UNMC faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to purchase $5 tickets for the Opera Omaha production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance.”
The opera will show at the Orpheum Theater Wednesday, Oct. 15, Friday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 19.
UNMC is the title sponsor for the Oct. 19 performance. A pre-performance get-together with light refreshments, exclusive to those with ties to UNMC, will begin at 1:15 in the Weaver Lounge. UNMC patrons will enter through the 16th Street Orpheum doors and will be directed to the Weaver Lounge, which occupies the space that was formerly the Stage Right coffee shop.
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“‘The Pirates of Penzance’ is a wonderful introduction to light opera as well as an old favorite for many people,” said UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D. “I’m happy that our faculty, staff and employees will have the opportunity to enjoy this opera.”
In “The Pirates of Penzance,” Frederic was as a child apprenticed to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates by his nurse who, being hard of hearing, had mistaken her master’s instructions to apprentice the boy to a pilot.
Frederic, upon completing his 21st year, rejoices that he has fulfilled his indentures and is now free to return to respectable society. But it turns out that he was born on Feb. 29 in leap year, and he remains apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday.
Tickets can be purchased by clicking here and then logging in with the promo code BVUNMC. First-time visitors will need to register.
In addition to the $5 tickets, medical center employees can purchase upgraded tickets for $29, $49, $69 and $89. Employees and students also can order tickets by calling the Opera Omaha box office at 402-346-7372.