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Madama Butterfly

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Librettist:  Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa
Nov 5 – 13, 2022

Cultures collide when an American naval officer stationed in Nagasaki decides to take a Japanese wife. Cio-Cio-San dreams of her new life with the handsome young officer. Renouncing her culture and her family to become a proper American wife, she waits for his ship to return. 

Performed in Italian with English Supertitles

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Presented in partnership with The Japan American Society of Georgia

Don Giovanni

Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Lorenzo Da Ponte
Jan 21 – 29, 2023

The murderous Don Giovanni deceives women with impunity, leaving destruction in his wake. This Don Juan is not just a rakish cad but someone much more sinister. Mozart and Da Ponte’s masterwork explores vengeance and unsatiable desire. Glamour, grit, and the glow of neon infuse this film noir production.

Performed in Italian with English Supertitles

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Candide

Music: Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics: Richard Wilbur, John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, Stephen Sondheim, & Leonard Bernstein
Book: Lillian Hellman & Hugh Wheeler
Mar 4 – 12, 2023

The innocent Candide discovers that human beings aren’t all they are cracked up to be and ultimately focuses on building his own life on his own terms. Featuring modern classics “Glitter and Be Gay,” “Make our Garden Grow,” and a rip-roaring Overture for the ages, Candide makes its company debut in Atlanta. 

Performed in English with English Supertitles

The Anonymous Lover

Composer: Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Librettist: François-Georges Fouques Deshayes, Desfontaines
Mar 31 – Apr 2, 2023

Written in 1780 by the groundbreaking Black composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. A beautiful young widow begins receiving love letters from an anonymous source in this timeless comic love story. True love is this anonymous lover’s goal, but time will tell if he finds his love requited.

Performed in French with English Supertitles

Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College

Das Rheingold

Apr 29 – May 7, 2023

Composer & Librettist: Richard Wagner

Desire for a coveted ring begins a mammoth adventure to Valhalla. Gods, dwarves, giants, river nymphs, and dragons scheme and dream of power in Das Rheingold, the influential masterpiece by Richard Wagner that echoes in our popular culture today. 

Performed in German with English Supertitles