Center for Contemporary Opera Presents THE SECRET AGENT, 3/18

Center for Contemporary Opera, led by General Director James E. Schaeffer, presents the world premiere of Michael Dellaira and JD McClatchy's The Secret Agent, Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19 at The Danny Kaye Playhouse. The cast features Metropolitan Opera veteran Amy Burton as Winnie and Scott Bearden as Verloc. The performance will be led by director Sam Helfrich and Emmy-nominated conductor Sara Jobin.

Based on Joseph Conrad's novel, The Secret Agent is a story of social tragedy and intimate human drama taking place in late 19th century London. It chronicles a stirring tale of political intrigue among anarchists and government officials, murder and suicide. A bomb has exploded at the Greenwich Observatory - an attack "having all the shocking senselessness of gratuitous blasphemy," as Conrad writes. Chief Inspector Heat's investigation leads to Adolf Verloc, a foreign provocateur and his cell of terrorists. But the bomber turns out to be a mere boy: Verloc's wife's beloved brother, out on a mission he could not have understood. On joint commission from The Center for Contemporary Opera, San Antonio Opera and Long Leaf Opera, Michael Dellaira and JD McClatchy have transformed this political mystery into a captivating opera.

TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets may be obtained by calling the Kaye Playhouse at 212-772-4448 or in person at the Kaye Playhouse Box Office 695 Park Avenue # 5 New York, NY 10065.