UALR’s Opera Theatre is set to perform “The Secret Marriage” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall of the Fine Arts Building.

Tickets are $15 at the door. The show is free to students, faculty, and staff with UALR ID.

Il matrimonio segreto (The Secret Marriage) by Domenico Cimarosa premiered a few months after the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was considered to be one of the finest comic operas of the 18th century.

At its premiere, the emperor was so entranced that he invited the cast to dinner. Then he requested the opera be encored in its entirety, making it the longest encore in history.

UALR’s production is set in England during the 1920s, inspired in part by Downton Abbey. It will be performed in English translation with dialogue in addition to vocal performances.

Confusion-based conflict is at the heart of this romantic comedy featuring UALR students in the following roles:

• Carolina: Senior Camren Kvaternik, soprano
• Elisetta: Junior Alyssa Hicks, mezzo-soprano
• Fidalma: Sophomore Brianna East, mezzo-soprano
• Paolino: Graduate student Daniel Foltz-Morrison, tenor
• Count Robinson: Alumnus Micheal Lowe, baritone
• Geronimo: Junior Daniel Morris, baritone

In this version of “The Secret Marriage,” Carolina and Paolino want to be openly married, so they plot to marry off Carolina’s older sister Elisetta to appease a strict father. As it turns out, there’s more than one woman in love with Paolino.

For more information about the show, contact Dr. Rosella Ewing at rlewing@ualr.edu.