Lost in the Stars at Union Avenue Opera

WHAT: Kurt Weill’s: LOST IN THE STARS
Book and Lyric by Maxwell Anderson
Based on the novel “Cry, the Beloved Country” by Alan Paton
Presented in English with English supertitles

WHEN: Four Performances: August 17, 18, 24, 25 at 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: Union Avenue Opera
733 N. Union Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63108

TICKETS: Single tickets are on sale for as low as $32 and subscription packages start at $80. Tickets may be purchased online at www.unionavenueopera.org, by phone at (314) 361-2881. Student rush tickets are available at the door for $15 (cash only) with a valid student ID. There is ample free parking available.

Merging influences from Broadway, traditional African music, jazz, and blues, Kurt Weill’s final work for the stage is a gripping musical tragedy based on Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country.
Set in 1940s South Africa apartheid, Lost in the Stars tells the story of Absalom, the son of Stephen Kumalo, a local black preacher. When Absalom kills his white neighbor in a desperate bid to provide for his wife and child, he is arrested and sentenced to death. Before his son is executed, the murdered man’s father, James Jarvis, comes to the preacher to offer compassion and understand rather than hatred and retaliation. Lost in the Stars soars with thrilling operatic passages as it lays bare the tragedy of social barriers among all people, ending with a moving promise of reconciliation and hope for the future.