Boston Lyric Opera Announces Its 2010-2011 Season!
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2010-2011 Season Brochure

Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) announces its 2010-2011 Season with a lineup of new productions, a world premiere of a newly commissioned work, and adaptations of classics. BLO will present nationally and internationally renowned singers, designers, directors and conductors who signed on with the Company to be part of this surprising season. The four operas in the new Season are intended to captivate audiences of all levels of opera experience and bring them closer to the multidimensional art form.

November 5, 7m, 10, 12, 14m, 16, 2010 At the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre	BLO adaptation of the Scottish Opera production In this Puccini favorite, the tension and agony are reflected on a personal level in the passionate struggles of the imprisoned Cavaradossi and Tosca, his beautiful, jealous lover. There are few good choices when life, death, and dignity are on the line.
February 1, 2, 4, 5, 6m, 2011 BLO’S annual Opera Annex production At the Calderwood Pavilion BCA	With the world premiere of a prologue by Richard Beaudoin, specially commissioned by BLO BLO premiere and new BLO production An Emperor unleashes total war and orders destruction and death. But Death does not take orders. Where does that leave the Emperor and those he seeks to annihilate? In 1943, composer Viktor Ullmann and poet Petr Kien were prisoners in the concentration camp Terezin, where they created this almost inconceivably wry and touching opera. They died at Auschwitz, but their opera survives as an allusive, haunting, texturally rich testament to their spirit. Expressing through music what words alone cannot convey, the opera is in equal measure dark, funny and poignant as it juxtaposes the brutality and fragility of existence with a celebration of life’s purpose.
March 11, 13m, 16, 18, 20m, 22, 2011 At the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre	A Glimmerglass Opera/New York City Opera production Agrippina wants her rotten son to be the emperor of Rome. What’s a mother to do? She promises anything to everyone standing in her way: Nero himself, an ambitious courtesan, a general, a couple of fawning sycophants, and half the Roman Senate, and her husband, current emperor Claudius. Handel’s music soars. Come delight in his fresh musical invention and some crazy, hothouse humanity.
April 29, May 1m, 4, 6, 8m, 10, 2011 At the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre	BLO premiere and new BLO production Ah, the thrill of the chase. Over hill, over dale, girdling the Earth in 40 minutes—when the words are mostly Shakespeare, even the libretto sings. Britten gives us a stageful of sprites and mortals in a touching and very funny take: a dreamscape. Or is it a nightmare? Depends on how you feel about unrequited love, and donkeys.

Read more about the operas and the cast here.

Our 2010-2011 Season is bursting with exciting elements:

• Opera Annex, an annual production that is fully staged and designed for an alternative space outside the traditional opera theatre. It offers a fresh approach to opera and lower prices for people interested in trying opera for the first time. Subscribers may purchase Opera Annex tickets in addition to their regular subscription at 15% off.
• The Signature Series, a lively one-hour exploration of the operas in BLO’s 2010-2011 Season. Each program in the Series focuses on one opera and employs a different art form including film, visual arts, theater, and always music to highlight a theme in the opera.
• BLO’s Open House at the Shubert, a free day of performances, activities, backstage tours and more. Fun for adults, kids, opera aficionados and newcomers.

All of this, plus our annual Opera for Young Audiences production, offers something for everyone!

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