UPCOMING

Details Available August 2024

A musical rite of the holiday season, the Baroque-era oratorio still awes listeners more than 250 years after the composer’s death.

Join us for a sing-along to help brighten your holiday season. This event is FREE for those who wish to attend with donations greatly appreciated.

The oratorio is expected to last about one hour, followed by a soup supper at the church.

• Date TBD
• Luther Memorial Church

1210 Jersey, Quincy, IL

CONCLUDED

An operatic version of the children’s literary classic, Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, based on scenes from operas by W.A. Mozart, G. Donizetti, J. Offenbach, and G.B. Pergolesi.

Stepping into a new and unknown world, Pinocchio is deceived by Wolf and Cat and persuaded to disobey his father by skipping school in order to meet Dr. Dulcamara, a loathsome puppeteer. Realizing the puppet’s value, Dulcamara holds Pinocchio captive, intending to have him perform with his miraculous mechanical doll, Olympia. Puppet and doll become friends, and when Dulcamara breaks Olympia in a fit of rage, Pinocchio runs home to admit his disobedience and ask his father’s forgiveness. Accompanied by a policeman, Pinocchio and his dad lead the authorities to Wolf, Cat and Dulcamara, and the bad guys are run out of town. As Pinocchio resolves to always tell the truth and share his problems with trusted grownups, he and his father head home to repair Olympia and begin life anew as a family of three.

FREE Public Performance - April 19th, 2024 at 7PM

Luther Memorial Church - Quincy, IL

This opera was originally based on a play by Alexandre ​Dumas and has become so popular throughout the ​years, that it has inspired many works of pop culture, ​such as Moulin Rouge and Pretty Woman.

Featuring one of the most iconic, romantic, and tragic ​scores of all time, Verdi’s masterpiece contrasts ​spectacular party scenes with tender, intimate ​moments. La Traviata tells the story of the tragic love ​between the courtesan Violetta and the romantic ​Alfredo. Set against the hypocrisy of upper-class ​fashionable society, Alfredo and Violetta’s love ​threatens to shame his family. When his father directly ​appeals to Violetta to relinquish her one chance of ​happiness, Violetta capitulates and her act of self-​sacrifice costs her the ultimate price.

This performance was FREE to the public.