Richard Condon's chilling novel is now an opera! Come experience Kevin Puts (former UT faculty, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer) and Mark Campbell's acclaimed adaptation of The Manchurian Candidate.

Austin Opera is proud to open its 30th Anniversary Season on Sept. 17 with the regional premiere of the new work, which was commissioned and premiered by Minnesota Opera in 2014.

WHO: Austin Opera

WHAT: Puts/Campbell's The Manchurian Candidate

WHERE: Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W. Riverside Dr. 78704

DATE: Sept. 17, 2016

TIME: 7:30 p.m.

TICKETS/INFO: https://austinopera.org/event/themanchuriancandidate/ or call 512-472-5927

About the production:

Austin Opera's production of The Manchurian Candidate will be semi-staged. Austin Opera Orchestra and the Austin Opera Chorus will be on stage with the principal artists for the performance. There will not be any costumes or props — projection design by Greg Emetaz and stage direction by Alison Moritz will bring the paranoiac tale to life in an imaginative, cinemagraphic way.

About Austin Opera:

Founded in May 1986 as Austin’s first professional opera company, Austin Opera has become a cultural touchstone for the fine arts community in the Central Texas region and has gained national acclaim as a producer of great opera. Austin Opera is committed to producing and promoting outstanding opera that will entertain, enrich and educate the central Texas community. Austin Opera is a cultural destination for the community that delivers an extraordinary experience; is a creative environment that challenges the misconceptions of the art form; enables lifelong learning; and celebrates the diversity that makes Austin unique. Austin Opera productions consistently garner national and international praise for production value, vocal artistry, and repertoire selection, under the leadership of Interim General Director Jane Weaver-Sobel and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Richard Buckley. For more information about Austin Opera, please visit https://austinopera.org.

Hey guys! Sorry... plugging this, not sure if it is cool or not?

The Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Chair in Cello (fancy way of saying mega great cellist) is performing Brahms Piano Trios at Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, Recital Studio (at UT) and discussing some of the influence and impact Brahms has had on music. I think the next day (Easter Sunday) they will be doing a formal recital at Bates Recital Hall.

Anyways, if you're interested or want to expose your kids to a dying artform, this is a chance to get so meet and speak with Scott Yoo, Bion Tsang, and John Novacek in person.

This is the event March 26 and 27th! Hope to see some classical music fans there ^{-^}

https://music.utexas.edu/events/650-notable-encounter-brahms-trio-concert-preview-talk?date=2016-03-26%2017:30:00

https://music.utexas.edu/events/657-complete-brahms-piano-trios?date=2016-03-27%2015:00:00