and a high school matinee with piano on March 17 at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Russell Hall on the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham Campus
TICKETS: Students $10, Seniors/Faculty/Staff/Alumni $14, General public $20
BOX OFFICE: (207) 780-5151

Once every four years, the University of Southern Maine School of Music and Department of Theatre collaborate on a fully staged opera
production. But this March, new audiences and old will be offered a
rare opportunity to sample grand opera with a pair of masterful Puccini
one-acts: “Suor Angelica,” an exquisite tear-jerker, and “Gianni
Schicchi,” a laugh-out-loud comedy.
But a Puccini opera set in Portland? That’s right. Stage director
Assunta Kent has moved the setting of one of the operas, “Gianni
Schicchi,” from Florence in 1299 to a West End mansion in Portland,
Maine in 1927. Here are some photos from a recent rehearsal.

