‘A Little Night Music’

Michigan State University Opera Theatre will perform Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” at the school’s Fairchild Theatre 7 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 15), Friday (Nov. 17) and Saturday (Nov. 18) and 3 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 19). A College of Music press release called the show, “A comedic and engaging interwoven tale of harmony and heartbreak.”

“Set around the year 1900 in Sweden, ‘A Little Night Music’ follows the romantic lives of five individuals, making the Tony Award-winning musical more like a love pentagon than a love triangle,” the College of Music wrote. “Hilarious and devastating, this work, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, is about a lusciously tangled web spun by an actress, her two lovers and their wives. A critically acclaimed performance from Broadway and beyond, it is perfect for the new or contemporary operagoer.”

MSU Opera Theatre performers will be joined by the MSU Symphony, conducted by Octavio Más-Arocas, MSU’s director of orchestras. 

“‘A Little Night Music’ is a timeless example of the genius of Stephen Sondheim. The music is entirely in 3/4 time, which amplifies this tale of mismatched couples who, on one endless Swedish summer night, find their soulmates,’” said Melanie Helton, director of MSU Opera Theatre. “We can all see something of ourselves in the characters. In fact, the elderly Madame Armfeldt says it best: ‘The summer night smiles three times: once for the young, who know nothing; then for the fools, who think they know; and for the old, for whom it is too late.’” 

Reserved seating tickets, available at music.msu.edu, are $22 for adults, $20 for seniors (age 60 and older) and $7 for students.