The Glenn Korff School of Music’s Opera Program will present “Little Women” on Nov. 11 and 13.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 and 3 p.m. Nov. 13 in Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. For advance ticket sales, contact the Lied Center Box Office at 402-472-4747 or click here.
The program, written by Mark Adamo, adapts Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel about four sisters who come of age just after the American Civil War. Adamo’s opera focuses upon Jo March’s resistance to the passage of time.
Director William Shomos is working with three graduate designers from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film on the opera. Sheric Hull is the lighting designer, Jessica Thompson is designing the set and Rebecca Armstrong is coordinating costumes. The cast includes Patty Kramer, Emily Triebold, Krista Lawrence and Kate Johnson.
“This is just a great collaboration we have going with the theatre program,” Shomos said. “The whole story comes out of Jo’s memory, and she’s a writer. Essentially it’s her story, it’s her book. The whole set is designed with text.”
The Glenn Korff School of Music Opera Program is coming off a successful tour of Nebraska last May, which was supported by the James C. and Rhonda Seacrest Tour Nebraska Opera Fund through the University of Nebraska Foundation.
“One of my favorite lines from the opera is simply ‘On to tomorrow,’” said Emily Triebold, who plays Meg March. “That’s really all we can do. We can’t hold onto time, only appreciate it as it goes by.”
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