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Chautauqua Opera Company’s 2024 Season
Chautauqua Opera Company’s 2024 season will feature two productions. Opening the season is Love and Longing by the Lake, a trio of chamber operas, including two world premieres from The Summer Place, music by Rene Orth and Kamala Sankaram and libretto by Jerre Dye. Four performances of this triple bill will be staged down the hill from Chautauqua’s Athenaeum Hotel. Engelbert Humperdinck’s beloved Hansel and Gretel will receive one performance in the Amphitheater with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Chautauqua Opera Conservatory will also mount two productions. Nino Rota’s I Due Timidi will be staged in the Amphitheater in collaboration with the Music School Festival Orchestra (MFSO), conducted by Music Director Timothy Muffitt, with Handel’s Alcina rounding out the Conservatory season in McKnight Hall.
View all of the Opera Company and Opera Conservatory events below and mark your calendars! We can’t wait to see you this summer.
Upcoming Events
July 28 @ 2:00 pm Week Six (July 27–August 3)
Opera Conservatory Masterclass with Renée Fleming
Fletcher Music Hall
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Opera Conservatory Masterclass with Renée Fleming
Join us for a special masterclass where the next generation of opera stars from our esteemed conservatory have the unique opportunity to receive valuable insights and artistic mentorship from renowned soprano Renée Fleming. Experience the transformative power of music as students hone their skills, delve into repertoire, and explore the nuances of vocal technique, interpretation, and stage presence alongside one of the most illustrious figures in opera.
Please note this program is being recorded and some views may be obstructed. We recommend arriving early to secure preferred seating. Tickets must be obtained in advance.
July 29 @ 8:15 pm Week Six (July 27–August 3)
An evening of Opera with the MSFO & Chautauqua Opera Conservatory in tribute to Marlena Malas
Amphitheater
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An evening of Opera with the MSFO & Chautauqua Opera Conservatory in tribute to Marlena Malas
Featured on this concert will be the 2023 winners of the SAI Competition, all from the Opera Conservatory.
I due timidi by Nino Rota
Marlena Malas, Director*
John Matsumoto Giampietro, Associate Director
Jen Pitt, Stage Director
Timothy Muffitt, Music Director
Nino Rota’s one-act romantic/comic opera I due timidi is the story of two young people who, having seen each other from across the courtyard, have fallen madly in love and are desperate to find the courage to speak to each other. When calamity befalls Raimondo, namely a window-shutter falling on his head and knocking him out, he feels the need to reveal his emotions to his beloved. What happens next is a charming, bittersweet love story about Raimondo and Mariuccia, who are too shy to speak to each other, too timid to let their feelings be known, and the grim consequences of the failure to communicate our true feelings.
The Chautauqua Opera Conservatory is an intensive educational program that seeks to offer the highest caliber of training for the young singer, 18 and older. Under the leadership of Marlena Malas, a select group of 20 singers study, coach and perform in an idyllic setting on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution.
Comprised of top-tier students from conservatories and universities in the U.S. and abroad, Music School Festival Orchestra members participate in a variety of musical activities during their summers at Chautauqua including chamber music and private lessons along with their meticulous orchestral training. Alumni from the MSFO can be heard in many of the world’s top orchestras and chamber ensembles and can be found on music faculties worldwide. The MSFO is led by Artistic Director Timothy Muffitt, who serves as Music Director of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Laureate of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra.
*The Chautauqua Community joins the world in mourning the passing of Marlena Malas on December 4, 2023. We honor her more than four decades of leadership and service to our Opera Conservatory.
This performance is made possible in part by The Hultquist Foundation, Inc.