Pico Opera Presents
Rossini’s Il Conte Ory
Thursday, December 4, 2025 and Saturday, December 6, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM and 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for an unforgettable evening of gorgeous music, bel canto singing, disguises, hijinks and hilarity as Pico Opera presents Rossini’s classic comedic opera, Il Conte Ory (also performed as Le Comte Ory). This intimate, fully staged production will be performed in Italian with English titles, accompanied by our one-man orchestra, Pianist Andrew Wang. All seats will be within 10 rows of the stage on stadium seating, ensuring a fully immersive and truly unique opera experience. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to experience the magic of opera up close and personal!
Synopsis: The illustrious Count Ory is at it again, with no disguise too ridiculous and no plot too audacious in his quest to seduce the women of Touraine while the townsmen are away at war.
A Rossini masterpiece, this high-flying opera is thrillingly fast-paced musically and dramatically. More commonly performed in French as Le Comte Ory, the gender-bending, bawdy humor of Il Conte Ory was considered too racy to be performed in Rossini’s native Italy in 1828. Pico Opera brings Il Conte Ory to the stage in Cambridge for an unforgettable evening of big laughs, big arias, and big ensembles. Don’t miss out on the Count’s misadventures, nor those of Isoliero and The Countess Adele to give him his just deserts!
Venue Information:
The Multicultural Arts Center is located at 41 Second Street in Cambridge, MA. Please enter at the ground floor entrance and visit the Box Office on your right as you enter.
Once you check in, you will head upstairs to the theater. There is an elevator and staircase for access to the theater.
Seating is general admission. Box Office will open an hour before the show starts, so you are welcome to arrive early. Feel free to visit our gallery before the show begins.
Getting There:
The Multicultural Arts Center is located just a few blocks from the Green line Lechmere MBTA Station.
The East Cambridge Parking Garage is entered off Spring Street, between First & Second Streets, one block away from us, and open 24/7.
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