Iolanta

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March 21 – 8pm – Whitney Hall
Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Modeste Tchaikovsky, after the drama King René’s Daughter by Henrik Hertz
Sung in Russian with English Supertitles

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ENRICHMENT EVENTS
Lunch & Listen  |  Wednesday, March 4  |  12 noon
A collaboration with WUOL Louisville Public Media, produced in front of a live audience, featuring musical excerpts from Iolanta and interviews and commentaries by David Roth.
Louisville Public Media  | 619 South Fourth Street
RSVP: Kate Kleinert at 502.587.8681

Sights & Sounds  |  Sunday, March 15  |  1:30pm
A collaboration between the Speed Museum and Kentucky Opera, Sights & Sounds is a unique program in a musical, visual and historic context. Studio Artists perform selections from the featured opera.

Kentucky Opera and the Louisville Orchestra present a concert version of Tchaikovsky’s final opera, Iolanta. Jorge Mester leads this company premiere and inspirational love story of a blind princess who finds both her sight and her true love. What better way to end the season than with a beautiful love story and happy ending?

Internationally-acclaimed soprano Anna Shafajinskaia performs Iolanta with additional artists from the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.