Purchase Opera: Les Mamelles de Tirésias

Purchase College Conservatory of Music’s Purchase Opera presents Les Mamelles de Tirésias.

Composed by Francis Poulenc
Based on a play by Guillaume Apollinaire
Directed by Jacque Trussell
Conducted by Hugh Murphy

In Les Mamelles de Tirésias, an opera bouffe, Poulenc offers a surrealist and absurdist critique of sexuality, war, and industrialized society during the post-World War I era.   Purchase Opera uses a contemporary setting to show that these themes are still timely today.

Purchase Opera is a unique program for serious singers who learn by performing. Highly selective and unique, the program trains and mentors serious young singers pursuing a professional career in classical singing and opera. Purchase Opera has won multiple first-place awards from the prestigious National Opera Association, beginning in 2004 through the 2010–12 award for Confession (Dominick Argento Chamber Opera Competition), the 2012–13 award for Die Fledermaus (Division II: Opera Production Competition), and the 2014 award for Hänsel und Gretel (Division I: Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition). Learn more about Purchase Opera on the Purchase College website.