Sitcom
World Premiere
Music by Luke Styles
Libretto by Alan McKendrick
Performed in English with English supertitles
Don’t touch that dial…after a brief commercial break we’ll return with the misadventures of Max, Bettina, Joan, and Vendetta. Developed over the past decade with Opera Philadelphia, this world premiere is a neo-baroque comic chamber opera that combines the structures of a modern sitcom with those of baroque opera, creating a new form of storytelling that’s as far out as it is familiar and fun. As in classic TV, Sitcom’s four main characters are delightfully trapped in the eternal present of their own worlds—twenty-somethings who can’t help getting into trouble, finding adventure, and falling for the wrong octopus.
Sitcom On-Sale Dates:
Tuesday, April 28 at 10:00 a.m.
Subscriptions
Opera Pass
Tuesday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m.
Standard Price Single Tickets
Pick Your Price Pre-Sale for 26/27 Opera Pass holders
Monday, November 23 at 10:00 a.m.
Pick Your Price Public On-Sale (Let ’Em Eat Cake, Aida, and Sitcom)
MapThe Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Dates are May 2027.
| Wed, May 19 | 7:00 p.m. |
| Fri, May 21 | 8:00 p.m. |
| Sat, May 22 | 8:00 p.m. |
| Sun, May 23 | 2:00 p.m. |
Runtime is approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes with one intermission
Producing Fund Sponsor: Andrew J. Martin Weber
The Composer
Luke Styles
Luke Styles is a British Australian composer whose work is performed regularly throughout the world. He was the first Glyndebourne Young Composer-in-Residence, the first Composer-in-Residence at the Foundling Museum since Handel, and the 2022 British Council Musician-in-Residence to Brazil. He is the artistic director of the Deal Festival. His opera Ned Kelly premiered to critical acclaim at the 2019 Perth Festival, and his opera Awakening Shadow premiered in 2021 at the Cheltenham Music Festival, Presteigne Festival and received a second production by Sydney Chamber Opera in 2022. His 2024 opera Fault Lines toured Cornwall with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with a sold-out run of shows.
The Librettist
Alan McKendrick
Alan McKendrick is a writer and director working across film, and opera. He is currently Playwrights’ Studio Scotland Writer-In-Residence for Untitled Projects, for whom he recently adapted and directed a ‘fullbore literary arthouse crazyfest’ staging of Alexander Trocchi’s cult novel, Cain’s Book. He wrote the libretto to Styles’ opera Hope Dies Hard in His House.