Opera, Ballet and a Walk

The Superior Telegram alerts of a Brontë-inspired one-act opera to be performed this week at the University of Madison-Superior in Wisconsin:

The University of Wisconsin-Superior presents "UWS Opera: Two One-Acts" featuring "The Brontë Sisters: Retrospection" and "Trial by Jury" on April 24 and 25.

Professor Vicki Fingalson directs both productions and co-wrote "The Brontë Sisters: Retrospection." The biographical music-play is about the 19th-century literary trailblazers Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. Fingalson took a sabbatical last year to research and write the play.

"It offers an intimate look at the extraordinary lives of these sisters," Fingalson said in a news release. "After completing the play, including the monologue and narrative portion, I collaborated with composer Wendy Durrwachter to set six curated Brontë poems to music, which fit within the narrative’s dramatic arc.”

The play debuted in November with Fingalson performing as all three sisters and Durrwachter playing piano. The new production features student actors Holland Venhuizen, Gianna Hopke and Emma Jones, and the UWS orchestra. (...)

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, and Friday, April 25, in the Manion Theater in the Holden Fine and Applied Arts Center, 1805 Catlin Ave. Admission is $10.

The Yorkshire Evening Post lists "stunning" walks around Bradford district:

2. The Brontë Connection

This 4.5 mile walk connects three important sites associated with Emily Brontë’s novel, “Wuthering Heights”. The route follows the Penine Way before going over Haworth Moor to Top Withins Farm and then on to Wuthering Heights on Stanbury Moor. Returning past Ponden Reservoir, you then finish back at Stanbury bus terminus.

Publishers Weekly disusses André Aciman:

Aciman is fond of psychological fiction and classic literature: Wuthering Heights is a favorite (“I’ve read it millions of times,” he says),[.] (Elaine Szewczyk)

The Sunday Times recommends the Jane Eyre performances by the Northern Ballet Company in Sheffield: 

Jane Eyre

Northern Ballet takes its beautifully crafted dance adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s gothic romance out on tour. Cathy Marston’s production delves deep into the novel’s psycho-emotional complexities as the tale unfolds of plucky Jane, the mistreated orphan who becomes governess at the strange manor house of the brooding Mr Rochester. What can possibly go wrong and who is that woman in the attic? Philip Feeney contributes the score. (Debra Craine)

Festivaltopia includes the you-know-what quote from Wuthering Heights in a list of the most beautiful quotes in literature. Point de Vue (France) summarizes what is known about Wuthering Heights 2026.