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Featuring scenes from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Don Pasquale, and Anna Bolena; Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro; Verdi’s La traviata and Rigoletto; Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi; and Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri.

The Curtis Opera Theatre is proud to present Opera OnDemand. Opera OnDemand will feature ten duet scenes from beloved Italian operas reimagined for the virtual stage. Students have prepared and recorded their performances using green screens in their own living spaces, which have been individually optimized for each scene. Highly-skilled production staff have edited video together so it appears two singers are interacting on the same stage, even from as far apart as Switzerland or Malta. Unlike video projects that resemble a concert over Zoom, the scenes are conceived, directed, and performed as if both singers were in the same room.

Add yourself to our virtual stage as well and enjoy Opera OnDemand for free!

DONIZETTI	“Caro elisir! Sei mio!” from L’elisir d’amore Emily Damasco, soprano Colin Aikins, tenor

DONIZETTI	“Cheti, cheti, immantinente” from Don Pasquale Charles Buttigieg, baritone Evan Gray, bass-baritone

BELLINI	“Sì, fuggire: a noi non resta” from I Capuleti e i Montecchi Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano Sarah Fleiss, mezzo-soprano

MOZART	“Aprite, presto, aprite” from Le nozze di Figaro Dalia Medovnikov, soprano Hannah Klein, mezzo-soprano

VERDI	“Signor né principe… È il sol dell’anima” from Rigoletto Lindsey Reynolds, soprano Joseph Tancredi, tenor

MOZART	“Crudel! Perché finora farmi languir così” from Le nozze di Figaro Ben Schaefer, baritone Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano

ROSSINI	“Ai capricci della sorte” from L’italiana in Algeri Anastasiia Sidorova, mezzo-soprano Patrick Wilhelm, baritone

VERDI	“Un dì, felice, eterea” from La traviata Merissa Beddows, soprano Ethan Burck, tenor

DONIZETTI	“Dio, che mi vedi in core” from Anna Bolena Sophia Hunt, soprano Ruby Dibble, mezzo-soprano

DONIZETTI	“Quanto amore! Ed io spietata!” from L’elisir d’amore Lindsey Reynolds, soprano Thomas Petrushka, bass