Saturday August 8, 2009 12:32 PM
jodi@alshopefoundation.org (Jodi Cantor)
On Sunday November 22, 2009, the ALS Hope Foundation will be holding its third annual
"Voices of Hope" at the Waterford Room in the Radisson Hotel in Valley Forge, Pa. Following a lunch buffet we will present a one act "parlour" opera. A concert will follow that includes not only broadway and classical pieces but the premiere of an original composition based on folk songs of the South, arranged by Stephen Senderoff who is living with ALS. The Opera and concert will be performed by the Sunderman Conservatory under the direction of Dr. Kathleen Sasnett.
Tickets to the luncheon and performance are $60. Table of 10 for $500
Discounts are available for seniors, students, and people living with ALS.
All proceeds from this event will go directly to the ALS Hope Foundation.
For more information or ticket reservation, visit our website at alshopefoundation.org or call 215-551-0967.
Email: none submitted
Thursday July 16, 2009 4:29 PM
sswangler@BTCMarketing.com (Trattoria San Nicola)
"Opera Evenings" at Trattoria San Nicola
Join Trattoria San Nicola Paoli as they celebrate Opera Evenings on Wednesdays throughout the month of August. Guests will be treated to arias performed by talented singers and vote for their favorite contestant as they enjoy a special six-course menu, served family-style, that pays tribute to opera and features the favorite dishes of divas, maestros and some of the greatest opera masters of all time. Featured cocktails and optional wine flights are also available.
The winning opera singer will be announced during the finale on August 26th. Guests will also have the opportunity to win prizes. A portion of the evening's proceeds will be donated to the Opera Company of Philadelphia.
Semifinal Dates:
Wednesday, August 5, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 12, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 19, 6:30 p.m.
Finale:
Wednesday, August 26, 6:30 p.m.
Trattoria San Nicola Paoli
4 Manor Road
Paoli, PA
$49.50 Per Person (does not include alcohol, tax or gratuity)
Limited seating is available. For reservations, please call 610.695.8990.
Email: none submitted
Monday June 29, 2009 5:16 PM
atlcoastopera@aol.com (Elizabeth Patterson)
The Atlantic Coast Opera Festival presents a full production of La Boheme, said to be Puccini's "most nearly perfect opera," featuring international Maestro Luis Biava and two world class professional casts.
The Atlantic Coast Opera Festival is recognized by the Metropolitan Opera for its artistic excellence. The late Beverly Sills, Placido Domingo, and Giorgio Tozzi support ACOF as advisory board members.
Performances:
Delaware County Christian School, Newtown Square, PA
Thurs, July 16 7 pm
Sat, July 18 2 pm
Audubon High School, Audubon, NJ
Weds, July 22 7 pm
Fri, July 24 7 pm
Sat, July 25 2 pm
Adv.Purchase At door
VIP $36 $45
Adult $27 $36
Senior $18 $25
Student $11 $18
Child $7 $9
For tickets, contact:
1-866-800-2241
OperaFestivalTix@aol.com
atlanticcoastoperafestival.org
Email: none submitted
Friday April 10, 2009 3:11 PM
outreach@operaphila.org (OCP)
From The Marriage of Figaro's Cherubino, to Werther's Charlotte, to Madama Butterfly's Suzuki, mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham has been an audience favorite at the Opera Company of Philadelphia for over a decade. Now, this Curtis Institute of Music alumna (Voice '95, Opera '98) returns, fresh from accolades for her operatic debuts at Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, Berlin Staatsoper, and New York City Opera - performing with Mikael Eliasen, artistic director of the Curtis Opera Theatre.
Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m.
Field Concert Hall,
The Curtis Institute of Music, 1726 Locust Street, Philadelphia
Tickets: $28
215-893-7902
Email: none submitted
Wednesday March 18, 2009 10:54 AM
jayfluellen@aol.com (Jay Fluellen)
The Clayton White Singers
31st Anniversary Concert
featuring
The Dr. Jay Fluellen Octet
Compositions of Duke Ellington, Jay Fluellen, and Clayton White
âPraise God With Jazzâ
Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 4:00 PM
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
5723 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19139
Proceeds from the concert benefit
The D.W. Hoggard Scholarship Guild of Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Donation $22.00
Further information: 215-748-1417
barbarab5931@yahoo.com
CWSingers@aol.com
Email: none submitted
Friday November 7, 2008 3:30 PM
outreach@operaphila.org (Community Programs)
LEND ME A TENOR
by Ken Ludwig
This night in September of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. World famous tenor Tito Merelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Saunders, the General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the operatic map. Merelli is late; when he finally sweeps in it is too late to rehearse with the company. Through a hilarious series of mishaps, Il Stupendo is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the booze he has consumed and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. What to do? Max is an aspiring singer and Saunders persuades him to get into Merelli's Otello costume and try to fool the audience into thinking he's Il Stupendo. Max succeeds admirably, but Merelli comes to and gets into his other costume. Now two Otellos are running around in costume and two women are running around in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo! A sensation on Broadway and in London 's West End , Lend Me a Tenor is guaranteed to leave you teary eyed with laughter.
Friday, November 28 at 8pm
Saturday, November 29 at 8pm
Sunday, November 30 at 2pm
Friday, December 5 at 8pm
Saturday, December 6 at 8pm
The Road Company Theatre
The Grand Theater
405 South Main Street
Williamstown, NJ
www.RoadCompany.com
Email: none submitted
Wednesday August 27, 2008 4:04 PM
bolton@operaphila.org (Mike Bolton)
Join Trattoria San Nicola in celebrating the art of opera singing.
During the Wednesday evenings of Aug. 20, Aug. 27 and Sept. 10, enjoy a menu of opera-inspired cuisine and take part in our search for a top local aspiring opera star.
Part of our continuing dedication to promoting fine arts in the local community, Trattoria San Nicola is hosting three special opera evenings. The competition will feature some of the top aspiring opera singers in the region, and our guests will be the judges of the grand prize winner.
Chef Vito's special six-course menu, to be served family style, pays tribute to opera, featuring favorite dishes of divas, maestros and some of the greatest opera masters of all time.
Examples of dishes include Linguini Pavarotti, an original favorite recipe of legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti, and for dessert, an authentic seven-layer Opera Cake. An optional wine flight is available.
The winning opera singer, to be announced during the finale on September 10, will receive a spectacular getaway to New York's historic Mohonk Mountain House. Guests will also have chances to win prizes during the competition.
A portion of the evening's proceeds will be donated to the Opera Company of Philadelphia.
$49.50 Per Person (does not include alcohol, tax or gratuity)
Optional wine flights available for $15.00
Limited seating is available. For reservations, please call 610.695.8990
A credit card is required to hold a reservation
Email: none submitted
Friday March 7, 2008 11:47 AM
DanSavoy@aol.com (Dan Savoy)
Come see Concert Opera Philadelphia's final performance of Francois Auber's delectable operatic comedy, Fra Diavolo!
Saturday, March 8, 8:00 pm
The Ethical Society
Southwest Rittenhouse Square (approximately 19th and Locust)
(Sung in Italian with English supertitles; spoken dialogue in English)
Tickets are $25 and are available at the door.
Visit http://www.concertopera.com/ for more information.
Email: none submitted
Thursday November 8, 2007 2:23 PM
chwalsh@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (UPenn Depts. of History, Music, and Germanic Languages)
"With Helmet, Shield and Spear?" A talk on WAGNER'S OPERAS
Join us for a fascinating lecture on Richard Wagner's operas.
November 15, 2007 at 5:00 pm
University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Center, Room 110, 3620 Walnut Street
Free and open to public.
Why are modern productions of Wagner so unlike the ones he himself envisaged? Is this vandalism or progress? With the help of many rare illustrations, Patrick Carnegy attempts to make sense of the conundrum. He discusses landmark stagings by Gustav Mahler, Otto Klemperer, Sergei Eisenstein, Wieland Wagner and Patrice ChĂreau, with side glances at weirdly wonderful film versions of Parsifal by Edison (New York 1903) and Hans JĂrgen Syberberg (Munich 1982).
Patrick Carnegy, a graduate of Cambridge University, first visited Bayreuth in 1967 as music critic for the London Times. This inspired his lifelong interest in the stage history of Wagner's operas and the publication of many influential writings. He has been assistant editor of the Times Literary Supplement and music books editor for Faber & Faber. He was the first person to be appointed Dramaturg (literary and production advisor) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he worked with leading conductors, directors and designers. His book, Wagner and the Art of the Theatre (Yale 2006) has been acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK it won a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award, and in the USA a Special Jury Prize of the George Freedley Memorial Award for its 'outstanding contribution to the history of the theatre'.
Questions? 215-898-6654
Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Departments of History, Music and Germanic Languages & Literatures
Email: none submitted
Thursday September 27, 2007 4:11 PM
dstuart@avaopera.org (Denise Stuart)
MOZART MANIA!
Purchase tickets to AVA's production of Cosi fan tutte and get half-price tickets to The Wilma Theater's production of Amadeus (and vice-versa!)
Enrich your experience!
Cosi fan tutte Lecture Lunch
Onstage at The Wilma Theater
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Lecture and Demonstration at 10:30 a.m.
featuring Maestro Christofer Macatsoris and the talented cast of Cosi fan tutte
Complimentary lunch in the Wilma Theater lobby immediately following
This event is for ticketholders to both Amadeus and Cosi fan tutte.
Seats are limited and reservations are required.
Sponsored by Rosalie Gerson and Drs. Rosalie Burns and Herbert I. Goldberg
Amadeus runs September 19 - October 27 at The Wilma Theater, Broad and Spruce Sts.
Cosi fan tutte runs November 10 - December 1 in Center City, the Main Line and Bucks County.
For tickets to Amadeus call The Wilma Theater Box Office at 215 546-7824 or visit www.wilmatheater.org.
For tickets to Cosi fan tutte at The Academy of Vocal Arts and reservations for the Lecture Lunch, call 215 735-1685 between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Email: none submitted
Monday September 17, 2007 10:27 AM
bolton@operaphilly.com (Mike Bolton)
Sopranos Evelyn Santiago Schulz and Rebecca Whitlow will present a wonderfully eclectic recital at Wallingford Presbyterian Church on Sunday, September 23 at 4:00 PM. The program includes opera arias, spirituals, show tunes, and Spanish songs.
Following the recital, there will be an Italian Dinner catered by Chef Denine Gorniak! Tickets are $20/person in advance and $25/person at the door, with all proceeds going to support future Performing Arts Series Events at the church.
To reserve tickets in advance, call Elizabeth Braden at 610-566-1644 x15.
Email: none submitted
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