2017 Season Past Performances
Dialogues of the Carmelites
The Corning Auditorium of The Fine Arts Association
PAST PERFORMANCE DATES ON 8-25, 8-26, and 8-27, 2017.
Synopsis
By Francis Poulenc, this is the most powerful fictionalized version of the story of the Martyrs of Compiègne, Carmelite nuns who in 1794 in the midst of the French Revolution, were guillotined in Paris for refusing to renounce their vocation. A most powerful dramatic telling of this amazing story, told by the nuns in twelve scenes, and sung in English.
L’Enfant et les Sortileges (The Child and the Enchantments)
The Corning Auditorium of The Fine Arts Association
PAST PERFORMANCE DATE ON 8-22-17
Synopsis
Directed by Timothy Nelson. After being scolded by his mother in the beginning of the opera, a rude child throws a tantrum destroying the room around him. He is then surprised to find that the unhappy objects in his room come to life. The furniture and decorations begin to talk; even his homework takes shape as it becomes an old man. Sung in English.
Before Breakfast
The Corning Auditorium Of The Fine Arts Association
PAST PERFORMANCE DATE ON 8-12-17
Synopsis
By American composer Thomas Pasatieri, inspired by the play by Eugene O’Neill. The esteemed soprano Jennifer Cresswell will perform this one-woman opera accompanied at the piano by the singular Kathleen Kelly of the Metropolitan Opera. Charlotte, who “is in her early forties but looks sixty,” prepares breakfast for her husband, the unseen Alfred, while she recalls their married life in a litany of accusations, from alcoholism and indolence to arrogance and infidelity. Sung in English.
“Classic Italian Arias”
Performed at The Mentor Civic Amphitheater
PAST PERFORMANCE DATE ON 8-19-17
Some of the greatest Italian arias in opera.
Sung by Mainstage Artists and Singing Artists of Resonanz Opera.
“Songs from The Garden Patio”
Performed at The Wildwood Cultural Center of Mentor
PAST PERFORMANCE DATE ON 8-18-17
Timeless songs of love, joy, sorrow, and peace.
Sung by Resonanz Opera Singing Artists.
