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War requiem
Painted Sky Opera presents Glory Denied 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31, 2 p.m. Feb. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 Freede Little Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 1 201 N. Walker Ave. paintedskyopera.org 405-594-8300 $35-$50 In 1964, Green Beret Jim Thompson’s plane was shot down in Vietnam, and he was captured by the Viet Cong. His […]
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Stripped-down Carmen
La Tragédie de Carmen May 17 and 19 Freede Little Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. paintedskyopera.org $35-$45 Premiering in Paris in 1875, Georges Bizet’s Carmen is one of the most famous and influential operas in history, featuring a huge cast and large-scale production numbers in its more than three-hour runtime. Peter […]
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Modern opera
Trouble in Tahiti Jan. 25-27 CitySpace Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. paintedskyopera.org 405-594-8300 $30-$45 Richard Wagner’s opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen begins when an enraged dwarf steals magical gold from three water nymphs, setting the stage for a 15-hour epic drawing gods and monsters into a war for the fate […]
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Night notes
Amahl and the Night Visitors 7 p.m. Dec. 14 and 5 p.m. Dec. 15 Sanctuary of First Baptist Church 1201 N. Robinson Ave. paintedskyopera.org $5-$10 On a chilled winter night, Molly Johnson guided travelers toward a barricaded side door of a darkened church in north Oklahoma City. Inside, opera singers oohed, yummed and ha-ha’ed their […]
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Finest virtuosos
The Music Man 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28-29, 1:30 p.m. Sept. 30 OCCC Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater Oklahoma City Community College 777 S. May Ave. cityrep.com 405-848-3761 $12-$35 It will take more than just 76 trombones to stage Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre’s (CityRep) upcoming concert production of the classic musical The Music Man. […]
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Operatic sci-fi
Rigoletto 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14, 2 p.m. Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21 Freede Little Theatre Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. paintedskyopera.org 405-594-8300 $35-$45 Drawing inspiration from a 1927 silent film and a 21st-century young adult sci-fi novel, Painted Sky Opera will present a controversial 19th-century Italian opera based on a banned […]
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Painted Sky Opera presents Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins
Painted Sky Opera presents Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins.
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Professional opera returns to OKC with Painted Sky Opera as Opera on Tap expands the form to neighborhood bars
Professional opera returns to OKC with Painted Sky Opera as Opera on Tap expands the form to neighborhood bars.