From the unparalleled mind of Mozart comes this opera considered by many to be one of the greatest of all time. Based on the escapades of libertine Don Juan, Don Giovanni follows the antics of an arrogant and sexually promiscuous nobleman who commits murder and dupes nearly every character in the cast. A brilliant mix of comedy, melodrama, and the supernatural that has left audiences breathless since its debut in 1787.

More than a love triangle, the Tony Award-winning A Little Night Music is more like a love pentagon! Hilarious and heartbreaking, this work with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim is about a lusciously tangled web spun by an actress, her two lovers, and their wives. With captivating music featuring Send in the Clowns—one of the most recorded songs of all time—this production is witty, engaging, and ultimately a celebration of love.

Falstaff, Verdi’s towering final opera, combines Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry V, telling the story of the aged, oversized knight and his foolish attempt to woo two merry wives. This is a premiere for MSU Opera Theatre. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

In a tangled but charming and comedic tale of love lost and found again, La Finta Giardiniera was written by Mozart at age 18 and has stood the test of time. First performed by MSU Opera Theatre in November of 2011, sung in Italian with English surtitles.

If you like Downton Abbey with a bit of The Vicar of Dibley thrown in, you’ll love this tale of a shy young lad elected May King of a bucolic English village. Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring follows the tale of the last “innocent” young person in town in this comic tour-de-force. Music details: Libretto adapted from a 19th-century short story by French author Guy de Maupassant. Sung in English with English surtitles.

This fanciful production weaves together three 20th century operatic masterworks to tell the story of a dysfunctional, musical family in the early 1960s whose ordinary night turns extraordinary. Music details: Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music (text by Shakespeare), Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge (text by Gian Carlo Menotti), and Maurice Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (from The Child and the Enchantments, text by Colette). Sung in English with English surtitles.