Benningfield takes lead in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

 Brittany Benningfield will have the lead role in W.A. Mozart’s comic opera “The Marriage of Figaro,” which will be presented March 1-3 by the UK Opera Theatre at the Lexington Opera House.

Brittany Benningfield

The daughter of Ron and Sheryl Benningfield of Hodgenville, Benningfield plays the Countess in the opera composed in 1786 which recounts a single "day of madness" in the palace of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain. 

A graduate of Campbellsville University and a 2003 graduate of LaRue County High School, Benningfield teaches music and voice as she pursues a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at UK.

A soprano, she has performed in several operas and musical concerts, including Puccini’s “Turandot” and Verdi’s “Falstaff”

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee March 2. For ticket information, call the Lexington Center Box Office at 859-233-3535.