Opera
OperaSamuel Barber's Pulitzer-winning Vanessa vanished after its 1958 Met premiere, but Heartbeat resurrects it stripped to its emotional core. Five singers and a new arrangement lay bare the characters' extremes in this intimate reinvention.
Bold opera reinvention
Pulitzer-winning score
Intimate five-singer cast
Emotionally intense drama
Tips
🎟️use code W71FAUST for 20% off
Vanessa by Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti
Williamstown
OperaOperaSamuel Barber's Pulitzer-winning Vanessa vanished after its 1958 Met premiere, but Heartbeat resurrects it stripped to its emotional core. Five singers and a new arrangement lay bare the characters' extremes in this intimate reinvention.
Bold opera reinvention
Pulitzer-winning score
Intimate five-singer cast
Emotionally intense drama
Tips
🎟️use code W71FAUST for 20% off
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