Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Soprano
September 16 - October 16, 2022
WORLD PREMIERE COMEDY
BY KEN LUDWIG
DIRECTED BY ELEANOR HOLDRIDGE
HUBBARD THEATRE
Ken Ludwig, America’s preeminent comic playwright and author of recent Alley hits The Three Musketeers and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, debuts his latest play, Lend Me A Soprano, to kick off the season. The play is set in 1934, when the clever and combustible Lucille Wiley, Manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is ready to welcome world-class soprano Elena Firenzi for her one-night-only starring role in Carmen. Alas, Elena arrives late, her impassioned husband Pasquale has a fit of jealousy, and it remains to be seen whether Mrs. Wiley’s mousy but determined assistant Jo can save the day. Based on Ludwig’s hit comedy, Lend Me A Tenor, the roles are reversed, and the ladies take the lead in this madcap screwball comedy guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter.
RUN TIME
Lend Me A Soprano is 2 hours long, with one intermission.
CONTENT ADVISORY
Language and sexual situations arise in the farcical world of opera divas, as well as high stakes mishaps and misunderstandings surrounding an accidental overdose spun to look like a suicide – which doesn’t turn out to be quite as deadly as everyone originally thought… To learn more about the content of this show, please visit for our content advisory page.
WANT TO LEARN MORE?
Before you attend the performance, the program provides cast bios, sponsor backgrounds, and further reading.