Jacques Offenbach's

THE GRAND DUCHESS

Thursday, Feb. 24, Friday Feb. 25, Saturday, Feb. 26, 8:00 pm

LYDIA MENDELSSOHN THEATER, Ann Arbor MI

Ticket information TBA

and

Saturday, April 2, 8:00 pm; Sunday, April 3, 2:00 pm

THE VILLAGE THEATER 50400 Cherry Hill Road, Canton

Adults— $20.00 Seniors/Students— $17.00 Group Rate— $15.00

Credit card orders: 734-394-5460
OnLine: www.canton-mi.org/villagetheater
or at Summit on the Park, 46000 Summit Parkway 734-394-5460

This beautiful, state-of-the-art theater is located on the corner of Cherry Hill and Ridge Roads.

The Comic Opera Guild will bring one of the greatest operettas to life in two theaters in the spring of 2011. Although performed regularly in Europe, The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein has, to our knowledge, never been staged in Michigan. This debut performance sets a sparkling musical score to an original English version by Thomas Petiet.

A satire on the military, the show is now set during World War I, and the small duchy of Gerolstein must decide whether to enter the fray. The Grand Duchess has been convinced that it would is essential for her to become involved in the affairs of the army. Arriving in camp proclaiming in song that she "loves the military," she becomes infatuated with the least promising private in the troop and promotes him to Commander in Chief. Much havoc ensues until the ultimate conclusion that war never really changes anything.