Norma is a tragedia lirica or opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini. The priestess Norma has an affair with Pollione, an officer occupying her lands. Soon Pollione becomes tired of Norma and takes up with the younger priestess Adalgisa. Norma’s people cry out for rebellion against the occupying forces. Don’t forget Student Night is […]
L’italiana in Algeri or The Italian Girl in Algiers is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by composer Gioachino Rossini. Isabella is shipwrecked while searching for her lost lover, Lindoro who has been captured by Mustafà, the Bey of Algiers. Isabella finds herself cast ashore near the palace of Mustafà, who becomes smitten with […]
Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss – Sponsored by Mary Pillsbury After being embarrassingly stranded in a bat costume in the middle of Vienna and earning the nickname Dr. Bat, Dr. Falke decides to exact revenge on his friend Eisenstein at a costume party. In an evening of drinking, mistaken identities, and lust, will Falke’s plan […]