Tosca

Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Performance Dates: July 15, 18 & 29 in Norton Memorial Hall

Stage Director: Sarah Ina Meyers
Conductor: Steven Osgood

Guest Artists:
Tosca • Elaine Alvarez
Cavaradossi • Chauncey Packer
Scarpia • Alan Held

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Music by Kamala Sankaram
Libretto by Susan Yankowitz

Performance Dates: July 1, 5, 11 & 28 in Norton Memorial Hall

Stage Director: Omer Ben Seadia
Conductor: Kristin Roach

Guest Artists:
Mukhtar Mai • Samina Aslam
Faiz • Rolfe Dauz

The Mother of Us All

Music by Virgil Thomson
Libretto by Gertrude Stein

Performance Date: July 30 in the Chautauqua Amphitheater

Stage Director: Keturah Stickann
Conductor: Steven Osgood

Guest Artists:
Susan B. Anthony • Wendy Bryn Harmer
Jo the Loiterer • Chauncey Packer
Daniel Webster • Alan Held

Don Giovanni

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

Performance Dates: July 20 & 22 in McKnight Hall
Stage Director: John Giampietro

Mozart and Da Ponte’s dark masterpiece is held up to new light as the arch-seducer’s behavior and accountability is examined through a contemporary lens.

The Cunning Little Vixen

Music and Libretto by Leoš Janáček

Performance Date: August 8 in Chautauqua Amphitheater
Stage Director: John Giampietro
Conductor: Timothy Muffitt

Featuring the Music School Festival Orchestra, The Cunning Little Vixen is the heartrending story of how the human and animal worlds interact, mirror, and ultimately depend upon each other. 

The Secret Garden

Music by Lucy Simon
Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman

Performance Date: August 10 in Norton Memorial Hall
Stage Director: Marcus Shields

The Conservatory musical returns in a new home, Norton Memorial Hall, for the 2022 season. Francis Hodgson Burnett’s beloved novel on the flowering of love and family comes to life in Lucy Simon’s touching and lush score.