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March 24 - 30, 2017

Opera Theatre Celebrates Stages Kicks

42nd Season May 20-June 25 Off Season Of
Timeless classics & 21st-
century operas on stage
at Loretto-Hilton Center
For its 42nd season, the internationally-recog-
nized Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, presents a com-
bination of two powerful 21st century operas from
American composers Ricky Ian Gordon and Mi-
chael Kories The Grapes of Wrath and Philip Glass
and Christopher Hamptons The Trial The season
also boasts two timeless classics from operas most
beloved composers Puccinis Madame Butterfly
and Mozarts Titus (La clemenza di Tito). The
season also includes the third annual Center Stage
concert, showcasing the talents of Opera Theatres
Gaddes Festival Artists and Gerdine Young Artists.
This season marks the last in which Stephen
Lord, who conducts Titus (La clemenza di Tito),
will serve as music director before becoming Music
Director Emeritus. The 2017 Festival Season begins
Saturday, May 20, and continues through Sunday,
June 25.
Madame Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini (1906)
Eight Performances: May 20, 26, June 1, 3 (m),
June 7, 11, 14 (m), 24
The attraction of a Japanese geisha and Ameri-
can soldier is immediate, but their love story cant
last. When their union results in a child, Cio-Cio-San
must take desperate measures to protect her sons
future. This timeless opera pays a powerful, wrench-
ing tribute to a mothers love.
The Grapes of Wrath
Ricky Ian Gordon and
Michael Korie (2007)
Seven Performances: May 27, 31, June 9, 15,
June 17 (m), 21 (m), 25
When the Dust Bowl sweeps across Oklahoma,
the Joad family sets out for a new life in California.
But the promised land isnt all it seems. With all the
and embracive season in 2017, said Executive Pro-
ducer Jack Lane. This is truly a season where there
poetic beauty of John Steinbecks original Pulitzer
Prize-winning 1939 novel, Ricky Ian Gordon and Mi-
chael Kories acclaimed opera vividly captures one
familys fight to endure. Now, more than a decade
after this great American opera made its premiere at
the Minnesota Opera, a two-and-a-half hour revised
performing version makes its premiere during the
Opera Theatres 2017 Festival.
The Trial
American Premiere
Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton (2014)
Six Performances: June 4, 8, 10 (m), 17, 21, 23
Josef K. spontaneously finds himself arrested on
his 30th birthday and no one seems able to explain
why. He embarks on a year-long search for justice,
encountering absurd characters and situations at
every turn. Based on Franz Kafkas celebrated nov-
el, this dark comedy comes to St. Louis from Music
cont. p. 18
Musicals June 2
Stages St. Louis kicks off its 31st season on June
2 with Andrew Lloyd Webbers inspiring Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It contin-
ues with Dolly Partons 9 To 5 The Musical, Rodg-
ers and Hammersteins South Pacific and concludes
with Seussical The Musical.
According to Artistic Director Michael Hamilton,
the season explores the triumphant powers of fami-
ly, friendship, loyalty and community in an ever chal-
lenging world.
On the heels of a very successful 30th Anniver-
sary year, we are thrilled to present such a diverse
is something for everyone!
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
June 2 - July 2
Take a lively, colorful and inspirational journey
through ancient Egypt with Joseph and the Amaz-
ing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This fun-filled musical
from Andrew Lloyd Webber follows the rags-to-riches
story of Joseph, his 11 brothers, and the miraculous
coat of many colors. Based on a Biblical tale as old as
time itself, Joseph comes to vivid life amid spectacu-
lar musical numbers.
9 to 5 The Musical
July 21 - Aug. 20
Based on the 1980 hit movie, 9 to 5 The Musi-
cal, is a hilarious musical romp that is chock-full
of upbeat and optimistic songs by country superstar
Dolly Parton. Pushed to the boiling point, three fe-
male co-workers concoct a plan to live out their wild-
est fantasies by giving their sexist, egotistical, lying,
hypocritical bigot of a boss the boot! Violet, Judy and
Doralee give their workplace a dream makeover and
take control of the company that had always kept
them down.
cont. p. 18

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Spring Arts
Stages Musicals from page 16
South Pacific
Sept. 8 - Oct. 8
One of the most powerful musicals
of all time, this multi-award winning
classic from Rodgers and Hammerstein
will sweep audiences away with its tale
of love and loss. Based on the Pulitzer
Prize-winning book by James Michener
and featuring some of the finest music
ever written for the American stage,
South Pacific spins a dangerously
romantic tale centered around young
American soldiers and their nurses sta-
tioned on a tropical naval base during
the Second World War. Seeking respite
from the battles around them, they find
refuge in each other as romance blooms
in this lush tropical paradise.
Seussical
Theatre for Young Audiences
June 14 - July 2
Join the Cat in the Hat and enter
Opera Theatre from page 16
Theatre Wales after a sold-out run at
Londons Royal Opera House.
Titus (La clemenza di Tito) Concerts and special events, such as
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Six Performances:
June 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24 (m)
Politics turn lethal as a new emperor
takes the throne of Rome, and the Cap-
itol is set ablaze by an explosive mix of
ambition, conspiracy, and romantic in-
trigue. With an assassin lurking in the
shadows, can the worlds most powerful
city still be ruled with compassion?
Center Stage
June 20
This concert brings Opera Theatres
Richard Gaddes Festival Artists and
Gerdine Young Artists into the spot-
light. In honor of Stephen Lords final
season as music director, the repertoire
has been selected from operas that
Maestro Lord has conducted over his
history with Opera Theatre. All main
season productions at Opera Theatre
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Preview
the fantastical world of Doctor Seuss
in the magical, musical extravaganza,
Seussical. Seussical lovingly brings sidewalk, and I have a 200-year-old
to life favorite Seussian characters in-
cluding Horton the Elephant, Gertrude
McFuzz, lazy Maizie La Bird, and the
little boy with a big imagination Jojo.
Celebrate the powers of friendship,
loyalty, family and community in this
not-to-be-missed musical treat for the
young and young of heart!
Season subscriptions begin at $105.
Single tickets will go on sale April 3.
Single tickets range from $25 to $60.
Mainstage productions perform in the
377-seat Robert G. Reim Theatre at
Kirkwood Community Center, 111 S.
Geyer Road. The Theatre for Young
Audiences performs at the Playhouse
at Westport Plaza, 635 Westport Plaza.
For more information or to purchase
tickets, call 314-821-2407 or visit www.
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are accompanied by members of the
St. Louis Symphony and are performed
in English, with projected supertitles.
preceded it the March 2000 letter to
Center Stage, feature music sung in its
original language. Performances are
presented in the Browning Theatre of
the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Per-
forming Arts on the campus of Webster
University.
Season tickets start at $82 for a
two-opera Wednesday or Saturday
matinee series and $165 for a four-op-
era evening or matinee series. Single
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tickets or for more information on spe-
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or call the box office at 314-961-0644.
New this year is Kids Club. During
Saturday matinees, children ages 3-12
can enjoy opera-themed games and ac-
tivities while their parents enjoy mat-
inee performances on June 3, 10, 17
and 24. The cost is $20 per child. Learn
more at experienceopera.org/kidsclub.
Sidewalks On Gore/Central
from page 4
facing South Gore and another where
a side yard faces South Gore.
However, all residents will be invited
to a public meeting on the proposal
later this year when MoDOT approves
the preliminary plans, Verheyen
said.
South Gore resident Peggy LaHay
said some homeowners on her street
had no idea the project was planned.
Who decided this without asking
us? she said at the March 21 meet-
ing of the city council. Ill get the
biggest portion of the South Gore
tree that will be next to it, which
most likely will die if work is done
near its roots. Im upset.
Sandy Burch, also of South Gore,
said she feared the sidewalk would
change the look of a country lane, a
very narrow street.
According to Wylie, the sidewalk
would be on city right-of-way and not
Magic House Public Hearing
from page 4
Angenette, said she and her neigh-
bors understand that any ordinance
can be changed at any time but it
is very important to have that (Sears
language) in there.
Julie Allman, Josephs neighbor on
Angenette, said she thought Sears
language was fantastic, and, while
not enforceable, perhaps more sub-
stantial than the paper trail that
already is under contract with the
the city council from Magic House
President Beth Fitzgerald which
promised the museum would never
again seek to expand to the east.
Allman described the Angenette
neighborhood as virtually under
siege.
Its a great old neighborhood. We
take care of each other, we help each
other and we keep getting imposed
on, year after year after year, she
said.
City Attorney John Hessel told the
council it was fully within its rights
to make Sears language part of the
bill, while understanding the words
would have no binding force. The
council did not order the language
excised, and ordered the measure put
on its April 20 agenda.
Washington University Orthopedics Now in South County
Washington University Orthopedics is now providing care at the Center for Advanced
Medicine - South County, located at I-55 and Butler Hill Road, next to the Siteman Cancer
Center.
The new center offers on-site radiology, imaging, casting and splinting services, as well as
outpatient surgery and physical therapy.
Orthopedic services include:
Foot and ankle
Hand and wrist
Hip and knee
Musculoskeletal oncology
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Shoulder and elbow
Sports medicine
on any residents property, adding
there has been overwhelming sup-
port for the project.
He added the South Gore section
of the sidewalk couldnt be removed
without affecting the citys ability to
secure the federal grant.
Well only be about eight feet
behind the curb on South Gore, so its
unlikely that any sidewalk work
would damage trees nearby. But, Im
not a tree guy, Verheyen said. Only
some telephone poles will need to be
relocated because of the work.
Mayor Gerry Welch insisted, We
owe these residents an apology. We
should have communicated this. But
were in a conundrum. The federal
grant is based on the sidewalk con-
necting to Glendale (through South
Gore).
LaHay said she was unaware of
any children or others hit by cars on
her part of South Gore.
Kids walking in the street isnt a
big problem. It isnt right to treat us
this way, she said.
New Heating System
At Ice Rink
In other action, the council
approved an appropriation of
$100,000 to replace the heating sys-
tem beneath the Community Center
ice rink. The heating equipment pre-
vents the formation of permafrost
beneath the concrete floor of the rink,
which would cause severe heaving
of the surface, Parks Director Murray
Pounds reported.
The Murphy Company, which
city for heating and air conditioning
maintenance, was awarded the con-
tract. The project is to begin April 25
and be completed in time for the rink
to reopen June 5, Pounds said.
Work At Aquatic Center
The council also approved a
$30,000 contract with the Bazan
Painting Co. to repaint the competi-
tion pool at the citys Aquatic Center.
The pool has not been painted since
2012, Pounds reported.
Also approved was a contract with
R.V. Wagner company for a maxi-
mum of $38,000 to replace concrete
slabs, stairs and railing on the com-
petition pool deck. Both projects are
to begin April 3 and finish by April
28.
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