Austin Shakespeare

09/12/2026

join us today 2 pm Sat or 7:30 pm watch this vid! VERDICT OF LOVE new at Austin Opera inexpensive tkts https://www.austinshakespeare.org/2026verdict-of-love #/productions-view Jeff Britting composer! click below! for vid by spoon prod lozano

09/11/2026

Tonite and tomorrow! NEW OPERA in progress VERDICT OF LOVE TKTS https://www.austinshakespeare.org/2026verdict-of-love #/productions-view
The cast includes Yuxin Liu, soprano; Paige Patrick, mezzo-soprano; Lucas Hickman, tenor; Zhanqi Wang, bass; and Piye Qin, baritone. Vakhtang Zaalishvili is music director & pianist.
Set against a heightened, Romantic vision of Belle Époque Rome, Verdict of Love follows three young American artists who are drawn into the orbit of a spirited young Italian whose charm recalls the ancient sculpture of a faun. As the group travels through Rome and the surrounding countryside, a mysterious figure from the past shadows them, culminating in a murder that changes their lives.
The workshop will unfold in two parts. Part One will be sung-through with piano accompaniment, while Part Two will be presented as a staged reading featuring actor Y.A. Oza. The production will feature costumes by Aaron Kubacak and projections by Lowell Bartholomee. photos by Chad Mills
Muse

09/10/2026

Jeff Britting, our composer for VERDICT OF LOVE will be at all performances for our "Talk Back" Get your tickets for Fri. 7;:30 or Sat 2 pm or 7:30 at Austin Opera new Butler Performance space! https://www.austinshakespeare.org/2026verdict-of-love #/productions-view
Jeff's bio = Music for theater: Anthem (Long Center and NYC Off B'way), Othello, Cyrano de Bergerac, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hedda Gabler, The Fountainhead, El Cid (Austin Shakespeare); Until, Beauty, Punk (Project Performance Art). Film scores: Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, Ideal (Strand Releasing). UC Berkeley, Philosophy. Muse Shanee Woodbridge Alex Alford Laura Walberg

09/09/2026

Jeff Britting

Step into an intimate listening room, just feet away from 12 Conspirare singers and instrumental collaborators, as they workshop new music by Craig Johnson — live, unfinished, and unfolding right in front of you. Limited seating - get your tickets!
https://my.thelongcenter.org/overview/4414

09/08/2026

Join us this weekend for new opera workshop based on Nathaniel Hawthorne, we call it VERDICT OF LOVE Fri and Sat 7:30 pm and Sat matinee 2 pm tkts
https://www.austinshakespeare.org/2026verdict-of-love...
cast features Yuxin Liu, soprano; music by Jeff Britting. After every performance we have a TALK BACK. On Fri. our guest is the wonderful Dr. Elizabeth Richmond-Garza from The University of Texas at Austin. She has spoken at many of our performances with our audiences for just a brief 10 min reaction to the show.
Set against a heightened, Romantic vision of Belle Époque Rome, "Verdict of Love" follows three young American artists who are drawn into the orbit of a spirited young Italian whose charm recalls the ancient sculpture of a faun. As the group travels through Rome and the surrounding countryside, a mysterious figure from the past shadows them, culminating in a murder that changes their lives.
The workshop will unfold in two parts. Part One will be sung-through with piano accompaniment, while Part Two will be presented as a staged reading featuring actor .Y. Oza. The production will feature costumes by Aaron Kubacak and projections by Lowell Bartholomee. Marc Pouhé Alex Alford Shanee Woodbridge ATX Theatre

09/07/2026

Come meet our wonderful cast in person for VERDICT OF LOVE next Fri and Sat 7:30 pm and Sat matinee 2 pm tkts
https://www.austinshakespeare.org/2026verdict-of-love #/productions-view
cast: Yuxin Liu, soprano; Paige Patrick, mezzo-soprano; Lucas Hickman, tenor; Zhanqi Wang, bass; and Piye Qin, baritone. Vakhtang Zaalishvili will serve as music director and pianist.
The new work features a score by Jeff Britting and a libretto by Austin Shakespeare Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella. Stage manager: Skylar Baker and moore, intern.
Set against a heightened, Romantic vision of Belle Époque Rome, Verdict of Love follows three young American artists who are drawn into the orbit of a spirited young Italian whose charm recalls the ancient sculpture of a faun. As the group travels through Rome and the surrounding countryside, a mysterious figure from the past shadows them, culminating in a murder that changes their lives.
The workshop will unfold in two parts. Part One will be sung-through with piano accompaniment, while Part Two will be presented as a staged reading featuring actor A.Y. Oza. The production will feature costumes by Aaron Kubacak and projections by Lowell Bartholomee.
ATX Theatre thanks to Armstrong Community Music School for rehearsal space and beautiful Yamaha Pianos

09/05/2026

Join us at the new Butler Performance space of austin opera! Austinshakespeare.org

09/04/2026

See our Opera in Progress for FREE! Volunteer click here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AAAA622A5FE3-65591912-verdict/26850741 #/ Join us for this new adventure: "Verdict of Love," based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Marble Faun. We're excited to be the first outside group to use Austin Opera's new "Butler Performance Center." It's a beautiful venue. (Note: this is NOT the The University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music. )
I hope you'll come check out a new project and a new space. Only 3 performances, Fri & Sat September 11 - 12.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Enjoy listening to our tenor recently at KMFA Classical 89.5 studio... (we are singing in English) Lucas Hickman!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWVTNHg7874&list=RDhWVTNHg7874&start_radio=1

09/03/2026