The Peach State Opera will stage Gaetano Donizetti’s “Elixir of Love” at Georgia Perimeter College on Sunday, March 1, at 3 p.m. in the Cole Auditorium on Clarkston Campus.

Opera connoisseur Carter Joseph will lead a 2 p.m. pre-show talk, similar to those he facilitates for The Atlanta Opera.

Peach State Opera, a touring company that serves small communities in Georgia and surrounding states, has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Georgia Perimeter, including often partnering with faculty from the college’s vocal music department. Dr. Brian Bonin, head of vocal music at GPC, serves on the organization’s board of directors, while Georgia Perimeter’s former vocal music coordinator and current adjunct voice instructor Evelyn Hughes is the Peach State Opera conductor and artistic director.

“We want to build our audience at GPC,” says Nancy Martin, the opera’s publicity volunteer and a GPC Prime Time student. “We want to take the snootiness out of opera productions—the idea that it’s just for some people.”

“Elixir of Love” is described as an “operatic masterpiece of beguiling arias and intoxicating duets” on the Peach State Opera website. General admission tickets are $22 and only $5 for GPC faculty, staff and students. Visit PeachStateOpera.org to learn more about the production and to purchase tickets.