La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling

LOLA is proud to present one of Mozart’s final operas with our own spin, La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling. Performances will be March 1st and 2nd at 7:30 pm and March 4th at 4 pm.

Director’s Notes: “What does it mean to be a good leader?  Is a good leader someone who is beloved but perhaps not just?  Is a good leader someone who rules with an iron fist? Can there be a middle ground? These questions are just a few of the themes and larger ideas that Mozart and his librettist Mazzolà (based off of a libretto by Metastasio) were grappling with in La Clemenza di Tito.

In reimagining the opera for LOLA we have taken out the recitative and written in a new character, the Hebrew queen Berenice, who will serve as a narrator and guide as we explore those themes within a modern context.

Come experience some of Mozart’s most dazzling and lyrical musical numbers in Austin’s intimate Scottish Rite Theater with LOLA’s La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling. ” – Rebecca Herman, Artistic Producer, LOLA.