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Our Celebratory 35th Anniversary Season
— 2009-2010 —
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Featuring the new Saturday Opening Night series at Norfolk's
Edythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House and the grand return
to the renovated Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage
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Call 1.866.OPERA.VA and learn how you can subscribe
to the upcoming Anniversary season at current prices!
Dates and additional season details will be announced soon, but you can subscribe now
to get the highest priority seating possible for your subscription.
Rates will be increased for subscriptions in Norfolk and Richmond next season. If you plan on subscribing for the first time, please call us before December 1, 2008 and ask about our Super Subscriptions to enjoy both this season and the next at current rates!
Are you already a subscriber? If so, you will be receiving the highest priority for seating. We thank you for your continuing patronage and ask that you subscribe to our new season by January 30, 2009, which will also give you the opportunity to pay for your subscription at this season's prices and completely avoid upcoming increases.
Subscriptions in Fairfax are sold by George Mason University’s Center for the Arts (703-993-ARTS).
Payment plans are available. Remember that tickets make great gifts!
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| 2009-2010 SEASON: Statewide Performance Schedule |
| VENUE |
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NORFOLK |
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RICHMOND |
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FAIRFAX |
| Day & Time |
Sat
8:00 |
Wed
7:30 |
Fri
8:00 |
Sun
2:30 |
Fri
8:00 |
Sun
2:30 |
Fri
8:00 |
Sun
2:00 |
2
0
0
9 |
La Bohème
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Oct 3 |
Oct 7 |
Oct 9 |
Oct 11 |
Oct 23 |
Oct 25 |
Oct 16 |
Oct 18 |
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The Daughter
of the Regiment
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Nov 14 |
Nov 18 |
Nov 20 |
Nov 22 |
Nov 27 |
Nov 29 |
Dec 4 |
Dec 6 |
2
0
1
0 |
Don Giovanni
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Feb 13 |
Feb 17 |
Feb 19 |
Feb 21 |
Mar 5 |
Mar 7 |
Feb 26 |
Feb 28 |
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Porgy and Bess
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Apr 10 |
Apr 14 |
Apr 16 |
Apr 18 |
Apr 30 |
May 2 |
Apr 23 |
Apr 25 |
“Next season we will treat audiences to the greatest thrills the human voice is capable of, set to the
melodies of the masters of the past three centuries – Puccini, Donizetti, Mozart, and Gershwin –
as we welcome back some of our favorite and most stunning singers, and introduce superbly
attractive new artists. This special anniversary season is truly to be shared with the one you love.”
– Maestro Peter Mark
More information about the upcoming season:
We celebrate our 35th Anniversary Season in 2009, starting with Giacomo Puccini's "La Bohème" on Oct. 3 at the Edythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House – the first performance in our new Saturday Opening Night series. The Saturday series replaces the current Friday and Sunday opening weekend performances, and will still be followed by the traditional Wednesday evening, Friday evening, and Sunday matinee schedule.
In Richmond, Va., audiences can look forward to enjoying next season's performances at the newly renovated, state-of-the-art Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage. Virginia Opera performed regularly at the venue, known at the time as the Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts, until restoration work began in 2004. Since then, performances have been held at the Landmark Theater. More information regarding the renovated venue is available online at www.richmondcenterstage.com.
"La Bohème", one of the world's most popular romantic operatic tragedies, will be followed in the upcoming season by Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera, "The Daughter of the Regiment", in November 2009. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's dramatic comedy, "Don Giovanni" – arguably the definitive "Don Juan" opera – comes to the stage in February 2010. The season finale, scheduled for April 2010, is George Gershwin's powerful "Porgy and Bess"; the 1935 American work set in the fictional African-American area of Charleston, S.C. called "Catfish Row". The opera is known for its innovative use of blues and jazz in the score, including the universally famous piece, "Summertime". Casting details will be available later this season.
Listen to soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams (debut star of our upcoming
Tosca) sing "Summertime" from The Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess":
Subscriptions for the new season are available by calling Virginia Opera’s Box Office at 1.866.OPERA.VA (1.866.673.7282). Subscriptions in Fairfax are through George Mason University’s Center for the Arts, which may be reached at 703-993-ARTS.
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