ECU Opera Theater
Director: John Kramar
Insectaphobia, 2013
2013-2014 Season
All performances are in the A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, at ECU’s School of Music.
Opera Tickets:
- $15.00 for general admission
- $12.00 for senior citizens, faculty and staff
- $5.00 for ECU students
Click here to buy tickets online
The following is our 2013-2014 event line-up...
Tales of Love and Loss from the British Isles
Opera Scenes by Elgar, Britten, and Vaughan Williams
and
Riders to the Sea
An opera in one act based on the play by J.M. Synge
Set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams
John Kramar, stage director
John Tyler McDonald, conductor
Eric Stellrecht, musical preparation
Jessica Vaughan, set design and movement
Jeffery Phipps, costume design
September 28, and 29, 2013, 7:00 pm, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall
Call 1-800-ECU-ARTS for reserved seating tickets
This program of charming scenes from Elgar's only attempt at an opera The Spanish Lady joins with touching moments from Britten's Peter Grimes and Vaughan Williams' Hugh the Drover, along with RVW's tragic setting of Synge's play Riders to the Sea to create a beautifully balanced tribute to three of England's greatest composers of the 20th century.
The performances will feature Olivia Johnson, Kimberly Watson, Caroline Vaughan, Ashton Humphrey, Kyle Nielsen, and many more talented students from ECU's Opera Theater.
Idomeneo
Dramma per musica in three acts
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Based on the play Idomenée by Antoine Danchet
John Kramar, stage director
Andrew Crane, conductor
Eric Stellrecht, musical preparation
Jessica Vaughan, set design and movement
Jeffery Phipps, costume design
March 6 and 7, 2014, 7:00 pm, A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall
Call 1-800-ECU-ARTS for reserved seating tickets
Mozart's setting of the classic tale of Idomeneo, King of Crete, contains some of his most innovative and beautiful music. Its premiere in 1781 established him as one of the finest dramatic composers of the 18th century. The opera explores humanity's ongoing struggles in balancing duty, honor, faith, family, and love.
Past ECU Opera Theater Productions:
Lizzie Borden (Beeson) 2012
Insectaphobia (or, Bug Off!) (Macchia) 2013
Così fan tutte (Mozart) 2012 (scenes on right)
The Medium (Menotti) 2011
A Hand of Bridge (Barber) 2011 (scenes on right)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Benjamin Britten) 2010
Mary Stuart (Gaetano Donizetti) 2011
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) 2010
The Consul (Menotti) 2009
Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 2009
HMS Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan) 2008
The Magic Flute(Mozart) 2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Sondheim) 2007
The Old Maid and the Thief (Menotti) 2007
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) 2007
Curlew River (Britten) 2006
Il Re Pastore (Mozart) 2006
The Crucible (Robert Ward) 2005
Dialogues of the Carmelites (Poulenc) 2005
Acis and Galatea (Handel) 2004
Don Giovanni (Mozart) 2004
A Childhood Miracle (Rorem) 2003
Three Sisters who are not Sisters (Rorem) 2003
Albert Herring (Britten) 2003
Venus and Adonis (Blow) 2002
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) 2001
Sinners and Saints (An evening of scenes from American Operas) 2001
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten) 2000
Così fan tutte (Mozart) 1999
Suor Angelica (Puccini) 1999
Martin’s Lie (Menotti) 1999
