Courtesy of Glenn D’Abreo: Our Mother of Confidence continues their popular Brown Bag Opera series for the 2020 season. The Brown Bag Operas are on Sundays and begin at 1:00 PM. They are free events, all are welcome and feel free to bring a brown bagged lunch. The operas are viewed on a 25-foot wide screen with surround sound. Our Mother of Confidence is located in University City at 3131 Governor Drive, San Diego, 92122.
THE FEBRUARY OPERA: On Sunday, February 23, starting at 1 PM, we will be watching UMBERTO GIORDANO’S Masterpiece “ANDREA CHENIER”. There is no need to register for this free event.
THE STORY: The poet Andrea Chénier attends a party at the Countess di Coigny’s mansion. He expresses outrage at the corruption in King Louis XVI’s government and the poverty of many Frenchmen. This moves the Countess’s daughter Maddalena, and inspires the footman and revolutionary-in-the-making Carlo Gérard to quit his servitude. Soon after, the French Revolution begins. Five years on, Louis XVI has been executed, the Jacobin party are in power, and their leader Robespierre has imposed ‘The Terror’. Gérard has become a leading Jacobin, but Chénier has fallen out of favour with the authorities and is in danger. He delays his flight from Paris to meet a mysterious woman who has written to him. She reveals herself to be Maddalena, and the pair quickly realize they are in love. However, Gérard also desires Maddalena. When Chénier is arrested by the authorities, Gérard realizes that he has the power to destroy the man who once inspired him. As his conscience is tested, so too is the love of Andrea and Maddalena. The production is from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London and is designed and directed by David McVicar.
THE STARS: The February Brown Bag Opera stars Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Marie Westbroek and Zeljko Lucic. Bring lunch, wine, many friends and enjoy an afternoon of beautiful, dramatic music in surround sound and wide screen high definition.
The 2020 Brown Bag Opera schedule is:
- February 23 – Andrea Chenier by Giordano
- March 22 – Lucia Di Lammermoor by Donizetti
- April 26 – Carmen by Bizet
- May 24 – Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
- June 28 – I Puritani by Bellini
- July 26 – Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart
- August 23 – Ernani by Verdi
- September 27 – Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky
- October 25 – Falstaff by Verdi
- November 22 – Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck
For more information, go to https://omcsandiego.org/events/, or contact Glenn D’Abreo by email at gdabreo@omcsandiego.org.
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