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Opera: The Old Maid And The Thief
Venue: Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Opera Roanoke
Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023
Time: 3:00 - 4:15 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost:
Tickets are "Pay What You Can" with a suggested ticket price of $15.00 per person.

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Description:
Opera Roanoke's Young Artists presents "The Old Maid And The Thief" on Saturday, April 15, 2023 with two performances at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM at Mill Mountain Theatre's Waldron Stage in Roanoke, VA.

Opera Roanoke's Young Artists present their first full-length opera this spring! Gian Carlo Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief is a comedic one-act opera known by many as the first opera written for radio broadcast in 1939.

Miss Todd, a middle-aged spinster, and her maid, Laetitia, take in a wayward beggar (Bob) as he is passing through town one rainy afternoon. While Miss Todd and Laetitia fawn over Bob, making him feel most welcome, gossip is spreading all over the small town that they are harboring a fugitive thief. This gossip is likely spread far and wide by Miss Todd's nosy neighbor, Miss Pinkerton. Hilarity ensues!

Tickets are "Pay What You Can" with a suggested ticket price of $15.00 per person.

Suitable for audiences of all ages and the opera is sung in English.

Founded in 1976 as the Southwest Virginia Opera Society (SVOS), the company began as a group of dedicated volunteers with two performances in spring 1978. Under the artistic leadership of Victoria Bond from 1989 to 1995, the company presented singers, instrumentalists, and set designers of increasingly high artistic stature. It affected a name change from SVOS to Opera Roanoke in 1991 to reflect its enhanced professional status.

Since its founding, Opera Roanoke has collaborated with the finest talent in our region, across the state and from cultural centers around the nation. Under the direction of Victoria Bond, Craig Fields, Steven White, and Scott Williamson, Opera Roanoke has maintained a reputation for presenting outstanding productions featuring some of the finest singers in the opera world.

New collaborative partnerships with the Taubman Museum of Art and Virginia Western Community College, host of the Met “Live in HD” broadcasts, find Opera Roanoke thriving in the heart of a vibrant community. An enterprising and resourceful multi-disciplinary organization, Opera Roanoke is a vital component of the cultural and social fabric of life in Roanoke, Virginia’s Blue Ridge and beyond.

Links:

• http://operaroanoke.org/
• https://www.facebook.com/OperaRoanoke
• https://www.twitter.com/OperaRoanoke

Mill Mountain Theatre is located at 1 Market Square in Roanoke, VA with the entrance for the Waldron Stage on Church Avenue.

For more information on the event, visit: https://operaroanoke.org/the-old-maid-and-the-thie or https://www.facebook.com/OperaRoanoke/.

For more information, visit: http://millmountain.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/millmountainthe or https://www.instagram.com/millmountaintheatre/ or call 540-982-2742.