Opera Maine’s production of Aida is poised to be the most significant artistic and cultural event of the greater Portland area in 2024.  Audiences will be enthralled by Verdi’s gorgeous music as epic love transcends ancient borders.  Under the direction of Dona D. Vaughn and performed by world-class singers and the Opera Maine Orchestra and Chorus, all under the baton of Maestro Israel Gursky. This is a rare opportunity for opera lovers and first-timers to hear this masterpiece!

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Aida

Merrill Auditorium

Please join us for an evening of dinner, wine and beautiful music, featuring the principal artists of our upcoming production of Tosca.

Tosca – Opera Night Dinner

East Ridge Country Club

Tosca is a political thriller, set in Rome in June 1800 (during the Napoleonic wars and a time of great political unrest). The action takes place over less than 24 hours, making it an intense experience! The plot centres around three main characters – Rome’s diva Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi (a painter and republican) and the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia. Scarpia has long lusted after Tosca, and when he suspects Cavaradossi of assisting an escaped political prisoner, seizes the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. He will manipulate Tosca into revealing the prisoner’s hiding place and Cavaradossi’s involvement, and have her for himself. When Cavaradossi is captured, Scarpia offers Tosca a horrific bargain – she must give herself to Scarpia, or her lover is killed… what will she choose, and who will survive?

Taylor Comstock

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 16, 2024

Tosca – Opera Night Dinner · Shreveport Opera

Nov 2, 2024

Tosca · Shreveport Opera

Past events

25 - 28 Jul, 2024

Aida · Opera Maine

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cavaradosi in Tosca by Puccini

Shreveport Opera

Radamès in Aida by Verdi

Opera Maine

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