An exploration of the iconic composer through the lens of music from the award-winning movie Amadeus. Opera Memphis artists join the musicians of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra for selections from Mozart’s symphonies, operas, and his towering Requiem.

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Amadeus: The Music and the Myth

Cannon Center For The Performing Arts

The Devil finds work for the idlest of hands in Igor Stravinsky's neoclassical opera "The Rake's Progress." This 1951 masterpiece uses the glorious words of British-American poet W. H. Auden to tell the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who inherits a fortune and abandons his hometown sweetheart, Anne Trulove, for the big-city pleasures of life in London. Obsessed with the idea that he is destined for greatness and cheered on by his diabolical companion, Nick Shadow, Tom trades his soul in exchange for fame and influence. An eternity of torment waits for him…unless true love can somehow find a way?

The Rake's Progress

University of Memphis

In Bizet’s sizzling epic of dark passion, Don José, a soldier with a checkered past, is seduced by Carmen, a fiery gypsy woman with an appetite for smuggling. Abandoning both his childhood sweetheart and his military career, José pursues Carmen’s attention with a desperation that grows into obsession.

Robert Feng

Events

Upcoming events

22 - 24 Nov, 2024

The Rake's Progress · Opera Memphis

24 - 25 Jan, 2025

Carmen · Opera Memphis

Past events

Oct 19, 2024

Amadeus: The Music and the Myth · Opera Memphis

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Requiem by Mozart

Opera Memphis

Zuniga in Carmen by Bizet

Opera Memphis

Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress by Stravinsky

Opera Memphis

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