L'italiana in Algeri, Mascagni's Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana, Elgar's In the South, and selections from Mozart's Idomeneo. With Kellie Motter, soprano, and Suzanne Lommler, mezzo-soprano.
LA CANTERINA
Joseph Haydn
February 5, 2022
Mobile Opera
Haydn's comedic chamber opera La Canterina is a farcical tale concerning the double-dealing of a modestly-talented but beautiful opera singer, Gasparina. Aided by her mother, Apollonia, the two connive to exploit the obvious affections of their landlord Don Pelagio, who is also Gasparina’s singing teacher. At the same time, they do not neglect to tease the smitten Don Ettore to their advantage.
THE ENCHANTED PIG
Jonathan Dove
October 22-24, 2021
Simpson College
The Book of Fate announces Princess Flora must wed a Pig from the North. Drawing on Romanian and Norwegian folk tales with their origins in the myth of Cupid and Psyche, The Enchanted Pig is a fantastical musical story that is funny and tender, miraculous and ridiculous.