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Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gaetano Donizetti and Giacchino Rossini
Words and story adaptation by John Davies

Sunday, October 8, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Ferus Artisan Ales - Trussville

The Billy Goats Gruff will be performed in one act with no intermission.
Approximate run time is 45 minutes.

John Robertson, music director
Kristin Kenning, stage director

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An after-school game of hide and seek is ruined for three goat friends when a big bully blocks a bridge, preventing them from being able to go home. Remembering what their moms, dads and teachers have told them about dealing with bullies, two goats resolve to go home a different, longer way and share their difficulties with grownups. The littlest girl goat, however, not wanting to abandon the beloved doll that’s been snatched from her, tromps to the crest of the bridge and, confronting the bully, prevails by inadvertently pushing him into the creek below. Concerned for his well-being, she shows her would-be adversary kindness by asking if he’s OK. He responds by asking if she’s OK. By the time the two boys return with help, she’s able to introduce a soggy, forlorn ex-bully as their new friend.

(in order of vocal appearance)

Lucy
Adreanna M. Pulliam *

Simone
Lauren Tinsley *^
(Freeman Artist)

Dandini
Joseph Robinson

Otto
Samuel Phillips *

*denotes Opera Birmingham solo debut
^denotes member of the Opera Birmingham Studio at Samford University

Production Stage Manager
Kristen Janice Aragon

Scenic Designer
Lynne Hutton

Costume Designer
DeLee Michiko Benton

Sound Designer
Alex Garmon

Ferus Artisan Ales - Trussville
One Place Metro Alabama Family Justice Center
Samford University School of the Arts and Dr. Lance Beaumont, Dean

This production and its educational tour are made possible, in part, by a generous contribution from the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and Medical Properties Trust.  

The student of the Opera Birmingham Studio at Samford University is sponsored by Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman, in celebration of the 40-Year Anniversary of their first date.

Kristin Kenning, John Robertson, and Lynne Hutton are sponsored by Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman.

Our season is possible by additional grants from the Daniel Foundation of Alabama, the Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation, Hugh Kaul Foundation, Robert R. Meyer Foundation, and Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust.

Student tickets are supported by The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.

Alabama Media Group is the Official Media Sponsor of Opera Birmingham.  

Opera Birmingham acknowledges we are on the traditional land of the Kosati speaking Mvskoke (Muscogee/Creek) People. Alabama has been home to the Alabama, Biloxi, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Mobile Tribes—including the Abihka, Alabama-Coushatta, Coosa, Tallapoosa, and the Yuchi Peoples—and is home to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, the Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama, the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, the Machis Lower Creek Tribe, the Mowa Band of Choctaw, and the Star Clan of Muskogee Creeks. We honor and thank the Indigenous peoples connected to this territory and give gratitude to this land.