An Opera Picnic
June is opera season in St. Louis. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is one of the premiere festival companies in the world. It is dedicated to nurturing young talent in both performing and production and to presenting opera in English. As our late, great Artistic Director Colin Graham said, “No one composer ever lived who wanted his opera to be performed in a language foreign to his audience.” OTSL is also unique in its glorious setting. Our tiny (987 seat) theater is nestled at the foot of a hill on a leafy suburban college campus. The hill is topped by a green-and-white striped tent surrounded by picnic tables, also decked out in green-and-white and topped with ivy and candles. Patrons picnic before the opera and then gather with the cast and crew afterward for...
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