Belk Theater
2023/24 Season
Ruggero Leoncavallo - Pietro Mascagni
PAGLIACCI WITH CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
October 28 & 29, November 2, 2023
Giacomo Puccini
MADAME BUTTERFLY
January 25, 27, 28, 2024
Camille Saint-Saëns
SAMSON AND DELILAH
April 18, 20, 21, 2024
The 74th Season Spotlight
Experience elegance and storytelling you can only get at Opera Carolina. Whether you’re a long-time fan or brand new to the imaginative world of Opera, this season brings classical music culture closer to the heart of the Carolinas.
Pagliacci with Cavalleria Rusticana October 28, 29 & November 2, 2023
Taken from newspaper headlines, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are two tragic tales of love, infidelity, and betrayal juxtaposing in the lives of ordinary people — emotionally intense, passionate, and dramatic.
Madame Butterfly
Jan. 25, 27 & 28, 2024
One of opera’s most enduring stories of love and cultural bias, Puccini’s moving score follows the true, tragic story of Cio-cio san, a young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American naval officer with devastating consequences.
The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson
February 15, 16, & 17, 2024
The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson is based on a true story.
Play by Sandra Seaton, Original music by Carlos Simon
The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson makes its highly anticipated debut in North Carolina this February, to celebrate the remarkable founder of the historic and groundbreaking National Negro Opera Company, established in 1941.
Starring superstar mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves in the title role, The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson is a moving theater piece by Mark Twain Award-winning playwright Sandra Seaton with music by 2023 Grammy Award Nominee and Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon, The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson includes selections from the repertory of the National Negro Opera Company with original music.
Samson and Delilah
April 18, 20 & 21, 2024
From Chapter 16 of the Book of Judges, this Biblical drama of seduction and betrayal comes to life in a lavish grand opera. Samson, the leader of the Israelites, can be conquered by none – except the Philistine beauty Delilah – servant of the High Priest of Baal.
Repertoire from 1948 to Present
Opera Carolina has served the Carolinas for more than 74 years by presenting quality, Grand Opera to the Charlotte community.
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from $22
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