Coming, Spring 2011!

A Bustier of French One-Acts, brought to you by the UAA Opera Ensemble

 Francis Poulenc’s “Les mamelles de Tirésias (The Breasts of Tiresias)” - A strong, independent woman leads a strike against childbirth reminiscent of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, but the retaliation of the men involves a plan to procreate without women. This Opéra bouffon is sure to tickle your funny bone as it addresses the relationships of men and women through the antics of a colorful cast and a witty liberetto.

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Maurice Ravel’s “L’enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Spells)” – A child learns to respect the world around him when inanimate objects come to life, and animals begin to speak. They reprimand and shun him for his mistreatment and misbehavior, but he learns from his mistake and redeems himself. A cast full of toys and animals frolic and sing as the stage becomes a nursery, and then a garden.