The acoustics are perfect.  For laughter.

With intimate theatres and energetic productions, Tacoma Opera brings you close to all the emotion that's created on stage.  This season, that emotion is pure, uninhibited joy.

Smile along with us.

Step inside the joke.

Laugh.

Please Note: Subscriptions go on sale in July through Tacoma Opera – www.tacomaopera.com or 253-627-7789. Click here to purchase single tickets online.

Orpheus in the Underworld

by Jacques Offenbach
with chamber ensemble

Sung in English

Friday, November 2, 2007 at 8pm

Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 2pm*

*Please Note: November 4 is the end of daylight savings time.

Rialto Theater

Tickets $25-$60

Only a Frenchman could write a story of so much infidelity and still pull off a happy ending. When Offenbach rewrote the tragic Greek love story of Orpheus and Eurydice, he transformed it into a comedy of mythological proportions.

In Offenbach's version, Orpheus is no longer trying to save his beloved wife, but is almost as eager to get rid of her as she is to run off with a new lover. The gods Pluto and Jupiter are happy to assist in the breakup, as both are busy scheming for Eurydice's affections. Along the way, all the gods and a few of the mortals join Pluto in the underworld as he throws a party for the ages.

Join the party at the jewel-box Rialto Theater, where Offenbach and a wonderful cast may take you to hell and back, but are sure to make you laugh throughout the journey.

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Young Artist Showcase:

Uncommon Mozart

Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 8pm

Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 2pm

Theatre on the Square

Tickets $30

In his one-act singspiel The Impresario, Mozart introduces us to a producer who is struggling to establish an opera company. His first mistake is hiring a comic actor to help him find his performers. Two singers audition for them; a famous diva on the downhill side of her career and a talented beginner. Both want the job, both want to be the prima donna, and both find their true talent in making the impresario's life miserable.

Add a little laughter to your winter at Tacoma Opera's sixth annual Young Artist Showcase. This intimate program combines the vocal talents of our region with some of Mozart's rarest pieces of musical genius. The music will be all Mozart, as the newly-assembled company formed within the story of The Impresario performs other jewels from operas such as La Finta Giardiniera, La Clemenza di Tito and more.

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The Barber of Seville
by Gioacchino Rossini
Sung in Italian with projected English translation.

Friday, March 7, 2008 at 8pm

Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 8pm

Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 2pm*
*Please Note: March 9 is the start of daylight savings time.

Pantages Theater

Tickets $24-$78

Note: English supertitles can't be seen from the Rear Orchestra section, rows R-U on the main floor of the Pantages Theater.

Life is good for Figaro, the Barber of Seville. He loves his work and the access his position gives him to the lives of Seville's nobility. He's not above meddling, especially when true love and a fat purse are on the line.

Rossini's The Barber of Seville is a showcase of timeless opera music in its most lively and approachable form. Join Figaro and all his schemes and distractions, as he seeks to join the young Count Almaviva to the beautiful Rosina. Soaring arias and an audience full of laughter will fill the Pantages Theater with a night of unforgettable joy.

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Tacoma Opera
1119 Pacific Ave., Suite 405

Tacoma, WA  98402

Telephone: 253.627.7789
Fax: 253.627.1620

info@tacomaopera.com
www.tacomaopera.com

Ticket Information: Subscriptions go on sale in July through Tacoma Opera – www.tacomaopera.com or 253-627-7789. Single tickets are on sale now through the Broadway Center Box Office at 253.591.5894.

Note: English supertitles can't be seen from the Rear Orchestra section, rows R-U on the main floor of the Pantages Theater.