A woman in an ornate Elizabethan dress sits on the ground in a wooded set, looking troubled.
Season 2014-15
Butler Opera Center
a starlet in a vaudeville dress with a wild, out of control look on her face stands, arms in the air, while her casemates each in a outlandish costume ,looks on.
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (PROLOGUE)
October 2014
Music by
Richard Strauss
Libretto by
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Photos by Nathan Russell
a performer in a black gown stand center stage, long strips of fabric cross-cross in front of her and behind her.
Das Lied von der Erde
October 2014
Music by
Gustav Mahler
Text by
Hans Bethge
Photos by Nathan Russell
the Cast of into the woods stand on stage, ready for the curtain call
Into the Woods
February 2015
Music by
Stephen Sondheim
Book by
James Lapine
Photos by Nathan Russell
four performers squeeze tightly together on stage, holding onto one another.
Le nozze di Figaro
April 2015
Music By
W.A. Mozart
Libretto By
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Photos by Nathan Russell