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2023/24 Season

La Cenerentola (Cinderella) Media Kit

La Cenerentola Media Kit

Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Nov 8-12 | 2023
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Madama Butterfly Media Kit

Madama Butterfly Media Kit

Emerson Colonial Theatre
Sept 14, 17, 22, 24 | 2023
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

2020/21 Season

desert in Media Kit

desert in Media Kit

Lost souls are found, love is rekindled, and secrets are exposed at a mysterious motor lodge in the American West. Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, playwright christopher oscar peña, and director James Darrah, desert in is a groundbreaking, new eight-part miniseries that reveals a supernatural story of love, loss, and the price of memories.

Now streaming exclusively on operabox.tv.

The Fall of the House of Usher Media Kit

The Fall of the House of Usher Media Kit

An Opera in Two Acts by Philip Glass
Libretto by Arthur Yorinks
Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe
1988 © Dunvagen Music Publishers. Used by Permission.
Sung in English with English captions available.

Now streaming exclusively on operabox.tv.

Cavalleria Rusticana Media Kit

Cavalleria Rusticana Media Kit

Join us for Boston Lyric Opera’s first production of Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni’s verismo tale of love, betrayal, and death in a small Sicilian village. Experience the thrill of live, large-scale opera together in the open air at Leader Bank Pavilion on Boston’s waterfront.

2019/20 Season

Pagliacci Media Kit

Pagliacci Media Kit

DCR Steriti Memorial Rink
Sept 27, 28, Oct 2, 4, 6
Music and Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo
English translation by Bill Bankes-Jones

Sung in English and Italian with English surtitles
Runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission

Fellow Travelers Media Kit

Fellow Travelers Media Kit

Emerson Paramount Center
Robert J. Orchard Stage
Nov. 13, 14, 16, 16
An Opera by Gregory Spears
Libretto by Greg Pierce
Based on the 2007 novel Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon

Sung in English with English surtitles
Surtitles by Greg Pierce

Norma Media Kit

Norma Media Kit

Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Libretto by Felice Romani
Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Performance time is approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes including one intermission.

2018/19 Season

Barber of Seville Media Kit

The Barber of Seville Media Kit

Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Oct 12, 14, 17, 19, 21
Music by Gioacchino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

Schoenberg in Hollywood Media Kit

Schoenberg in Hollywood Media Kit

Emerson/Paramount Center
ROBERT J. ORCHARD STAGE

Nov 14, 15, 17, 18
An Opera by Tod Machover
Music by Tod Machover
Libretto by Simon Robson

The Rape of Lucretia Media Kit

The Rape of Lucretia Media Kit

Artists for Humanity EpiCenter
100 West 2nd Street,
Fort Point, Boston

Mar 11, 13, 15, 16, 17
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Ronald Duncan
After the play by André Obey
A New BLO Production
Sung in English with English surtitles

The Handmaid's Tale Media Kit

The Handmaid’s Tale Media Kit

Harvard University Ray Lavietes Pavilion
45 North Harvard Street, Boston

May 5, 8, 10, 12
Music by Poul Ruders
Libretto by Paul Bentley
Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood
Sung in English with English surtitles
First performances of a new edition by composer Poul Ruders, commissioned by Boston Lyric Opera