Carter Family Marionettes
Chamber Orchestra & Professional Singers
Each year, Northwest Puppet Center presents an elaborate baroque marionette opera. Hand-carved figures take the stage with chamber orchestra and singers on either side of the proscenium.
Playing April 23 - May 2, 2010
Pulcinella Vendicato
More details about this upcoming opera
Past productions have included:
La Grandmere Amoureuse
Il Girello
The Burning House
The Sneeze of Hercules
The Dragon of Wantley
The Magic Flute
The Life and Death of Tom Thumb
The Liberation of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina
Don Giovanni
Don Quixote
On occassion, these productions can be made available for touring. Magnificat presented "La Grandmere Amoureuse" and "Il Girello" in California's Bay Area. Seattle's Early Music Guild presented "La Grandmere Amoureuse" in Seattle and Kirkland. The most recent tour brought "The Burning House" to Potsdam, Germany for the music festival held at the palace of Frederick the Great.