The MSU College of Music closes its Worthington Family Foundation Opera Theatre Season with a compelling double bill of Italian opera, Puccini and Rossini: Operas of Consequence and Comedy, in the Fairchild Theatre, MSU Auditorium.
This fully staged and costumed production pairs two contrasting one-act works — Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract) — performed with the MSU Symphony Orchestra. Puccini’s score supports the opera’s intimate and dramatic story with soaring vocal lines and expressive orchestration. In contrast, Rossini’s lively music moves quickly, with crisp rhythm and energy that highlight his early comic style.
