Since AVA’s last live performance in February 2020, we felt the most appropriate way to kick off our new season with a concert of exciting opera moments! This concert will feature Act III of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Act II of Puccini’s La bohème, and ensembles from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Thomas’ Mignon, Lehár’s The Merry Widow, Beethoven’s Fidelio, and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. A Celebration of Opera! will feature the AVA Opera Orchestra with Maestro Christofer Macatsoris and guests conducting. Please note program is subject to change
Final Performance: November 30, 2021 at Centennial Hall at the Haverford School – 450 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041. For this performance, vaccination cards are required, and masks are highly encouraged.
If you are interested in attending the Opening Night Celebration prior to the November 12 performance, please click here for more details.
As A Celebration of Opera! will be held at the Kimmel Center, we will be in accordance with their safety measures: Effective September 18, the Kimmel Cultural Campus is joining performing arts centers across the nation in requiring that all our guests provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to attend all indoor public performances and events in all venues––including the Kimmel Center, the Academy of Music, and the Merriam Theater.
Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Christofer Macatsoris, Conductor
Fidelio | Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Audrey Saint-Gil, Conductor
Il barbiere di Siviglia | Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Richard A. Raub, Conductor
Madama Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
David Anthony Lofton, Conductor
20-MINUTE INTERMISSION
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) | Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Christofer Macatsoris, Conductor
Mignon | Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
Richard A. Raub, Conductor
Rigoletto | Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Christofer Macatsoris, Conductor
La bohème | Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Robert Kahn, Conductor
PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE