Set in the American heartland of the 1920s, Elmer Gantry tells the story of a disarmingly charming con man who joins a traveling ministry and rises to fame as a charismatic evangelist. The opera follows Gantry’s entanglement with the ambitious evangelist Sharon Falconer as they build a religious empire.

With a gospel and hymn-infused score that swings from foot-stomping revival numbers to soaring arias, this is opera that will make you laugh, hold your breath, and leave humming. Sung entirely in English.