GALLANTRY: A SOAP OPERA
Douglas Moore
October 28-30, 2022
Simpson College
A surgeon has fallen in love with the anesthetist, who in turn loves the patient on the table! Gallantry is a musical farce centering on a television soap opera set in a hospital's operating room. Critical moments are, of course, interrupted by commercials.
CABILDO
Amy Beach
February 17-19, 2023
Simpson College
A tour group in New Orleans visits where pirate Pierre Lafitte was imprisoned in 1814. Captivated, Mary dreams of the story of Lafitte’s escape. Was love his key to freedom or is that just wishful thinking? Written in 1932 and incorporating folk and Creole influences, Cabildo is the only opera from pioneering composer Amy Beach.
CENDRILLON
Pauline Viardot
February 17-19, 2023
Simpson College
Cendrillon is a chamber operetta that takes a more lighthearted approach to Perrault's original fairy tale, Cinderella. The evil stepmother is replaced with a bumbling and clueless stepfather and the Fairy Godmother appears as a guest at the party and entertains the guests with a song.
