Opera Theatre, known for a spring festival of inventive new productions, is proud to be among the leading American opera companies, and we are grateful to you – our audience and all our contributors – for fostering this special experience.
This electric event shines a spotlight on Opera Theatre’s Richard Gaddes Festival Artist and Gerdine Young Artist Programs as these rising opera stars perform iconic melodies from opera’s greatest hits and cherished rarities. Center Stage is curated by Patricia Racette, Artistic Director of Young Artist Programs, and James Robinson, Artistic Director of Opera Theatre of St. Louis.
Love makes fools of us all. Guglielmo and Ferrando insist that their girlfriends Fiordiligi and Dorabella could never fall for other men. When Don Alfonso and Despina team up to prove the young couples wrong, things are primed for an epic battle of the sexes. Set to some of Mozart’s most beautiful music, Così fan tutte embraces the line between romantic comedy and social satire. Victoria covers the role of Despina.
Although Treemonisha was published in 1911, Joplin never lived to see a fully realized stage production. In a new production by Joplin's score is married with an original prologue and epilogue by Composer Damien Sneed and Librettist Karen Chilton. This new adaptation highlights the biography of Scott Joplin and the muse who inspired his work. Victoria covers the leading role of Treemonisha and Joplin's wife, Freddie Alexander.