Opera Matinee

Composed in 2009, a charming tale of a young woman who dedicates her life to education in a poverty-stricken mountainous region, revealing love, sacrifice, ideals and reality. Sung in Mandarin, a production of China's National Centre for the Performing Arts.

Verdi's middle-era drama of a seafaring pirate, a hero outside the law with a noble goal to fight injustice, that ends tragically. A production of Opera Festival of Chicago

Rossini's delightful one-act romantic comedy (The Fortunate Deception) of a duke who is reunited with his wife, presumed dead for many years, with endearing characters and moments of sentiment

Verdi's stunning masterpiece and audience favorite, the tragic love story of members of warring nations. A production of LA Opera, conducted by James Conlon, starring Latonia Moore in the title role.

L’Amant anonyme, 18th century composer Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges' only extant opera, about a grieving widow and the secret admirer who anonymously sends her gifts while waiting for her heart to heal. A production of Chicago's Haymarket Opera Company, sung in French.

Charles Gounod's lavish take on Shakespeare's tragic love story, full of lyricism and passion in this production of China's National Centre for the Performing Arts, led by Patrick Fournillier.

Donizetti's comic opera, an audience favorite, of trickery in the name of love as the elderly Don Pasquale seeks a wife to produce an heir and discredit his nephew, Ernesto. This production of China's National Centre for the Performing Arts.

Giuseppe Verdi’s lighthearted and final opera, based on Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, is full of merriment and mischief as the knight Falstaff attempts to gain wealth through seduction. This production of National Centre for the Performing Arts star Robert de Candia in the title role.

This charming, comic opera is an audience favorite, a triumph of sincerity and fidelity as the the peasant Nemorino wins the love of the wealthy landowner, Adina, through the magic of an elixir. This production of China's National Centre for the Performing Arts is led by Pier Giorgio Morandi.