[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1373″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” title=”Don Quixote”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][ultimate_carousel][bsf-info-box icon=”Defaults-ticket” icon_size=”30″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”circle” icon_color_bg=”#bf1e2e” title=”Buy Quixote Tickets!” read_more=”box” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fapp.arts-people.com%2Findex.php%3Fticketing%3Dico|title:Don%20Quixote%20Tickets|target:%20_blank|” hover_effect=”style_3″ pos=”top”][/bsf-info-box][bsf-info-box icon=”Defaults-tags” icon_size=”30″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”circle” icon_color_bg=”#bf1e2e” title=”Original Apparel” read_more=”box” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fislandcityopera.org%2F1319-2%2F|title:Apparel|target:%20_blank|rel:nofollow” hover_effect=”style_3″ pos=”top”][/bsf-info-box][bsf-info-box icon=”Defaults-heart” icon_size=”30″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”circle” icon_color_bg=”#bf1e2e” title=”Donate!” read_more=”box” link=”url:%20http%3A%2F%2Fislandcityopera.org%2Fsupport-ico%2F%23donate|title:Donate|target:%20_blank|” hover_effect=”style_3″ pos=”top”][/bsf-info-box][bsf-info-box icon=”Defaults-user-plus” icon_size=”30″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_style=”circle” icon_color_bg=”#bf1e2e” title=”Join!” read_more=”box” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fapp.arts-people.com%2Findex.php%3Fmailing_list%3Dico|title:Join%20eMail%20List|target:%20_blank|” hover_effect=”style_3″ pos=”top”][/bsf-info-box][/ultimate_carousel][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The moon-struck old Knight shows us the true meaning of love in Massenet’s comic-heroic allusion to Cervantes’ novel.
Island City Opera presents Jules Massenet’s rarely performed masterpiece, “Don Quixote, the Knight of the long face” (“Don Quichotte” in Massenet’s French), the poignant story of the old gentleman’s quest and his world-weary insights about honor, nobility and love.
The old Knight ventures out to set wrongs to right. Falls in love with the beautiful but shallow Dulcinee. Concocts a quest to retrieve her stolen jewelry. Wins the admiration of the bandits who’ve stolen. Will he win the heart of his beloved?
The opera’s story is more an allusion to Cervantes’ novel than it’s explicit telling, as any theatrical attempt to present the epic novel must be.
The opera will be sung in its original French with English super-titles.
Tickets are on sale online and through the Box Office at (510) 263-8060.
Location
All performances are held at the Alameda Elks Lodge Ballroom, 2255 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda CA.
Cast
La belle Dulcinee Buffy Baggott
Don Quichotte William Pickersgill
Sancho Igor Vieira
Pedro Eileen Meredith
Garcias Maria Caycedo
Rodriguez Michael Belle
Juan Darron Flagg
Chief of the Bandits Don Hoffman
Two valets Elmer Strasser, Robert Boyd
Four bandits Elmer Strasser, Robert Boyd, Michael Stevens, Richard Bogart
Chorus: Rachel Deatherage, Joy Graham, Claire Karoly, Veronique Kherian, Chrystabel Nunoo, Sarah Sophia Pun, Mithuna Sivaraman, Richard Bogart, Robert Boyd, Don Hoffman, Sean Niles, Michael Orlinsky, Michael Stevens, Elmer Strasser,
All performances are held at the Alameda Elks Lodge Ballroom, 2255 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda CA.
Get to know Massenet’s Don Quichotte[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3I8drOcIg8&feature=youtu.be” title=”Don Quixote’s Heartbreak”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Performance Calendar” spacer=”line_with_icon” line_height=”1″ icon=”Defaults-calendar” icon_size=”32″ icon_color=”#be1e2d”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Special Preview Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 7:30PM
Opening Night Friday, March 3, 2017 at 7:30PM
Sunday Matinee, Sunday March 5, 2017 at 2:00PM
Friday Date Night, Friday, March 10, 2017 at 7:30PM
Closing Matinee, Sunday March 12, 2017 at 2:00PM
Opera run time is approximately 2 hours
Anchor Society Lectures
Island City Opera’s Anchor Society invites you to join them for the Anchor Society Lectures held one hour prior to the curtain.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Seating & Prices” spacer=”line_with_icon” line_height=”1″ icon=”Defaults-dollar usd” icon_size=”32″ icon_color=”#be1e2d”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]PREVIEW SEATING
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Single Preview Tickets: General Admission for Adults $25, Students (13 to 21 with student id) $10, Children (12 and under) $0.
Discount Season Pass: (Save $5. 1 ticket for each Preview) Adult $45.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]PERFORMANCE SEATING
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Single Performance Tickets: Reserved Sofa seats are $45. Front Row Cafe Table Seats (4 seats per table) are $60. Large Table Seats (10 seats per table) are $60.
Discount Season Passes: (Save up to $12. 1 ticket any Performance of each show). General Admission seats $72, Reserved Sofa Seats $81, Large Tables $108 and Front Row Cafe Tables $108.General Admission seats for Adults $40, Seniors $36, Students (13 to 21 with Student ID) $10, and, Child $0.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Drinks & Concessions” spacer=”line_with_icon” line_height=”1″ icon=”Defaults-glass” icon_size=”32″ icon_color=”#be1e2d”][/ultimate_heading][vc_column_text]Drinks will be on sale at the Bar at the rear of the Ballroom before the performance and during intermission and immediately afterwards. Wine will be on sale from the rolling bar near the stage before the curtain and during intermission.
Concessions will be on sale before the performance and during intermission from a variety of concessionaires who will be announce via email prior to the performance.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Don Quixote Cast” spacer=”line_with_icon” line_height=”1″ icon=”Defaults-group users” icon_size=”32″ icon_color=”#be1e2d”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_basic_grid post_type=”post” max_items=”10″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1487119645121-622adfe0-b96d-5″ taxonomies=”10″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_wp_text title=”Don Quixote and Sancho Panza by Daumier”]Miguel de Cervantes’s novel Don Quixote became popular in France between 1768 and 1773 through numerous French translations. Jean-Honoré Fragonard, who in so many ways was the key painter to shape Daumier’s art, had planned to illustrate one of these editions of Don Quixote. For Daumier, Cervantes’s antihero Don Quixote personifies life’s folly and grandeur. The skeletal old knight astride his nag Rocinante, followed by his faithful squire Sancho Panza, offers a trenchant image of antiquated values, maintained to the despair of a loving, realistic companion, as retraced along Cervantes’s penetrating lines.[/vc_wp_text][vc_single_image image=”979″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row]