Bloghttp://www.operaontap.org/blog/Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:20:30 +0000en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)OOT veteran Matthew Curran Is a Busy Man this Spring!Anne HiattSat, 28 Apr 2012 18:14:02 +0000http://www.operaontap.org/blog/2012/4/28/oot-veteran-matthew-curran-is-a-busy-man-this-spring.html666733:7777877:16044859Matt will be performing the bass-baritone solo role in Beethoven's 9th with the Jacksonville Symphony on May 10-12

BUT THEN!....get ready for it...

In late June he'll be premiering the role of porn star Helmut Langenschlange in The Enchanted Organ: A Porn Opera

"The Enchanted Organ” is a burlesque opera that celebrates sexuality and satirizes the porn industry—all while parodying four hundred years of operatic tradition. Join composer/librettist team Gordon Beeferman and Charlotte Jackson, with veteran director Beth Greenberg, on a journey to the Magical Kingdom of Porn…

Premiere work-in-progress performances

Friday/Saturday, June 22-23, 2012, 9:30 pm
Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street, New York City

Tickets: $15

]]>http://www.operaontap.org/blog/rss-comments-entry-16044859.xmlOOTers Jeanai La Vita and Erika Hennings Perform in a Double Bill of Gertrude Stein!Anne HiattFri, 27 Apr 2012 18:25:12 +0000http://www.operaontap.org/blog/2012/4/27/ooters-jeanai-la-vita-and-erika-hennings-perform-in-a-double.html666733:7777877:16028245

From our OOTer Jeanai:
Please join us for an evening of musical fun with a double-bill of delightful short works by Gertrude Stein! TONIGHT at Symphony Space! BUY TICKETS!

Gertrude wrote CAPITAL CAPITALS in 1923, poking fun at four "VIP" gentlemen promoting their business ventures in the South of France. Composer Virgil Thomson, who met Gertrude in Paris, composed the witty score in 1927, with music that evokes fanfares and playground ditties, as well as amusing operatic tremolos. The Encompass singers are amazing.

Topping off the evening is the musical tour de force, THREE SISTERS WHO ARE NOT SISTERS, by composer Ned Rorem and Gertrude Stein. This imaginative spoof of parlour games and murder mysteries is scored for piano and five extraordinary singers!

Declaring the Encompass Stein evening "audaciously entertaining," Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times, hailed Encompass for its "charming production...and imaginative stagings" of these works.

So, please join us on Friday, April 27th at 7:00 pm for the first show and at 9:30 pm for the second show!

And, when the curtain rolls down, stroll over to the lively Cafe at Symphony Space. It's a great place to enjoy a nightcap with friends!

For more info, visit www.jeanai.com

]]>http://www.operaontap.org/blog/rss-comments-entry-16028245.xmlNetworked BlogsAnne HiattMon, 02 Apr 2012 18:37:42 +0000http://www.operaontap.org/blog/2012/4/2/networked-blogs.html666733:7777877:15695779Hi Friends!

Check here to find out what our fabulous performers are up to every month when they're not warbling for us at the bar! More updates coming very soon!

]]>http://www.operaontap.org/blog/rss-comments-entry-15695779.xmlDelea Shand, presents music by Nils Vigeland and Charles IvesOOT InternThu, 15 Dec 2011 20:30:48 +0000http://www.operaontap.org/blog/2011/12/15/delea-shand-presents-music-by-nils-vigeland-and-charles-ives.html666733:7777877:14134147Saturday, Jan 7, 2012

8:00 pm

Central Presbyterian Church

Delea Shand, proud OOT-er and New Brew-er, is honoured to be premiering a new work by Nils Vigeland, 'There Was a Child Went Forth,' a setting Whitman's epic poem, about a child's experience of the world. The program also includes 'Mother Leads Me,' an arrangement of Shaker Melodies; along with 'Three Songs,' with texts by Keats, Yeats and Octavio Paz. Pianist Anne Rainwater will play some solo works. We'll be pairing these intricate works with several songs by the legendary American composer, Charles Ives. 

FREE!

]]>http://www.operaontap.org/blog/rss-comments-entry-14134147.xmlThe Play of Daniel & Medieval Christmas MusicOOT InternThu, 15 Dec 2011 20:24:03 +0000http://www.operaontap.org/blog/2011/12/15/the-play-of-daniel-medieval-christmas-music.html666733:7777877:14134091The Church of the Transfiguration (“The Little Church Around the Corner”), 1 East 29th Street (between Fifth and Madison) will perform The Play of Daniel(Ludus Danielis) on Friday, December 16, 2011 at 7:30 pm. This thirteenth-century liturgical drama about the Biblical prophet’s miraculous survival of a lion’s den is here performed in a fully staged and costumed production, sung entirely in Latin and accompanied by Medieval instruments, with an English narration by W. H. Auden. Special Christmas music features the Transfiguration Boys Choir.
 
Starring: Kannan Vasudevan as Daniel. 
With: Bernadette Fiorella (The Queen), Bill Gross (King Darius), Martin Gonzalez (King Belshazzar), Zander Ebin (The Prince), Reid Delahunt (Habakkuk), Ethan Fran (The Envious Counselor), and Grace Goldstein (The Angel). Featuring Charles Samuel Brown as the Narrator.

Music director: Claudia Dumschat. Stage Directors: Richard Olson and Brett Goldstein. Costumes by Terri Bush. This is an Arnold Schwartz Memorial Concert.

Tickets are $25 and $15 (seniors and students). Reservations:             (212) 684-4174      .
Subways: 1, N/R, or 6 to 28 Street

 

]]>http://www.operaontap.org/blog/rss-comments-entry-14134091.xmlEvan McCormack performs in Candide and Song of Solomon!OOT InternWed, 31 Aug 2011 22:49:37 +0000http://www.operaontap.org/blog/2011/8/31/evan-mccormack-performs-in-candide-and-song-of-solomon.html666733:7777877:12691679On September 9th, 10th and 12th Evan performs in a reading of the new work Song of Solomon! FREE!

Sept 9th, 3 pm & Sept 10th, 12 pm: The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal St

Sept 12th, 3 pm: Triad Theatre, 158 W 72nd St

 

Project Opera on Manhattan performs Bernstein's epic work, Candide, Sept 23 and 25, at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South. 

 

]]>http://www.operaontap.org/blog/rss-comments-entry-12691679.xmlCherry Duke performs at Merkin Hall and Le Poisson Rouge!OOT InternMon, 22 Aug 2011 22:18:30 +0000http://www.operaontap.org/blog/2011/8/22/cherry-duke-performs-at-merkin-hall-and-le-poisson-rouge.html666733:7777877:12593930
August 17, Merkin Hall
Cherry performs in The Secret Agent, by Michael Dellaira and JD McClatchy.
CCO begins its 29th season in August with the reprise of our acclaimed production of The Secret Agent by Michael Delliara with the libretto by J.D. McClatchy. The leading roles will be sung by the winners of the Armel Opera Competition which took place on May 29 in Hungary.  Adrienn Miksch from Hungary will join us in the role of Winnie while France’s Nicolas Rigas will sing the role of Verloc.
On October 14, CCO presents The Secret Agent at the Szeged National Theater in Hungary. This performance will be broadcast live across Europe on the Mezzo network of France.
August 31 (open dress), Sept 1, 2, 3, 6 & 7
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street
Cavalli's GIASONE
This romp through the end of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece will will star returning Opera Omnia cast members Hai-Ting Chinn (Medea) and Cherry Duke (Jason), who will be joined by Katharine Dain (Hypsipyle), Karim Sulayman (Delfa), and Nathan Baer (Besso).
Tickets available at the LPR website

 

]]>http://www.operaontap.org/blog/rss-comments-entry-12593930.xmlKamala Sankaram hosts a BBQ Fundraiser, Sept 3!OOT InternMon, 22 Aug 2011 22:15:34 +0000http://www.operaontap.org/blog/2011/8/22/kamala-sankaram-hosts-a-bbq-fundraiser-sept-3.html666733:7777877:12593910Dog Day: A BBQ for Miranda!
September 3, 1 pm
320 Stratford Road, Brooklyn
 
Summer is winding down. Come enjoy BBQ in an idyllic Ditmas Park backyard and help OOTer Kamala Sankaram raise money for her new opera, Miranda, premiering at HERE Arts Center in January. Feast on all-you-can eat hot dogs (and veggie dogs), quench your thirst with beer from Brooklyn Brewery, and delight to the musical stylings of Anti-Social Music, the El Pasos Western Swing Band, and the Mad Jazz Hatters. Tickets are $25 at the door. OOT special- reserve your spot now, and pay only $20! Email kamala.sankaram@gmail.com to reserve a ticket.
 
The 'bad! Named after the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, the 'bad plays an eclectic mix of covers and originals: Yma Sumac, Bollywood, and spaghetti western meet 60's exotica and classic cumbia.
With Kamala Sankaram (vocals, accordion)
Jeff Hudgins (alto sax)
Drew Fleming (electric guitar)
Gil Smuskowitz (upright bass)
Timothy Quigley (percussion)
 
August 28th- The 'bad @ Barbes
7 pm
 
September 4th- The 'bad @ Ditmas Park Acoustic Series
Admission $10.
 
Temple Beth Emeth
83 Marlborough Road, Brooklyn, , on the corner of Church Avenue 
(Q train to Church Avenue)
]]>http://www.operaontap.org/blog/rss-comments-entry-12593910.xmlAlissa Hunnicutt, Elements of Ophelia, September 14OOT InternMon, 22 Aug 2011 22:11:22 +0000http://www.operaontap.org/blog/2011/8/22/alissa-hunnicutt-elements-of-ophelia-september-14.html666733:7777877:12593881 Alissa Hunnicutt returned to her "puppet home," the National Puppetry Conference at the O’Neill Theater Center in June and has emerged with a moment which will be the start of her next production, Elements of Ophelia.

Collaborators on the project include: Thomas Getchell, puppet design; Travis Lope, costume design; Will Pike, set design; Christopher Berg, composer/musical arrangements; Virginia Bartholomew as Gertrude; Matt McCorkle/Equal Sonics, sound design; Phillip Huber, marionette manipulation staging/coaching.
You've probably seen her sing the Strauss Ophelia Lieder at an OOT performance; now don't miss the debut of the puppetry component of those songs!
PUPPET BLoK GETS PUNCHED
Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street (between Rivington and Delancey)
Wed, Sept 14 at 8pm
$12

 

]]>http://www.operaontap.org/blog/rss-comments-entry-12593881.xmlMaggie O'Connell performs in Eugene Onegin, August 25!OOT InternSat, 20 Aug 2011 14:56:13 +0000http://www.operaontap.org/blog/2011/8/20/maggie-oconnell-performs-in-eugene-onegin-august-25.html666733:7777877:12574814Maggie O'Connell performs the role of Olga, in the opening night cast of Opera Slavica's "Eugene Onegin" on Thursday, August 25th at 7:30PM. 

Location:  the Jewish Community Center on Amsterdam at 76th Street.  

For more information go to:  www.operaslavica.org.

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