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Opera:
Your Passport to the World

Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Saturday, November 8, 2008, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 7:30 pm
Friday, November 14, 2008, 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 16, 2008, 2:00 pm

Journey to early 20th-century Japan with Puccini's soaring tale of passion, devotion, and honor! Butterfly, the young Japanese bride of Naval officer Pinkerton, gives up her family and culture to be with her husband. When he leaves for America, she waits patiently with their son for three years, only to be devastated when he returns to Japan with an American wife. Faced with a choice between life without honor or death with dignity, Butterfly must make the ultimate sacrifice.

Bizet's The Pearl Fishers
Saturday, February 14, 2009, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 7:30 pm
Friday, February 20, 2009, 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 22, 2009, 2:00 pm

Travel to the island of Ceylon in Bizet's exotic story of desire, friendship and sacrifice! Zurga, a fisherman, and Nadir, a hunter, have vowed to avoid the priestess who came between them years before. When she returns, however, Nadir and the priestess embrace their love, defying her sacred vows and threatening the men's friendship. The lovers' affair is discovered and they are sentenced to death, but are saved by Zurga, whose life the priestess saved years before.

Mozart's Così Fan Tutte
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 7:30 pm
Friday, May 1, 2009, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 3, 2009, 2:00 pm

Experience the Italian Riviera in Mozart's frothy comedy of seduction, disguise and infidelity! Ferrando and Guglielmo, two young officers, have made a bet with the cynical Don Alfonso that the two sisters they will marry will be faithful to them. The men agree to disguise themselves as Albanians and then seduce each other's betrothed. Alfonso enlists the help of the sisters' maid, Despina, and soon the sisters fall prey to the charms of the "Albanians."