
Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica is a unique one-act opera containing moments of harrowing drama and unequalled redemptive beauty.
The story takes place in a convent over one day, intensifying as it unravels. At the opera’s opening, our main character Sister Angelica claims, during a discussion among the nuns, to have no desires, but she lies. She has a hidden, burning desire — to see her illegitimate son that was taken from her seven years ago, and whom she has thought of every day.
So when her unforgiving aunt, the Princess, pays a visit to the convent and is forced to tell Angelica that her son tragically died two years previously, she is plunged into suicidal delirium. She hears her son calling to her — she must go to meet him… but in taking her own life, she is committing a sin. Will she be redeemed, re-united, and finally accepted for who she is?
When: May 30, 31 & June 1 2019
Where: St. John's Cathedral Courtyard
413 Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37902
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: $30 Adults
$15 Students
Meet the Cast

Jacquie Breechen
Genovieffa

Whitney Myers
Zelatrice

Emily Simmons
Maestra Della Novizie

Jenna Weaver
Cercatrice 1

Kayla Beard
Cercatrice 2

Katlyn Householder
Badessa

Aubrey Odle
Chorus & Principessa Cover

Cynthia Smith
Chorus & Zelatrice Cover

Ryan Colbert
Dolcina

Sarah Parker
Infermiera

Kate Shepas
Osmina & Novice 1

Hannah Friend
Novice 2

Marya Barry
Lay Sister 2

Kate Smith
Lay Sister 1

Amanda Peavyhouse
Chorus

Brenda Luggie
Chorus