THE ITALIAN LESSON
MURDER JUSTICE OPERA
an opera in two acts
words and music by Peter Wing Healey
When Kansas City, Kansas, coed Belinda Foxtrot goes to historic Pannacotta, Italy for a year abroad, she little suspects that her British roommate will be brutally murdered or that she will fall prey to the notorious Detective Chief Inspector, Giorgio Cantaricci. After she, and her princely boyfriend, Benissimo, are thrown in jail, we find out that the devious, alcoholic, nun-with-a-past, Sister Flavia, will have a key role in their conviction. Will the mysterious Madame Zia be able to change the terrible verdict – Colpevole -- guilty as charged – once Sister Flavia has been shipped off to the Clinic in Beverly Hills?
A globe-trotting, spine-tingling, mytho-operatic tragicomedy, The Italian Lesson is loosely based on a famous case.
The Highland Park Ebell Club
131 S Ave 57, Los Angeles, CA 90042–
Friday, June 9, Saturday June 10,
Wednesday, June 14 and
Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 8 PM.
Belinda Foxtrot Brooke Iva Lohman
Benissimo Ciutacci Xavier Prado
Giorgio Cantaricci Eric Castro
Massimo Hunkonori Matthew Ian Welch
Sister Flavia Jessica Mamey
Granny/Madame Zia Christa Marie Stevens
Enzo Splatzianna Marco Antonio Lozano
Giudetta Multicara Britta Sterling
Jane Marple Rachel Felstein
Hercule Poirot Steve Moritsugu
Sherlock Holmes Norge Yip
Raffaella, Mother Superior
Zefferella, Sister Mallyrose Andi Dana
James Lent (Saturday June 10 and Saturday June 17)
Milos Veljkovic (Friday June 9, Wednesday, June 14
Michelle Sheehy, Celeste Pena violin
Cindy Hickox, Logan Hodgson cello
Mike Basak percussion
Blüthner grand piano provided by Kasimoff-Blüthner Piano Co., Hollywood, CA
Sets and Costumes by Claire Fraser
Lighting by Georg Lion
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
PETER WING HEALEY
assistant director and choreographer Kenwa Newell
Videos
of
The Italian Lesson
filmed by
Harry Hall
photos by Harry Hall
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