Wheaton College Opera MainStage to combine Italian romance and British satire

Wheaton College Opera MainStage will perform “A Sip of Elixir and HMS Petit Four” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Jan. 14-17.

The performances will feature abridged renditions of two beloved operas: Donizetti's “Elixir of Love” and Gilbert and Sullivan's “H.M.S. Pinafore.”

From a romantic comedy with sweeping Italian melodies to a ridiculous parody full of witty British patter, each tells its own story of love overcoming social class.

The performances will be held in the Armerding Center for Music and the Arts Concert Hall, 520 E. Kenilworth Ave. in Wheaton.

Tickets are $16.52 to $20.06. For ticket information, visit tickets.wheaton.edu.

For more information, call (630) 752-5010.

Wheaton College’s Opera Mainstage is a yearlong course that provides primary attention to the careful musical, vocal, and dramatic learning of a given role as students participate in the production of a classic operatic masterpiece. This program strives to prepare students for further pre-professional study in opera.

Previous performances include: “Into the Woods,” “Merry Wives of Windsor,” “Little Women, the Broadway Musical,” “Old Man and the Thief” and “Trial by Jury,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” and “A Light in the Piazza.”

Learn more at wheaton.edu/wheaton-college-conservatory-of-music/.