The Marriage of Figaro
Kentucky Opera
Composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro is an opera buffa (comic opera) in four acts. With a storyline that rivals the best of the best of American soap operas (revenge, disguise, love, trickery, + a wedding thrown in for good measure), to that end, the Arts Insider refers to this opera as ‘The Young & the Restless… put to music.’
Considered among many opera fans to be ‘the perfect opera.’
*Sung in Italian with English supertitles
WHEN: February 14, 2020 @ 8pm and February 16 @ 2pm
WHERE: The Brown Theatre
TICKETS: start $85
CONTACT: 502.584.7777, 800.775.7777, and in-person at The Kentucky Center box office (walk up or drive-thru) or here. Call 502.566.5111 for information about the range of accessibility options offered.
Visiting Edna
Bunbury Theatre
Edna has suffered losses as she has aged, and now faces a late-life cancer diagnosis. Edna’s son, Andrew, is home for a visit. Together they try to bridge the gulf between the love they shared in his childhood, and the polite but baffling relationship they now live with. This in-your-face look at a strained mother + son relationship, combined with cancer trying to get the upper hand, comes from the imagination of the distinguished American playwright David Rabe.
WHEN: February 7-23, various performances
WHERE: The Henry Clay Building, 604 S. 3rd St.
TICKETS: $10-$22
CONTACT: 502.585.5306 or here.
Peter and the Wolf
Louisville Orchestra
In 1936, Sergei Prokofiev was commissioned by the director of the Central Children’s Theatre in Moscow, to write a musical symphony for children, in which the narrator tells a children’s story, while the orchestra illustrates it. The intent was to introduce children to the individual instruments of the orchestra.
Each character of this tale is represented by a corresponding instrument in the orchestra: the bird by a flute, the duck by an oboe, the cat by a clarinet playing staccato in a low register, the grandfather by a bassoon, the wolf by three horns, Peter by the string quartet, the shooting of the hunters by the kettle drums and bass drum. The giant puppets of the Squallis Puppeteers join the Louisville Orchestra on stage for this production.
WHEN: March 21 @ 11am
WHERE: The Brown Theatre
TICKETS: $15
CONTACT: 502.584.7777, 800.775.7777, and in-person at The Kentucky Center box office (walk up or drive-thru) or here. Call 502.566.5111 for information about the range of accessibility options offered.
*Best suited for children ages 3-12
Pre-concert activities begin at 10:00am in the Brown Theatre lobby.
P.S. A nice outing for you and your loved one.
BY GIOIA PATTON
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