My Fair Lady, Lerner and Loewe’s iconic musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, will run in repertory with Elixir. When hard-headed British phonetics professor Henry Higgins takes Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle under his wing to transform her into a lady, cultures clash and Higgins and Eliza form an unlikely bond. With timeless songs like “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” and “I Could Have Danced All Night”, the Opera Saratoga version will be a love letter to theater, with 10 singing actors playing all the roles and two pianists forming the orchestra.Directed by Mary Birnbaum and choreographed by Julia Eichten, the production will be music directed by Adam Nielsen.

"This dueling piano orchestration of Lerner and Loewe's masterpiece features the famous Ascot racetrack scene, which has a fabulous connection to Saratoga. And of course, Eliza and Henry have one of most the hilarious and heartbreaking relationships in modern drama," says Birnbaum, "I'm looking forward to bringing their story to life with tenderness and care alongside of Julia Eichten, an incredible contemporary choreographer whose work deals with gender, and Adam Nielsen, our new Head of Music." Four performances at UPH: June 20 at 7:00pm, 24 at 7:00pm, 26 at 7:00pm, & 28 at 2:00pm. Sung in English.

Tickets atuph.org