Command Performance at Shoreline Community College Theatre

The 2018 Opera Workshop featuring "Command Performance", written and composed by Bruce Monroe. In late 18th Century Russia (under Catherine the Great) Russian aristocrats became so entranced by European Opera that they started forming their own private opera companies to compete with each other. The son of one of the aristocrats wants to run away from his overbearing father. He is trying to make as quiet a getaway as possible and not draw attention to himself, but everyone he tries to talk to keeps singing to him. As he become more abusive toward the serfs, they decide to punish him. That's when the fun begins.

"The Quartet", A Chamber Opera by Bern Herbolsheimer. A Monkey, Goat, Dog and Bear observe an orchestra playing music and want to become an orchestra themselves. With the aid of a Nightingale, they see whether that is possible.

"The Golden Apple" by John Latouche. Set in Angel's Roost near the town of Rhododendron, Washington State, the story relocates the mythical tale of Penelope and Ulysses to the first decade of the 20th Century.

Authors

• Montgomery Hare