Il Postino (The Postman) at Lobero Theatre

The sounds of the Mediterranean come alive in Daniel Catan's acclaimed opera based on the Oscar-winning film. Il Postino (The Postman) chronicles the enduring friendship between exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and Mario, the shy postman who brings him his fan mail. Mario becomes Neruda's student, learning the art of poetry to woo a local barmaid and to express the struggles of his fellow working-class villagers who live on a small Italian island in the 1950s.

Il Postino (The Postman) will be an Opera SB premiere and the first Spanish opera for the company.Kostis Protopapas conducts. Crystal Manich, last with OSB for The Cunning Little Vixen, returns to direct. Raúl Melo makes his OSB debut as the poet and Daniel Montenegro last seen in 2011's Trouble in Tahiti as the titular postman.