The Owlery

The romantic fairytale opera “Iolanta” will be playing at the Curtis Opera Theater this weekend. The event will take place from Thursday until Sunday, with multiple showings each day. The opera, which is performed in Russian with English supertitles, will be in accompaniment with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. The story involves a protected princess, unaware of her royalty and beauty due to being blind. All of that changes when a knight finds her secret garden opens up her world to light and color. The one act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky shows the triumph of love over prejudice. Admission is free.