Connecticut Lyric Opera (CLO) is pleased to announce the second production of its 2012-2013 performance season – the organization’s 10th Anniversary Season – a joint production of the tango opera Maria de Buenos Aires by Ástor Piazzolla with Mystic Ballet.
readmore FeaturedNowhere in Italian opera does the music serve the drama quite as it does in Verdi's "Otello." Through-composed like a Wagner epic, stripped of the set-piece arias and duets that end with sturdy cadences to cue the applause, "Otello" succeeds when four key principals succeed. Sunday evening at the...
readmore Featured, NewsBy LARRY KELLUM, Special for The Town (Middletown) Times The CT Lyric Opera presents the second production of its 2011-12 season, Mozart’s charming masterpiece “Cosi fan Tutte”, at the state-of-the-art Middletown High School Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 16 at 7:30 pm. As is always the case with...
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By Milton Moore The Day – Published 11/15/2011 The Connecticut Lyric Opera continues to delight, but it’s no longer a surprise. Now in its eighth season and staging its productions in four cities across the state, the CLO Sunday evening performed a most musically satisfying production of Jacques Offenbach’s...
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This masterpiece, based on the legendary Spanish womanizer Don Juan, premiered in 1787 and has long been considered by...
May 3 – New Britain Trinity-On-Main Arts Center May 10 – New London The Garde May 11 – Middletown...
Connecticut Lyric Opera (CLO) is pleased to announce the second production of its 2012-2013 performance season – the organization’s...
Nowhere in Italian opera does the music serve the drama quite as it does in Verdi's "Otello." Through-composed like...
By Larry Kellum Verdi’s Otello is hailed (and later mocked by the evil Iago) as the “Lion of Venice.”...
Connecticut Lyric Opera is pleased to present a special performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent Messa da Requiem at the...
Connecticut Lyric Opera is pleased to announce our 10th Anniversary – 2012-13 – Season with three full productions at...
New Britain: Trinity-On-Main – Fri 5/4/2012 8 PM New London: Garde Arts Center – Sun 5/6/2012 5 PM Middletown: MHS...
Frank Loomis Palmer Foundation
Now in our 9th season, Connecticut Lyric Opera (CLO) is Southeastern CT's only full-season professional opera company. Our mission is threefold: Inspire: To contribute to the cultural life of SE Connecticut and beyond with high quality operas, concerts and recitals from the traditional and contemporary repertoires. Involve: To encourage the development of Connecticut-based singers and musicians through their participation in professional opera productions and other public performances. Instill: To present opera to people of all ages in such a way as to foster a love and appreciation of the art form in general and vocal and classical music in general.
