Madison Opera
Everlasting Faint
Music by Scott Gendel & Libretto by Sandra Flores-Strand
Friday, February 13 & Sunday, February 15, 2026
Capitol Theater
Runtime
2 hours 30 minutes, including one intermission
Age Recommendation
10 and up
Sung in English with projected text.
The ghosts of the murdered will have their revenge.
A young woman has died of unknown natural causes—or so the doctor declares. Her ghost returns and tells her mother that her husband murdered her. Shaken and resolute, her mother embarks on a journey to find out the truth and deliver justice for her daughter.
Based on the true story of the 1897 Greenbrier Ghost, “Everlasting Faint” is a ghost story, a maternal love story, a true crime drama and an all-American opera. Don’t miss this world premiere by Madison composer Scott Gendel and librettist Sandra Flores-Strand.
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Fri, Feb 13, 2026
7:30 PM
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Sun, Feb 15, 2026
2:30 PM
Meet the Artists
Mary Heaster
Katherine Pracht
Elva Heaster Shue
Tori Tedeschi Adams
Trout Shue
Andrew Bidlack
Martha Jones
Emily Birsan
Dr. Knapp
Alan Dunbar
John Preston
Matthew Treviño
Thank you sponsors
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Fran Klos
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Ann Lindsey in memory of Chuck Snowdon
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