Faust by Charles Gounod
In April 2008, Opera Notre Dame presented Gounod's "Faust" in the Debartolo Performing Art Center's Decio Mainstage Theater, with a cast of nearly 60: mostly undergraduate students with some faculty, staff, and community members and two professional singers. Part of the "Faust at Notre Dame" project, this production (influenced by Gounod's original 1859 version of the opera) was presented in repertory with FTT's production of Marlowe's "The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus," and was featured as part of the international "FAUST at Notre Dame" project.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten
In April 2007, Britten's masterpiece came to Notre Dame in a sumptous production conductor Andrew Bisantz and directed by Mark Beudert. The classic tale of lovers, fairies, and workmen was brought to life by an entirely undergraduate cast.
2006
Orpheus Goes to Hell by Jacques Offenbach
In April 2006, Opera Notre Dame changed it's name as well the look of the production with their presentation of Orpheus Goes to Hell. Director Mark Beudert, along with conductor John Apeitos, brought opera to a whole new level of visibility on campus with a student cast, a cameo appearance by Digger Phelps, and a Hollywood twist to the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
2005
In April 2005, Notre Dame Opera presented a double bill of two contrasting and ambitious productions:
Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini
Les Mamelles de Tiresias by Francis Poulenc
This was the first US performance of A NEW version of Les Marmelles by Bart Visman. Both operas were conducted by John Apeitos, directed by John Riley-Schofield, with casts featuring students and faculty from the University.
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2004
The Consul by Gian-Carlo Menotti
In April 2004, the Notre Dame Department of Music and the Notre Dame Opera presented Gian-Carlo Menotti's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera The Consul. The production and its cast were received very warmly by the Washington Hall crowd.
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