The Madison Lyric Stage (MLS) has announced its 2026 season that will feature a new format and a new venue. Returning to one of its original homes, MLS will become the ‘theater-in-residence’ at the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society, for a month-long summer festival of popular and classical music and drama. Here is a look at the operatic feature: The company {…}
Madison Lyric Stage is set to present an original evening of suspense, music and murder, “Four Murders in Forty Years.” The work will be performed between Sept. 19 – 21 and will feature operatic excerpts and one-act operas exploring the lives of different individuals occupying the same tenement apartment over four decades. Each representing a different decade, the evening includes {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage is set to present Peter Shaffer’s music-filled drama “Amadeus.” The production, which will be showcased from July 18 to August 3, is a reimagining of the lives of 18th-century musical rivals Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The play, brought to life with the music of Mozart, is a tale of jealousy and betrayal…and perhaps even {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage has announced its 2025 season, Here is a look at the operatic offerings. The company will present Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus,” a reimagining of the lives of Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The play, brought to life with the music of Mozart, is a tale of jealousy and betrayal…and perhaps even murder. The play originally opened {…}
Madison Lyric Stage will present “We Live Only for the Music: Max Lorenz and the Third Reich” on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2025. The work is a one-man play with music written and performed by tenor Marc Deaton, which originally premiered in 2018 with Madison Lyric Stage. It chronicles the life of Lorenz, a major Wagnerian tenor in the {…}
Madison Lyric Stage will present Richard Strauss’ “Elektra.” The opera will be performed from June 7 to 9, 2024, marking the first time the work has ever been presented in the state of Connecticut. Inspired by the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, the opera will star Mary McCue in the title character, Allison Waggener as Chrysothemis, Amy Maude Helfer as Klytëmnestra, Daniel {…}
Madison Lyric Stage is set to perform present Franz Schubert’s “Schwanengesang” on Feb. 17. The one-night-only event is set to star Tenor Marc Deaton and pianist Kelly Horsted performing Schubert’s final work – his “swan song.” The old lore that swans sing a beautiful song just before death has a long pedigree in Western thought, and this 90-minute collection of {…}
Madison Lyric Stage has announced its 2024 season. “We are thrilled to announce our twelfth season of live professional theater on the shoreline” said Marc Deaton, artistic director of Madison Lyric Stage, in an official press statement. “From musical theater to opera to concerts, we plan to give audiences an eclectic mix of popular arts and entertainment.” First up is {…}
Madison Lyric Stage is set to present “Maidens, Witches and Femme Fatales: The Women of Opera.” The concert will be performed on Oct. 14 and 15, and will feature an all-female evening of the greatest arias and scenes from Bizet, Barber, Britten, Mozart, Puccini, Verdi Strauss, and Wagner. There will be selections from “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Madama Butterfly,” “Carmen,” {…}
Madison Lyric Stage is set to host the world premiere of artistic director Marc Deaton’s latest play, “Elegy for a Fallen Angel,” featuring original music composed by Nathaniel Baker, drawing inspiration from Purcell and Händel. Scheduled for August 12 and 13, 2023, “Elegy for a Fallen Angel” features a cast of seven main performers, accompanied by a ten-member choir and {…}
Connecticut-based Madison Lyric Stage will present “Postcards from Pierrot” on June 24 and 25. The production will feature Marc Deaton as he performs Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” and “The Book of the Hanging Gardens” and Berg’s “Altenberg Lieder.” The performance of “Pierrot Lunaire” will be accompanied by a full five-person orchestra conducted by Nathaniel Baker. Deaton will be joined by dancer {…}