Opera

Gounod’s opera tells the story of an aging Faust, who makes a bargain with the devil in exchange for youth and pursues the young Marguerite, with tragic consequences.

Christian Reif conducts and Paul Curran directs Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, performed by Shepherd School Opera and the Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra. Sung in German with English surtitles.

Carlisle Floyd’s American opera follows a young woman in rural Tennessee who becomes the target of gossip and condemnation by her religious community.

Gounod’s opera tells the story of an aging Faust, who makes a bargain with the devil in exchange for youth and pursues the young Marguerite, with tragic consequences.

Carlisle Floyd’s American opera follows a young woman in rural Tennessee who becomes the target of gossip and condemnation by her religious community.

Gounod’s opera tells the story of an aging Faust, who makes a bargain with the devil in exchange for youth and pursues the young Marguerite, with tragic consequences.

Puccini’s opera follows singer Floria Tosca as she and her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, become entangled with the corrupt police chief Scarpia amid political unrest in Rome.

Gounod’s opera tells the story of an aging Faust, who makes a bargain with the devil in exchange for youth and pursues the young Marguerite, with tragic consequences.

Puccini’s opera follows singer Floria Tosca as she and her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, become entangled with the corrupt police chief Scarpia amid political unrest in Rome.

Puccini’s opera follows singer Floria Tosca as she and her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, become entangled with the corrupt police chief Scarpia amid political unrest in Rome.

Benjamin Britten’s chamber opera follows a governess caring for two children at a remote English country house, where she becomes convinced that supernatural forces threaten them.

Puccini’s opera follows singer Floria Tosca as she and her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, become entangled with the corrupt police chief Scarpia amid political unrest in Rome.

Benjamin Britten’s chamber opera follows a governess caring for two children at a remote English country house, where she becomes convinced that supernatural forces threaten them.