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 {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage on the Connecticut shoreline has announced its 2023 mainstage season. The season opens with Tony Kushner’s play “Angels in America: Part I, Millennium Approaches.” In Part 1 of “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,” Kushner tells the story of a handful of people trying to make sense of the world. Performance Dates: June {…}
Madison Lyric Stage will present Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd.” Performances, which re set to take place on June 9 through 19, will be performed at the brand-new deluxe tent on the grounds of Madison’s Deacon John Grave House. The production will star Marc Deaton in the title role and Val Moranto as Mrs. Lovett. Deaton also directs and Kelly Horsted {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage announced that the first production of it 2022 10th anniversary mainstage season will be a double bill of Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins” and Benjamin Britten’s “Curlew River.” The works will be presented for four performances on May 12-15 and will be held in Madison Lyric Stage’s brand-new deluxe tent on the grounds of the {…}