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AUSTIN SHAKESPEARE PRESENTS:

VERDICT OF LOVE

September 11-12 | Various Times | Austin Opera's Butler Performance Center

This significantly heightened romantic story is set in Belle Époque Rome where three young American artists become intrigued by a young Italian (Donatello) who makes the exuberance of the sculpture of a “Marble Faun” come to life. A stranger shadows them and becomes a dark force to content with as a surprising murder complicates their relationships.

Verdict of Love is a new opera in progress. Part One will be sung while accompanied by piano. Part Two will continue our story as a staged reading.

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Event Details

• Date: September 11 - 12th
• Time: Varying Showtimes
• Venue: Austin Opera’s Butler Performance Center
• Website: https://www.austinshakespeare.org/2026verdict-of-love

Ticket Information

• Cost: $15 - $30

Presenter Details

• Name: Austin Shakespeare

Austin Shakespeare is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization which began in 1984 with Free Shakespeare in Zilker Park and has been a staple in Austin theater since. Originally subsidized by the City of Austin, it quickly developed its own funding sources early on, establishing itself as one of the premier nonprofit theater companies in central Texas.

In addition to Free Shakespeare in the Park, the company presents Shakespeare and other classic works along with contemporary playwrights whose work reflects classical sensibilities at the Rollins Theater of The Long Center and Austin’s Scottish Rite Theater.

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