King Roger

Saturday JULY 4 7:30 PM
Thursday JULY 9 7:30 PM
Sunday JULY 12 2:00 PM
Tuesday JULY 14 7:30 PM
Friday JULY 17 7:30 PM

When an enigmatic Shepherd from the East arrives at the Christian court of King Roger, his presence disrupts the court’s established values and view of the world. Do his teachings bring goodness and joy—or destruction and chaos? King Roger himself grapples with questions of self-knowledge, spirituality and his very identity as a monarch and a man.

PERFORMANCES
Saturday, July 4 at 7:30pm
Thursday, July 9 at 7:30pm*
Sunday, July 12 at 2pm* | SOLD OUT
Tuesday, July 14 at 7:30pm
Friday, July 17 at 7:30pm

*Performances where Iowa Radio Reading Information Services (IRIS) will be present to provide live audio descriptions.

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MUSIC BY
Karol Szymanowski

LIBRETTO BY
Karol Szymanowski and Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz

PREMIERED
June 19, 1926
Teatr Wielki, Warsaw

SUNG IN
Polish (with projected English translations)

ESTIMATED RUN TIME
85 minutes with no intermission

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