L’Heure espagnole & L’Enfant et les sortileges

A Ravel Double Bill of One-Act Operas

Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 16, 2012, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 18, 2012, 2 p.m.

Tickets: $12 Public, $8 Seniors/OC Staff & Faculty, $5 Students
Subscription*: $22 Public, $14 Seniors/OC Staff & Faculty, $7 Students (purchase tickets)
Location: Hall Auditorium (directions)

Christopher Larkin, conductor
Jonathon Field, director

From the man who gave you Bolero comes two sensational operatic “10s.” In L’Heure espagnole, a clock workshop becomes a garden of love in which a series of suitors employ entertaining antics to earn the affections of Concepción, the clock maker’s wife. L’Enfant et les sortileges features a misbehaving child who tortures his toys, only to have them turn on him after his bedroom transforms into a garden. In both operas, Ravel’s brilliant orchestration is met with enchanting characters and thrilling narratives that will provide opera fans with a night of excitement and wonder.

*Subscription includes both operas