2009 Season

The Merry Widow, by Franz Lehár
La Bohème, by Giacomo Puccini

The 23rd Season of the Delaware Valley Opera will perform Opera’s celebrating life in Paris. “In Paris, for Richer or Poorer” will be this season’s theme with La Bohème and The Merry Widow.

Delaware Valley Opera : 2009 Season
 

 
Don Giovanni

Performances

July 24 Tusten Theatre
July 26 Seelig Theatre
August 2 Tusten Theatre
August 8 Tusten Theatre

The Merry Widow, by Franz Lehár

A beautiful, wealthy widow sends the Parisian embassy of a small, impoverished kingdom into turmoil, provoking intrigue, greed and, finally, love. Some of the most famous and beautiful melodies of all time parade throughout this popular Operetta. (sung in English)

Conductor: John Yaffé
Stage Director: Jim Blanton

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Don Giovanni

Performances

August 1 Tusten Theatre
August 6 Seelig Theatre
August 14 Tusten Theater
August 16 Tusten Theater

La bohème, by Giacomo Puccini

A tragic love story of impoverished young Parisian artists, one of the most famous in the operatic repertoire. Love, despair and death are displayed in Puccini’s heart wrenching score. (sung in Italian)

Conductor: Jim Blanton
Stage Director: John Yaffé

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2008 Season


Don Giovanni - Mozart
Don Pasquale - Donizetti
The Wizard of Verse – songs with lyrics by Yip Harburg
Divas on the Delaware

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2007 Season


Norma
, By Bellini
La Perichole, By Offenbach
Naughty Operetta
Opera Highlights