Il cappello di paglia di Firenze
(The Florentine straw hat)
A lively, tuneful score by the celebrated film composer Nino Rota illuminates this delightful farce in which a straw hat eaten by a horse sets in motion a hilarious chain of events, further complicating tangled wedding day preparations.
In Italian with English Surtitles
120-minute run time with a 15-minute intermission
Details
Conductor: Russell Braun
Director: Jennifer Tarver
Set Designer: Michelle Tracey
Co-Costume Designers: Alessia Urbani & Andrew Nasturzio
Stage Manager: Susan Monis
Assistant Director: Mabel Wonnacott
Assistant Stage Manager: Meghan Specht
November
2023
MacMillan Theatre
* Livestreamed
Thursday
Nov 23
7:30 pm
Friday
Nov 24
7:30 pm
Saturday *
Nov 25
7:30 pm
Sunday *
Nov 26
2:30 pm
Lysistrata
UofT Opera Student Composers Collective
Our student composers turn their talents to satire, with an adaptation of Lysistrata, based upon Aristophanes’ anti-war comedy penned in 411 BC. This contemporary reimagining boasts an acerbic modern libretto coupled with gender fluidity.
In English with English Surtitles
90-minute run time, no intermission
Libretto by Michael Patrick Albano
Conductor: Sandra Horst
Director: Mabel Wonnacott
January
2024
MacMillan Theatre
& Livestreamed
Sunday
Jan 21
2:30 pm
Cendrillon
Charles Perrault’s classic story of a lonely “cinder” girl, an unhappy household and a searching prince is given human dimension in this 19th century masterpiece. Massenet’s sweeping, lyric score elevates this simple folktale to a compelling narrative of self discovery, a quest for enduring love and the power of goodness.
In French with English Surtitles
140-minute run time with a 15 intermission
Details
Conductor: Sandra Horst
Director: Maria Lamont
Set Designer: Michelle Tracey
Lighting Designer: Gabriel Cropley
Co-Costume Designers: Alessia Urbani & Andrew Nasturzio
Stage Manager: Susan Monis
Assistant Director: Mabel Wonnacott
Assistant Stage Manager: Meghan Specht
March
2024
MacMillan Theatre
* Livestreamed
Thursday
Mar 14
7:30 pm
Friday
Mar 15
7:30 pm
Saturday *
Mar 16
7:30 pm
Sunday *
Mar 17
2:30 pm
Mostly Mozart
U of T Opera presents a concert of beloved operatic ensembles by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart augmented by works inspired by the man widely recognized as “one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music”.
90-minutes maximum (no intermission)
