The Elon Opera Workshop gives two performances this week of Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, one of the most beloved comic operas in history. Tickets to the April 7 & 9 shows are available to the public at the door for $7 or are free with an Elon ID.
Twenty-five ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ students are involved in the production, which includes an orchestral reduction. The plot revolves around a wealthy Florentine family, motivated by greed, that employs a shrewd citizen to help them gain the inheritance they feel they deserve.
Gianni Schicchi takes place at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church (320 East Davis Street, Burlington) at 7:30 p.m. both evenings.
The Elon Opera Workshop schedules performances every two years and will be accepting donations on Thursday and Saturday, said associate professor Hallie Hogan, the workshop’s faculty coordinator. ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ have also done fundraising to help grow the Workshop, she said.
“We’re working on developing the Elon Opera Workshop so that we can have a production every year,” Hogan said. “This is the first time we’ve ever done anything of this scope. … We’re really excited about this because it’s fully costumed, we have an orchestra, and we’ve never done a production like this in the music department.”