A full staging of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” starring soprano
Manon Strauss Evrard as Violetta, will be presented at 8 p.m. Sept. 16 and 2:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Cramer Arts Center of The Steward School, 11600 Gayton Road in Richmond’s far West End. The school also will be the venue for a “jewel box,” or excerpted, production of Bizet’s “Carmen,” with performances at 8 p.m. May 19 and 7:30 p.m. May 20.Seating is limited for those performances. The Steward School hall seats fewer than 500.
A production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical “The King and I” will be staged at 8 p.m. Jan. 20 and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at Richmond’s Landmark Theater.
Lyric Opera had previously set dates for the three productions at the Sandler Arts Center in Virginia Beach and Christopher Newport University’s Ferguson Arts Center in Newport News:
* “La Traviata” – Sept. 9 and 11 (Virginia Beach), Sept. 23 and 25 (Newport News).
* “The King and I” – Jan. 6 and 8 (Virginia Beach), Jan. 27 and 29 (Newport News).
* “Carmen” – May 4 and 6 (Newport News), May
23-24 (Virginia Beach).
The company also is planning to perform in Charlottesville.
Subscriptions for the Richmond season are $58-$268.
For more information, call (757) 446-6666 or visit http://www.lyricoperavirginia.org/