Timothy Cheek and Steven McGhee, music directors

Robert Swedberg’s Opera Studio classes are presenting performances of two one-act versions of Mozart operas: La Finta Giardiniera, written by 18-year-old Mozart and titled, in this version, Love in the Garden State, sung in Italian with English dialogue; and La Clemenza di Tito, written in Mozart’s last year, also sung in Italian. Both operas will be presented at each performance and will feature both undergraduate and graduate level students. This is the seventh year that U-M is presenting Green Operas as part of the Opera Studio program. Green Operas are designed to reduce the energy consumption associated with theatrical presentation by using mostly projected scenery, or otherwise recycled materials for scenic elements and costumes; LED lights; musical scores printed on recycled paper; and the avoidance of printed advertising or programs, offering, instead, a QR code link to a website for smart-phones. These efforts reduce energy consumption for these performances by as much as 95% relative to similar productions in similar venues without green economies.