Gene Stenger-Spoletta

Deemed an “impressive tenor” (The New York Times), Gene Stenger is a Bach specialist who is also heralded for his “crisp, clear tenor in action” (Washington Post) of his performances of oratorios by Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Mozart. He regularly performs with leading ensembles and interpreters of early music while continuing to expand his repertoire…

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TOSCA OPERA TALK

Opera Talk tickets are $5.00. To order your tickets, click here. Opera Theater features Opera Talk, an informal, informative talk about the evening’s opera and composer by Artistic Director Alan Mann, starting an hour and a half before each performance, in the theater itself. Experience the passion and intrigue of Puccini’s Tosca in a dynamic 30-minute lecture.…

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Die Fledermaus

Thursday August 7 at 7:30PM, Saturday August 9, and Sunday August 10, 2025, both at 3:00PM Opera Theater of Connecticut marks its milestone 40th anniversary with a landmark season featuring Johann Strauss II’s sparkling masterpiece, Die Fledermaus. Taking the stage on August 7, 9, and 10, 2025, at the Andrews Memorial Theater, 54 East Main…

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Learn More About the Opera at OPERA TALK

OPERA TALK Opera Theater features Opera Talk, an informal, informative talk about the evening’s opera and composer by Artistic Director Alan Mann, starting an hour and a half before each performance, in the theater itself. Mann is known as a regional and international speaker on opera and its origins and development. Opera enthusiasts and newcomers alike…

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Opera Talk—Puccini: The People’s Composer

On December 14, 2024, at the Henry Carter Hill Library, in Clinton, CT, join Mann and other opera fans and those just curious, for an Opera Talk about the renowned composer Giacomo Puccini, in commemoration of the centennial of his passing. This free Opera Talk will be in the Henry Carter Hull Library’s Community Room on Saturday December 14 at…

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Opera Talk—Verdi: The Opera Composer Who Revolutionized Opera and Unified a Nation

On Saturday, November 9, 2024, 11:00 AM at the Essex Library, Mann will talk about Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi was a leading Italian composer of opera in the 19th century, noted for operas such as Rigoletto (1851), Il trovatore (1853), La traviata (1853), Don Carlos (1867), Aida (1871), Otello (1887), and Falstaff (1893) and for his Requiem Mass (1874). Mann will illuminate the artistic and musical imagination of this profound man whose vision not…

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