CCM Opera: Rappaccini's Daughter at CCM Cohen Family Studio Theater

8 p.m. Thursday, April 4

8 p.m. Friday, April 5
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6
• Opera Series •
RAPPACCINI’S DAUGHTER (LA HIJA DE RAPPACCINI)
Composed by Daniel Catán

Libretto by Juan Tovar, based on the play by Octavio Paz and the short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Reduced Orchestration by Mark Robson

Presented under license by Associated Music Publishers, Inc., copyright owners

Robin Guarino, director

Trevor Kroeger, student conductor

A young woman, raised among her botanist-father's poisonous plants, has developed a curious and tragic condition that causes her touch to be poisonous to all other living creatures. When a young student falls in love with her, she becomes caught between her romantic dreams and that which has made love impossible for her. Upon its premiere in San Diego (1994), Rappaccini's Daughter became the first work by a Mexican composer to be produced by a major opera house in the US. Catán’s lush score was presented in a new orchestration when CCM and Cincinnati Opera presented the work as part of the first Opera Fusion: New Works project in 2008.

Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Tickets: $25 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.