Yale Opera performs Tchaikovsky rarity May 3–4
Michael Gieleta directs, Timothy Shaindlin is musical director The Yale Opera program at the Yale School of Music presents Tchaikovsky’s one-act opera Iolanta on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at 8 pm. The “richly melodious opera” (New York Times) was a great success upon its premiere; its fairytale plot features a blind princess growing up in [...]
Yale Opera announces fall scenes
Yale Opera is pleased to announce the program for its annual Fall Scenes production, which will take place Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3. Both performances take place at 7:30 pm in Morse Recital Hall. Hans Nieuwenhuis is the stage director; Douglas Dickson and Timothy Shaindlin provide music direction and accompaniment. The design team [...]
NEW video: Così fan tutte preview
Così fan tutte runs Feb. 10–12 at the Shubert Theater. Tickets are available HERE.
Yale Opera performs scenes from Bellini to Berlioz
Marc Verzatt directs performances Oct. 28 & 29 The Yale School of Music presents the singers of Yale Opera in two evenings of opera scenes on Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29. Each evening will feature a different selection of scenes from popular operas by composers as diverse as Handel, Gounod, Puccini, and more. [...]
Yale Opera presents an exciting new production of Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI Feb. 11 through 13
Stage director Sam Helfrich makes his Yale Opera debut The Yale School of Music and Yale Opera will present Mozart’s masterpiece Don Giovanni February 11 through 13 at New Haven’s historic Shubert Theater. Performances take place at 8 pm February 11 and 12, and at 2 pm February 13. With stage director Sam Helfrich at [...]
Rising stars of Yale Opera offer two evenings of opera scenes in Sprague Hall October 29 and 30
The Yale School of Music will present the up-and-coming singers of Yale Opera in two evenings of selected opera scenes. The annual Fall Opera Scenes production is an audience favorite, bringing together the creative talents of artistic director Doris Yarick Cross and stage director Marc Verzatt. In addition, this October’s production will feature the work [...]
Yale Opera’s Liederabend offers evening of German song
Rising opera stars turn to art songs by Brahms, Mahler, Mendelssohn, J. Marx, Schubert, Schumann, R. Strauss, and Wolff This December, Yale Opera will continue its tradition of Liederabend, evenings of art songs focusing on a single country or language. The rising stars of Yale Opera, along with pianist Kyle Swann, will take the audience [...]
Yale Opera: The Magic Flute, 2009
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Take a look at highlights from Yale Opera’s 2009 production of Mozart’s classic Die Zauberflöte, performed at New Haven’s Shubert Theater this past February. The creative team behind this exciting new production included stage director Marc Verzatt, set designer Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, costume designer Thierry Bosquet (principal and men’s chorus costumes [...]
Yale Opera presents a new production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Follow the sound of Tamino’s magic flute into Mozart’s bewitching fairytale opera, where good triumphs over evil, darkness gives way to light, and love conquers all. The Yale School of Music presents Yale Opera’s new production of Mozart’s classic Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) at the Shubert Theater, 247 College Street, Friday, February 13 and [...]
