OPERA COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA

	Date: 6-29-2009 Author: 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
	Date: 4-10-2009 Author: 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
	Date: 3-18-2009 Author: Jay Fluellen The Clayton White Singers 31st Anniversary Concert featuring The Dr. Jay Fluellen Octet Compositions of Duke Ellington, Jay Fluellen, and Clayton White â€œPraise 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
	Date: 11-7-2008 Author: 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
	Date: 8-27-2008 Author: 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
	Date: 3-7-2008 Author: 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.
	Date: 11-8-2007 Author: 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 ChÃreau, with side glances at weirdly wonderful film versions of Parsifal by Edison (New York 1903) and Hans JÃrgen 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
	Date: 9-27-2007 Author: 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.
	Date: 9-17-2007 Author: 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.