The Pirates of Penzance
Gilbert & Sullivan
This witty masterpiece is the coming-of-age story that reveals what happens to a tender band of pirates when their apprentice leaves them and discovers what the world has in store. Opens July 7, 2006
The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini
Comedy ensues as two lovers encounter masquerade and mayhem when they enlist the aid of the local barber, Figaro, to fend off an unwanted suitor. Opens July 8, 2006
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The Greater Good or the Passion of Boule de Suif
Music by Stephen Hartke
Text by Philip Littell
Find out just what happens when a wildly diverse group of French citizens are trapped behind enemy lines during the Franco-Prussian War. Based on the Maupassant short story Boule de Suif. Opens July 22, 2006
Jenűfa
Leos Janácek
This moving human drama of love, tragedy and forgiveness is not only the debut of this great twentieth-century composer's work at Glimmerglass Opera, but also brings the long-anticipated return of Renaissance Man, Director Jonathan Miller. Opens July 29, 2006