A woman in with stark white hair in a black dress lifts her hands and face skyward on stage.

Season 2016-17

Butler Opera Center

Suor Angelica • Gianni Schicchi • Little Women • Die Zauberflöte

Butler Opera Center

Past Season Galleries

 

A group of nuns gather on the set of a monastery.
Suor Angelica
October 2016

Music by
 Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by
Giovacchino Forzano

Photos by Nathan Russell

a nun in only undergarments lays splayed out on the stage floor, head toward the audience. She lays unconscious in a pool of light, the faint glow of a stained glass window behind her. The rest of the stage is in total darkness.
A woman stands in a dark overcoat and a fancy hat with her face toward the sky, behind her a statue of the Madonna looks down on her.
A nun sits on the ground, propping herself up with one hand and cradling her head with the other, as if she is in deep agony.
A nun stands center stage in a pool of light, with her arm stretched out in front of her, lifted hopefully to the sky, as several other nuns stand reverently behind her, fading in the darkness.
A nun stands prayerfully on stage with her head bowed, while a second nun kneels to her right, facing her, also with hands raised in prayer.
A nun sings passionatly as a woman in somber non-religious dress looks on from a nearby bench.
A nun has fallen to the floor and Beats the ground angrily with her fist.
A nun holds her hands over her heart as she cries out to the heavens.
A group of nuns stand center stage. One in front is kneeling in prayer.
a Group of enthralled spectators gather around an old man telling a dramatic story.
Gianni Schicchi
October 2016

Music by
 Giacomo Puccini 

Libretto by
Giovacchino Forzano

Photos by Nathan Russell

a woman in a bright pink dress and overcoat speaks tearfully with a man wearing a Fedora hat.
A matronly woman in a floral print dress holds a framed photo in her hand and looks away in disgust, as several onlookers peer over her shoulder.
A woman unfolds an accordion-folded map, and it droops down toward the floor. She looks perplexed like shed doesn't know what to do with the colorful document.
A group of singers cluster in the center of an expansive set, singing to a very elderly man who looks sorrowful.
a man in a suit and tie lies on a bed, covered loosely by a comforter, his head is at the foot of the bed, and he peers out from the comforter as though he is hiding from someone.
a man in a nightcap and nightgown sits in a chair holding a bit of cloth close to his chest, swooning up at several women standing over his should looking down on him with sympathy. Off to the side, a younger man in an overcoat looks at him with distrust.
A man in a rumpled suit and vest stands on a small bed, legs in a wide, triumphant stance, he bellows, as several onlookers stand around the room gazing up at him.

Back To Top

Two women embrace each other with heads close and eyes closed. In the background out of focus, are several large clocks hanging by chains.
Little Women
February 2017

Music by 
Mark Adamo 

Libretto by  
Mark Adamo

Photos by Lawrence Peart 

Four women stand stage front, with arms interlocked, holding hands.
2 girls and a boy sit on their knees around stage, while another girl stands, arms crossed and an angry scowl on her face.
A woman sings as she reaches her arm out to her right, as if she is reaching for someone else.
two women stand over a young girl who is lying in bed, one woman checks the girl's forehead as if checking for a fever.
An older woman stands center stage, and reads a letter with a sweet smile on her face.
a woman sits on a bed, holding the dead body of young girl to her chest, as a man kneels on the other side of the bed with his face buried in the young girl's lap.

Back To Top

Three women in Elizabethan wigs and dresses stand in an enchanted forest holding parasols, they have stumbled across a man lying unconscious on the ground.
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
April 2017

Music By 
W.A. Mozart

Libretto By 
Emanuel Schikaneder

Photos by Daniel Cavasos
 

A woman in a blue dress holds hands in a line with three nymphs, they all look delighted.
A man gazes lovingly down at a small flute he holds out in front of him.
A man with a long white beard wearing oversized round spectacles and a suit covered in falling stars sings with arms outstretched.
Two women stand and sing.
a man dress in a stately white uniform performs on his flute.
a man with a pink bouffant and beard wearing a bright green suit and waistcoat sings with arms outstretched.
Three men wearing all black jump suits and black leather trench coats plot together in a huddle.
A woman in with stark white hair in a black dress lifts her hands and face skyward on stage.
a man with a pink bouffant and beard dressed in a bright green suit sits on a couch with his arm wrapped around a woman with blue hair and a very colorful dress.

Back To Top