is a revelation Festival ...come revel with us! April 28 - May 6 & more! Il Tabarro & Suor Angelica Gianni Schicchi & Buoso s Ghost & More!

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1 is a revelation Festival & more! Il Tabarro & Suor Angelica Giacomo Puccini New Series! Gianni Schicchi & Giacomo Puccini Buoso s Ghost Michael Ching & More! Buy multiple performances & save!...come revel with us! April 28 - May 6 Buy Tickets Now! operade.org

2 Tickets start at $ SEASON at the OPERADELAWARE Studios 4 S. Poplar Street, Wilmington Opera Uncorked with Swigg: Arias, Ambers & IPAs * Friday October 20, 2017 October 22, 2017 Werther in Concert Saturday November 18, 2017 November 19, 2017 Opera Uncorked with Swigg: Cabernets & Cabalettas * Friday March 16, 2018 March 18, Festival April 28-May 6 Seven acts in two weekends to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Puccini's Il Trittico! Il Tabarro & Suor Angelica Saturday April 28, 2018 May 6, 2018 The Grand Opera House 818 N. Market St Gianni Schicchi & Buoso s Ghost April 29, 2018 Saturday May 5, 2018 The Grand Opera House 818 N. Market St Opera Uncorked: A Flight of Puccini * Concert performance with piano: Act I of La Bohème, Act II of Tosca, and Act III of Madama Butterfly Friday May 4, 2018 OperaDelaware Studios 4 S. Poplar St *Optional wine/beer pairing available for $10 at the performance.

3 Welcome to the Season What was it that made Giacomo Puccini not only the most popular opera composer of his lifetime but (arguably) the most successful of all time? He had the ability to wield such orchestral power and vocal poignance that it could bring any aria, any opera to a unique and personal climax from the heart-pounding rush of music and emotion to a heart-stopping moment of electric silence then a thunderous roar of applause. That was his genius. That was his gift. What some opera lovers called The Puccini Moment. This season, we have harvested a half dozen of these moments for the 2018 Festival, plus a Puccini-inspired extra. We ll also introduce a new Studio series, Opera Uncorked with Swigg, and present two concert performances with piano of Massenet s heart-wrenching Werther. So cheers to a new season! Get your tickets early, and tell your friends: OperaDelaware is a revelation come revel with us! A look back at the 2017 Festival "OperaDelaware has become a regional company whose plans savvy operagoers far and wide should follow. David Shengold, Opera News OperaDelaware s Spring Festival has become a valuable tradition... Christine Facciolo, WHYY/NewsWorks Photos by Joe del Tufo/Moonloop Photography

4 2018 festival Seven acts in two weekends! Celebrating Il Tabarro & Suor Angelica Saturday, April 28, 2018, May 6, 2018 The Grand Opera House, 818 N. Market Street Parts I and II of Puccini s Il Trittico. Il Tabarro (The Cloak), a dark drama set on the banks of the Seine, is Puccini at his most verismo. This tale of love, loss, adultery and murder coupled with some of Puccini s most stunning vocal writing is not to be missed. Suor Angelica tells the story of a young noblewoman forced to enter the convent after a youthful indiscretion that led to the birth of an illegitimate child. Tragedy, death and redemption on the landscape of Puccini s lush orchestration. Maestro Anthony Barrese, OperaDelaware s new Music Director, will conduct and Crystal Manich will direct. Sung in Italian, with English Supertitles. ELENI CALENOS Giorgetta/Suor Angelica MATTHEW VICKERS Luigi GRANT YOUNGBLOOD Michele ALISSA ANDERSON Frugola/La Zia Principessa Buy Tickets Now! operade.org BUY MORE & SAVE Tickets $29-$99 5 or MORE PERFORMANCES before Oct 15 / save 20% after Oct 15 / save 15% -use code Puccini5 2-4 PERFORMANCES before Oct 15 / save 15% after Oct 15 / save 10% -use code Puccini2

5 the 100th anniversary of Puccini s Il Trittico 2018 festival Gianni Schicchi & Buoso s Ghost, April 29, 2018 Saturday, May 5, 2018 The Grand Opera House, 818 N. Market Street Based on part of Dante s Divine Comedy, Gianni Schicchi (the final installment of Puccini s Il Trittico) is a comic opera about a conniving family's attempts to change their deceased uncle's will for their own gain. Buoso s Ghost, a contemporary sequel to Gianni Schicchi by Michael Ching, suggests that the wealthy Uncle Buoso did not die of natural causes. Michael Ching conducts, and A. Scott Parry (La Cenerentola, 2017) returns to direct; Sung in Italian and English, with English Supertitles. SEAN ANDERSON Gianni Schicchi SARA DUCHOVNAY Lauretta KIRK DOUGHERTY Rinuccio MICHAEL CHING Conductor/Composer (Buoso s Ghost) Opera Uncorked: A Flight of Puccini Friday, May 4, 2018 OperaDelaware Studios, 4 S. Poplar Street Our new Opera Uncorked series at our Riverfront Studios (turn the page for more info) gets into the festival spirit, exploring Puccini s more popular fare, paired with an optional wine tasting. Stars from the festival will offer a concert performance with piano featuring Act I of La Bohème, Act II of Tosca, and Act III of Madama Butterfly. Sung in Italian, with English Supertitles.

6 New series at our Riverfront Studios (4 S. Poplar St.)! Enjoy beautiful music by today s most exciting opera singers paired with optional wine/beer tastings from Swigg! Optional wine/beer tastings available for $10 at the performance; Must be 21 or older Opera Uncorked: Arias, Ambers & IPAs Friday, October 20, 2017, October 22, 2017 KELLY GLYPTIS Soprano CHELSEA DUVAL-MAJOR Mezzo NORMAN SHANKLE Tenor HAL WILSON Bass Opera Uncorked: Cabernets & Cabalettas Friday, March 16, 2018, March 18, 2018 SARA DUCHOVNAY Soprano ALEKSANDRA ROMANO Mezzo CLAY HILLEY Tenor AURELIEN EULERT Pianist

7 Werther in Concert Saturday, November 18, 2017, November 19, 2017 OperaDelaware Studios, 4 S. Poplar Street Massenet's tragic opera about unrequited love comes to life in this intimate concert setting. Rachelle Jonck conducts this thrilling performance, with Lyric Opera Baltimore Artistic Director James Harp at the piano. Also featuring members of the Wilmington Children s Chorus. BRIAN CHENEY Werther CHRYSTAL E. WILLIAMS Charlotte VANESSA BECERRA Sophie ANDREW PARDINI Albert Buy Tickets Now! operade.org BUY MORE & SAVE Tickets $29-$99 5 or MORE PERFORMANCES before Oct 15 / save 20% after Oct 15 / save 15% -use code Puccini5 2-4 PERFORMANCES before Oct 15 / save 15% after Oct 15 / save 10% -use code Puccini2

8 This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on travel sponsor Buy Tickets Now! 0peraDE.org Opera Uncorked: May 4 A Flight of Puccini Il tabarro April 28, May 6 / Suor Angelica Gianni Schicchi / Buoso s Ghost April 29, May Festival or OperaDE.org Werther Nov. 18 & 19 in Concert Opera Uncorked: Cabernets & March 16 & 18 Cabalettas Order your tickets now! Opera Uncorked: Oct. 20 & 22 Arias, Ambers & IPAs SEASON 4 South Poplar Street Wilmington, DE South Poplar Street Wilmington, DE Permit no. 329 Wilmington, DE PAID Non-Profit U.S. postage