Capital Opera Raleigh - 2007-8; & 2008-9 (prelim.)

$. 919/469-0600 or http://www.capitaloperaraleigh.org/

• Friday October 19 (at 7:30 p.m.) & Sunday October 21 (at 2:00 p.m.)
  Capital Opera Raleigh, Wayne Wyman, director/conductor
  Program: Verdi: La traviata* (In Ital. w/Engl. supertitles.)
  Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. Times as shown above. Pre-curtain lecture by Assad Meymandi one hour before each performance.
  Season: $40, seniors/students $30 - charge season tickets at 800/838-3006 or http://www.brownpapertickets.com/; for season tickets to be paid by check, call 919/469-0600. Single tickets: $25, seniors/students $20, children < 10 $10. 800/838-3006, 919/760-8237, or http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/20768
  *Cast: Lori Lind (ViolettaValéry), Daniel Stein (Alfredo Germont), Krassen Karagiozov (Giorgio Germont), Jennifer Gaspar (10/19)/Jennifer Seiger (10/21) (Flora), Christina Friedmann (Annina), Kevin Badanes (Gastone), Ted Federle (Baron Douphol), Robert Williams (Marquis d'Obigny), Tom Link (Dr. Grenvil), Matthew McGrath (Giuseppe). Set and lighting design by Thomas Mauney. Costumes by Ruth Bryan.

• Friday April 4 (at 7:30 p.m.) & Sunday April 6 (at 2:00 p.m.)
  Capital Opera Raleigh, Scott Tilley, conductor, & Wayne Wyman, director
  Program: Mozart: Così fan tutte*
  Jones Auditorium, Meredith College, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. Times as shown above. "Inside the Opera" discussion with the director, 1 hour prior to the performance.
  $25, seniors/students $20. 800/838-3006 or http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/27426.
  *Cast: Amberly Foulkrod (Fiordiligi), Shana Hammett (Dorabella), Elizabeth Doebler (Despina), Jonathan Blalock (Ferrando) (replacing Daniel Stein, prev. announced), Ted Federle (Guglielmo), & Steven Jepson (Don Alfonso)

• Saturday April 19
  Capital Opera Raleigh
  Program: Capital Opera 2008-9 Season Preview Concert - Excerpts from the 2008-9 Season: Carmen, Amahl and the Night Visitors, & Cavalleria rusticana, & selected arias performed by the stars of the season.
  Jones Auditorium, Meredith College, Raleigh. 2:00 p.m.
  $20, seniors/students $15. 919/760-8237, 800/838-3006, or http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/32937

• Capital Opera’s 2008-9 Season includes Carmen, Amahl and the Night Visitors, & Cavalleria rusticana