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2011-2012 Season: A Taste of Honey (opens Feb 4) and Madama Butterfly (opens March 31)
“Remarkable. . .” New Yorker Magazine “All the freshness of Mr. Osborne’s Look Back in Anger and a greater maturity. . .” Graham Greene "Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old." The Boy, "A Taste of Honey" 17 year old Jo and her mother, Helen, move into a working class slum in Northern England with little except the clothes on their backs. Helen soon deserts her daughter for a lover, and the tenacious Jo navigates romance, heartbreak, and poverty, never losing her sense of humor and optimism. A sensation in 1959 with its bold racial and sexual themes, Delaney’s script is considered a masterpiece of character driven black comedy. Featuring: David Bicha, Michaela Greeley, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Brian Martin, Daniel Redmond Click for photos and press release Buy tickets now!
Puccini's deeply passionate and sublime masterpiece tells the story of an American serviceman who lusts after a Japanese girl and marries her, only to leave her. Pregnant and banished from her people for abandoning her ancestral religion, Butterfly pines for her love’s return. He does return, but only to humiliate and betray her beyond what can be endured. The finale of Butterfly rivals King Lear and Phaedra in its horror and intensity. Robert Lundy-Paine, Virago's Resident Director and the director of La Boheme, brings stylized, intimate opera rich with sexual politics and striking elements of movement. Starring soprano Eileen Meredith and a cast of Bay Area favorites. Maestro Jerry Kuderna conducts the Shameless Passion orchestra for this limited run of Puccini's best loved opera. Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda [Map] The Hillside Club, Berkeley [Map]
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