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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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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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