Sir John Falstaff in the Bronx

For its 50th birthday season, Bronx Opera - I did not know there was a Bronx opera - will perform RVW's Sir John in Love and Verdi's Falstaff. I wish they had the resources to throw in Nicolai's Merry Wives of Windsor, but you can't have everything.

I also wish I could get to Sir John in Love, an extreme rarity in the US!

Details:

The Bronx Opera

50th SEASON - “THE FALSTAFF FIFTIETH”
50th Season Launch Event
Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Lang Recital Hall
Hunter College North Building, 4th Floor (enter 69th, near Park)
Bronx Opera will launch its 50th Season with a look back and a look forward, featuring singers from past productions as well as their January performances of Vaughan Williams' Sir John in Love.
Tickets: http://bxo50thopener.bpt.me/

SIR JOHN IN LOVE
Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Libretto by Vaughan Williams, based on The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, with additional text by Philip Sidney, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher

Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 7:30 pm • Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Lehman College’s Lovinger Theatre
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, NY
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Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 7:30 pm • Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 3:00 pm
The Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse
Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue (entrance on 68th Street)
New York, NY

FALSTAFF
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Arrigo Boito

Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 7:30 pm • Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Lehman College’s Lovinger Theatre
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, NY
***
Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 7:30 pm • Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 3:00 pm
The Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse
Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue (entrance on 68th Street)
New York, NY

Tickets start at $20 and are available at www.bronxopera.org, and will also be sold at the box office.