OPERA
FRIDAY & SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 & 18, 2017 (continuing through AUGUST 24)
7:30 PM FRIDAY
2:00 PM SUNDAY

Whitney George: Princess Maleine
Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble
La MaMa
66 East 4th Street, East Village, Manhattan

$38-$44; $35-$38 seniors; $25 students
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4092202

Dell'Arte's very first commission, a new opera by Whitney George, a good composer (and, it might be added, an excellent conductor). It's based on Maeterlinck, putting it in the symbolist tradition of Pelléas et Méllisande and Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (the latter, by Dukas, is a recent discovery of mine that I just love -- who knew that Dukas wrote such a good opera? -- and implore somebody to stage in New York at once). George has an affinity for the macabre; it'll be interesting to see what she does with this.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: For the matinée, amazing, stunning, fabulous sandwiches at Foxface (you heard it here first). For the evening show, the Ko Bar: great!