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OOT Homebrew Plays Game of Thrones!
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Straight from the tap, Freddy’s Bar and the Divas of Opera on Tap bring you the Home Brewed Opera series: funny, engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. This March....WINTER IS COMING...(or wait, isn't it almost over?) Come play Game of Thrones with us, but remember: "the night is dark and full of terrors" Oh yea, and cosplay is welcome. #therewillbedragons Featuring: Nick Hay, baritone Mithuna Sivaraman, soprano Samantha Nahra, soprano Rachel Duval, soprano Sidney Dixon, mezzo soprano and Eric Sedgwick on the ivories!
Auditions!
Opera on Tap NYC is holding general auditions and hearing singers for the upcoming outreach performance of The Magic Flute in June.
Auditions will be held March 2 and 3.
The Magic Flute will be an abridged version, sung in German. Especially seeking diversity, as well as singers who have experience in NYC public schools.
Two teaching artist positions are open from within the cast. If interested in a teaching artist position, please send a teaching resume as well. The TA positions are six-week commitments.
Please email a headshot, resume, and links to audio or video recordings to auditions@operaontap.com
Please note if you are interested in the teaching artist position and which role you would like to audition for, or if you would like to be heard for general auditions only.
For the audition, prepare a 20th or 21st century aria and a Mozart aria.
To learn more about Opera on Tap, browse this website and for OOT’s Playground Opera, visit: https://www.playground.operaontap.org
INTERESTED IN BEING OUR OPENING ACT?
We’re starting a new tradition for our Freddy’s Bar and Backroom shows: LOCAL VOCALS from 8-9pm! We’ve been in the Park Slope neighborhood performing for a LOOOOONG time, and we want to give voice to our neighboring artists- because we love our neighbors! Every Freddy’s show we will feature a different local artist as our opening act. Interested in collaborating with us on a show? Fill out this form and we’ll get back to you ASAP. We look forward to hearing your music!:
LOCAL VOCALS and Opera on Tap Homebrew at Freddys is a presentation of Opera on Tap with media support from BKLYNER and the Park Slope Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District.
Past Events
OOT New Brew Presents: Dirty Sexy Jazzy 2019
Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
The New Brew series brings you classical music written by some of today’s most exciting composers, presented in entertaining and irreverent programs by young singers and instrumentalists who relish the direct contact with audiences not inhibited in their reactions by the looming menace of giant chandeliers.
On Feb 1st, New Brewers engage jazzers in a naughty crossover dance doused with high-octane cocktails. Featuring never-before-heard jazzy arrangements of opera tunes by Drew Fleming, Ezra Gale, Jeff Hudgins, Mitch Marcus and Kamala Sankaram. And a few often-heard ditties that live in the jazzy/ opera crossover universe already.
OOT: Opera Dinner Theatre!
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Freddy's Bar and Backroom Brooklyn, NY 9PM Straight from the tap, Freddy’s Bar and the Divas of Opera on Tap bring you the Home Brewed Opera series: funny, engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. For our first show in 2019, bring your beer stein, put on your bib, and join us for a night of opera paired with items off of Freddy's delicious menu! Plus beer provided by Lagunitas Brewing Co!
New Brew Presents: A Festivus for the Restivus!
(It’s NEW BREW’s Annual Holiday Extravagenza! Holiday sweaters ENCOURAGED! Enter the Sweater Contest to WIN!) New Brew returns to Barbes Friday December 7th to regale you with holiday songs by composers living and dead! Candy canes will be strewn about and there will be prizes for best Holiday Sweater! Come merry OR ELSE! Friday, December 7th – 8pm $10 Suggested Donation BARBES 376 9th Street Brooklyn NY 11215 Featuring: Christopher Berg, piano Joanie Brittingham, soprano Krista Wozniak, soprano Anne Hiatt, soprano Kayleigh Butcher, mezzo soprano Cameron Russell, soprano David Gordon, tenor Seth Gilman, baritone
OOT Home Brew Opera Presents: Midterm Election Hangover
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Opening Set by 7th Boro from 8-8:45pm! —- Straight from the tap, Freddy’s Bar and the Divas of Opera on Tap bring you the Home Brewed Opera series: funny, engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. For this month, we'll be celebrating....or commiserating...together after our November 4th midterm elections – Come have a pint from Bells Brewing and listen to arias about politics! Featuring: Mithuna Sivaraman David Gordon Emily Halpern Julia Gmeiner Natalia Johnson Michael Celentano and Eric Sedgwick on the ivories! This event will be sponsored by Bell's Brewery!
Bucket O’ Blood Cabaret
The Flea Theater
20 Thomas St.
New York, NY 10007 Map
Performed by Christopher Berg, Joanie Brittingham, Kacey Cardin, Matthew Curran, Rachel Duval, Seth Gilman, David Gordon, Anne Hiatt, Kamala Sankaram, Kannan Vasudevan, and Krista Wozniak Direction by David Gordon and Cari Ann Shim Sham* Costume Design by Ramona Ponce Lighting Design by Chris Weston Sound Design by Todd Perlmutter Returning for the second time this year, Opera on Tap brings its signature irreverent approach to opera to The Flea in its resident immersive cabaret series. In honor of the season, we are pleased to present Bucket o’Blood Cabaret. Get ready to laugh. Get ready to faint. No one gets in for free, but no one gets out alive! Bloody cocktails paired with hair-raising operatic screams guaranteed! Featuring an eclectic array of creepy operatically-tinged songs by Christopher Berg, Daniel Felsenfeld, Tom Lehrer, David Mallamud, David Malloy, One Ring Zero, Kamala Sankaram, Stephen Sondheim, Weird Al Jankovic, Ozzy Osbourne and others. *The event will also include the first fully-staged live performance of The Parksville Murders- The world’s first virtual reality opera, by composer Kamala Sankaram and writer Jerre Dye. The VR opera, directed by Cari Ann Shim Sham* and produced by Opera on Tap with Shim Sham* and Todd Perlmutter won Best VR Video at the NYC Indie Film Festival in 2017 and premiered online as featured content on SamsungVR. The piece is currently being featured on InceptionVR and JauntVR- two major VR distribution platforms. October 31st is a Benefit Performance – tickets include a costume competition (come in your costume and compete for the win!), party and cocktails at 7:30 pm prior to the performance at 9:00 pm.
OOT New Brew Presents: Drinking Songs!
Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
The New Brew series brings you classical music written by some of today’s most exciting composers, presented in entertaining and irreverent programs by young singers and instrumentalists who relish the direct contact with audiences not inhibited in their reactions by the looming menace of giant chandeliers. This program will feature songs about drinking, PLUS we'll give the premieres of the winners of our Drinking Song Competition! Featuring: Seth Gilman, Kayleigh Butcher, Sara Noble, Krista Wozniak, and Chris Berg on the ivories!
Atrium 360°: Relevant Tones Live: Vanishing City
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
61 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023 Map
Free! In his book Vanishing New York, Jeremiah Moss argues that gentrification and rising income inequality are causing the city to slowly lose its soul. Join Seth Boustead, composer and host of WFMT Chicago’s Relevant Tones, for a live broadcast exploring the issue’s impact on music with Moss, Open House New York executive Director Gregory Wessner, architect and author of A Country of Cities Vishaan Chakrabarti, and NewMusicBox co-editor Frank J. Oteri. Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, members from Opera on Tap (Kamala Sankaram, Kristin Gornstein, Kannan Vasudevan, Matthew Curran), and conductor Mila Henry will perform music by New York composers who flourished in a bygone, some say golden, era. On the program: music by cellist, composer, and pop music phenom Arthur Russell; a New York City–premiere choral piece by Julius Eastman (The Moon's Silent Modulation); and a forgotten gem by Tui St. George Tucker. Presented in collaboration with Access Contemporary Music Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. PROGRAM Three Short Pieces by Arthur Russell Peyote Sonata by Tui St. George Tucker Experimental Music for Ezra Pound by Arthur Russell Lyric Piece by Ben Weber The Moon's Silent Modulation by Julius Eastman PERFORMED BY Mila Henry – conductor Opera on Tap – Kamala Sankaram, Kristin Gornstein, Kannan Vasudevan, Matthew Curran Neil Beckmann – guitar Sae Hashimoto – percussion Adelya Nartadjieva – violin Mika Sasaki – piano Suliman Tekali – violin Roger Tréfousse – piano Aaron Wolff – cello/vocals
OOT Home Brewed Opera Presents: GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies of the Opera World)
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Freddy's Bar and Backroom Brooklyn, NY 9PM Straight from the tap, Freddy’s Bar and the Divas of Opera on Tap bring you the Home Brewed Opera series: funny, engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. For this month, put on your face paint and your best glitter pantsuit and join us at Freddy's on September 13th for an evening of epic music paying homage to the Gorgeous Ladies of the Opera World (GLOW) with our male referees! From Valkyrie warriors to powerful queens, we will prove once and for all that women in opera aren’t just shrinking violets and swooning ingenues. Featuring: Mithuna Sivaraman, soprano Nicole Guberman, soprano Joanie Brittingham, soprano Elena Armijo, soprano Luke van Meveren, baritone Seth Gilman, baritone and Mary Prescott on the ivories!
OOT New Brew and Friends Presents: Quince Ensemble
Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
The Opera on Tap New Brew series brings you classical music written by some of today’s most exciting composers, presented in entertaining and irreverent programs by young singers and instrumentalists who relish the direct contact with audiences not inhibited in their reactions by the looming menace of giant chandeliers. This program will feature our friends: Quince Ensemble, an all-female vocal chamber group, singing works by Kate Soper, Amy Beth Kirsten, Kaija Saariaho, Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, Cara Haxo, Georges Aperghis, Gilda Lyons, Pascal Dusapin, and more!
OOT Home Brewed Opera Presents: Rhythm is Gonna Get Ya!
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
We're starting a new tradition for our Freddy's Bar and Backroom shows: LOCAL VOCALS from 8-9pm! We've been in the Park Slope neighborhood performing for a LOOOOONG time, and we want to give voice to our neighboring artists- because we love our neighbors! Every Freddy's show we will feature a different local artist as our opening act. This time around we feature local singer/songwriter duo 7th Boro featuring Joy Jan Jones and Mark Caserta. LOCAL VOCALS is a presentation of Opera on Tap and Park Slope Fifth Avenue with media support from BKLYNER. ——- Freddy's Bar and Backroom Brooklyn, NY 9PM Straight from the tap, Freddy’s Bar and the Divas of Opera on Tap bring you the Home Brewed Opera series: funny, engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. For this month, put on your dancing shoes and get ready to shake your booty because RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YA! Featuring: Alex Guerrero, tenor Brittany Fowler, mezzo Renee Stupfel, soprano Gina Bauza, soprano Luke van Meveren, tenor Mithuna Sivaraman, soprano and the amazing Mila Henry on the ivories!
Opera on Tap New Brew: OOTMeal
Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
The New Brew series brings you classical music written by some of today’s most exciting composers, presented in entertaining and irreverent programs by young singers and instrumentalists who relish the direct contact with audiences not inhibited in their reactions by the looming menace of giant chandeliers. This program will feature music all about the kind of delicious food that tickles your taste buds from Chicken Soup with Rice to tacos to Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise! Barbès 376 9th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 Featuring: Seth Gilman, baritone Kamala Sankaram, soprano Joanie Brittingham, soprano Kayleigh Butcher, mezzo soprano Krista Wozniak, soprano Alex Guerrero, tenor Scott Reiburn, tenor David Gordon, tenor and Chris Berg on the piano!
Pop-Up Opera Chorus: We Want You!
VON
3 Bleecker St
New York, NY 10012 Map
One night workshop for all, regardless of experience. Explore your voice, become the a cappella accompaniment to a real-life Opera on Tap diva and learn an opera chorus! KT’s Crash Chorus and Opera on Tap join forces with renowned East Village wine bar, Von, for an enjoyable evening of communal opera-music making. Tickets are $30 to participate and include Happy Hour drink specials until 9pm! Invite your friends to come watch the 9pm performance for just $5! See the 'Encore Ticket'. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! WHO WE WANT: Those who love to sing Those who enjoy singing with others Those who've never sung with others Lovers of opera Opera newbies ABOUT KRISTEN TOEDTMAN: Kristen Toedtman is a singer of many styles, committed to inspiring others to sing. She directs the Community Chorus at Peabody in Baltimore, has worked with Urban Voices Project (singers who live and work on Skid Row in LA) and most recently led singers at a health clinic in the Dominican Republic. She has served as Music Director for churches on both coasts and led clinics on singing throughout the US. As a performer, she is a longtime member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, has appeared as soloist with that group as well as with Musica Angelica, the Corona del Mar Baroque orchestra, the Britt Festival Orchestra, Concert Artists of Baltimore and will appear next as soloist with the LA Phil performing John Adams’ Grand Pianola Music with Adams conducting (2019). As a session singer, she has sung on the soundtracks of Frozen, Minions, Despicable Me 3, Godzilla & others. She is also a regular on the singer-songwriter circuit singing with others and leading her band and choir from the piano, playing original songs in the Americana gospel-style tradition at the Hotel Cafe and Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, and Pianos and Rockwood Music Hall in NYC.
OOT Home Brewed Opera Presents: Opera Goes Broadway
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Freddy's Bar and Backroom Brooklyn, NY Suggested Donation $10 8PM- LOCAL VOCALS opening act! 9pm- Opera on Tap Straight from the tap, Freddy’s Bar and the Divas of Opera on Tap bring you the Home Brewed Opera series: funny, engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. This month's theme: Opera Goes Broadway! Is it musical theater? Is it opera? Is it both? Who cares – it's all great! Featuring: Julia Gmeiner Eugenia Forteza Brittany Fowler Caitlin McKechney Michael Celentano Blake Burroughs and the amazing Adam Marks on the ivories! PLUS we're starting a new tradition for our Freddy's Bar and Backroom shows starting tonight: LOCAL VOCALS from 8-9pm! We've been in the Park Slope neighborhood performing for a LOOOOONG time, and we want to give voice to our neighboring artists- because we love our neighbors! Every Freddys show we will feature a different local artist as our opening act. First up, we're pleased to feature fellow OOTer, famed member of Opera Cowgirls and local ukelele-playing yokel Caitlin McKechney! LOCAL VOCALS is a presentation of Opera on Tap and Park Slope Fifth Avenue
HER KIND (A Classical Cabaret Celebrating Womankind)
The Flea Theater
20 Thomas St.
New York, NY 10007 Map
What does it mean to be a woman in the times of the #metoo and #timesup movements? What would our historical sisters have to say about it? From Sappho and Hildegard von Bingen to present day, this classical cabaret explores some of the innermost thoughts, desires, dreams, and experiences of women through music and poetry. We’re excited to bring our irreverent, heartfelt, and entertaining approach to classical music to the Flea for the first time! Featuring sopranos Elena Armijo, Kacey Cardin, Chelsea Feltman, Cameron Russell, Krista Wozniak, and pianist Mila Henry Moore. With music by Catherine Aks, James Barry, Christopher Berg, Hildegard von Bingen, Daniel Felsenfeld, Ricky Ian Gordon, John Harbison, Paula Kimper, Gilda Lyons, Evan Mack, Ellen Mandel, Gian Carlo Menotti, Nkeiru Okoye, Rachel Peters, Frances Pollock, Kamala Sankaram, and Deanna Walker. And texts by Timothy Braun, David Cote, Elizabeth Cunningham, Kate Gale, Rob Handel, Glyn Maxwell, Gian Carlo Menotti, Mirabai, Dorothy Parker, Wende Persons, Rachel Peters, Clare Pollard, Anne Sexton, Sappho, and Len Walker. Tickets start at just $17!
Opera on Tap: New Brew – Animal Style
Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
The New Brew series brings you classical music written by some of today’s most exciting composers, presented in entertaining and irreverent programs by young singers and instrumentalists who relish the direct contact with audiences not inhibited in their reactions by the looming menace of giant chandeliers. This program features songs about members of the animal kingdom that inspire us, intrigue us, or make us laugh. Featuring music by Rachel J. Peters, Joe Hannan, Tom Cipullo, Christopher Berg, Gary Schocker, Jake Heggie, Virgil Thompson, Tom Lehrer, Seth Gilman, and more! Singing creatures: Joanie Brittingham, Sara Noble, Michael Hofmann, Seth Gilman, Alex Guerrero, and Cameron Russell. With Christopher Berg on the ivories.
OOT Home Brewed Opera: Want Some Cheese With That Whine?
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
$10 Suggested Donation Straight from the tap, Freddy’s Bar and the Divas of Opera on Tap bring you the Home Brewed Opera series: funny, engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. In this edition, we’re bringing out those numbers that are so cheesy and whiney that you'll just HAVE to accompany the performances with some nachos and a glass of pinot. Join us on Thursday in the Backroom at Freddys and receive one complimentary pour of pinot noir from our friends and sponsors at Skurnik Wines! Discounted glasses of The Pinot Project will be available at the bar with an official 'OOT WHINE PASS' (available during the show in the Backroom). Featuring: Amal El-Shrafi, Soprano Eugenia Forteza Brittany Fowler Luke van Meveren David J. Baldwin Michael Celentano and Eric Sedgwick on the ivories
Music of Michigan in Bellsy Brewklyn
Opera on Tap's New Brew heads to Michigan-that magical land where the cold never bothered us anyway. Actually we'll just be there in our minds. We'll really be at Barbes. Join us as we regale you with tunes written by Michiganders, sung by Michiganians and some other people who WISH they were from Michigan. Bell's Brewery is sponsoring, so swing by for some fantastic music, tasty pints and free schwag! $10 Suggested Donation Featuring: Michiganders/Michiganians: Christopher Berg (piano/ composer) David Gordon Seth Gilman (he's not from the Great Lake State, but he went to school there so we'll give him a pass...) Anne Hiatt THE OTHERS: Joanie Brittingham Kayleigh Butcher Alex Guerrero Michael Hofmann Sara Noble Cameron Russell Krista Wozniak
OOT: Home Brewed Opera: 80s Night (and the feeling’s right!)
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Opera on Tap: Home Brewed Opera present: “80s Night” (and the feeling's right) on January 11th at 9 p.m. Watch your favorite OOT HBO singers rock out to selections from operas of the 1680s, 1780s, 1880s, and of course the 1980s. Mozart mingles with Gilbert & Sullivan classics and modern 80s avant-garde this month. Members only jackets and 80s hair dos optional! $10 Suggested Donation Featuring: Rachel Duval, soprano Lindell O. Carter, tenor Luke van Meveren, baritone Alex Guerrero, tenor Eugenia Forteza, soprano Brittany Fowler, mezzo soprano Josh Kight, pianist extraordinaire
Opera on Tap New Brew: Dirty Sexy Jazzy
Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
$10 Suggested Donation Our most popular New Brew show IS BACK! Just in time for the holidays! Once a year the gallivanting members of New Brew like to strike up a tango with our favorite band, The Dirty Sexy and mash up jazz tunes with opera tunes! We’ll throw in a dash of holiday cheer as well! Featuring Vocalists: Joanie Brittingham, Kayleigh Butcher, Alex Guerrero, David Gordon, Anne Hiatt, Michael Hoffman, Sara Noble, Cameron Russell, Kamala Sankaram, and Krista Wozniak The Dirty Sexy: Ezra Gale, Jeff Hudgins, Mitch Marcus, Kamala Sankaram, Jesse Simpson and Adam Smale
OOT NYC: YAS QUEEN
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
OOT NYC: YAS QUEEN $10 suggested donation Freddy's Bar in Brooklyn When “You go girl” is SIMPLY not enough. Opera on Tap NYC is BACK at Freddy's in Brooklyn for a night you will never forget. Grab a drink and join us in on November 9th for our fiercest line-up yet. From Valkyrie warriors to powerful queens, Bel Canto Bliss to Verismo Favorites, some of NYC’s best opera singers promise music of epic YAS QUEEN proportions! Featuring: Lindell O. Carter, tenor Eugenia Forteza, soprano Amal El-Shrafi, soprano Brittany Fowler, mezzo Rachel Duval, soprano Javier Ortiz, baritone Caitlin McKechney mezzo Julia Gmeiner soprano Eric Sedgwick, piano
RWO: Fall Salon Potluck 2017
Arts On Site
12 St Marks Pl
New York, NY 10003 Map
FREE ADMISSION $10 Suggested Donation Arts on Site The return of Rhymes With Opera's popular Salon series featuring performances from Opera on Tap New Brew, Murmur Waves Ensemble, and Stone Mason Projects. In addition, this Salon will include a special preview performance of Rumpelstiltskin by RWO co-artistic directors Ruby Fulton and George Lam, which will premiere in Spring 2018!
OOT New Brew: Murder! Mayhem! Madness!
Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
We don't know what it is about October that just drives New Brew a little CRAZY! This Friday, New Brew celebrates the shadowy side of the street with an oddball program about all things mad and murderous. Won't you join us? The New Brew series brings you classical music written by some of today's most exciting composers, presented in entertaining and irreverent programs by young singers and instrumentalists who relish the direct contact with audiences not inhibited in their reactions by the looming menace of their giant Wagnerian horns. Featuring New Brew Roster: Kamala Sankaram, soprano Seth Gilman, baritone Krista Wozniak, soprano Cameron Russell, soprano Kayleigh Butcher, mezzo soprano Michael Hofmann, baritone David Gordon, tenor Joanie Brittingham, soprano Alex Guerrero, tenor and Christopher Berg, piano PROGRAM: Kurt Weill – Mack the Knife Charles Ives – Slugging a Vampire Jeffrey Dennis Smith – The Google Song (from Why is Eartha Kitt Trying to Kill Me) RK Windbiel – Shadowboxing Daniel Felsenfeld – Alone Weird Al Yankovic – Nature Trail to Hell Jerry Goldsmith – Ave Satani Nils Vigeland – On The Day The World Ends/Vigeland Kamala Sankaram – Boatman Aria (from Parksville) Rob Reese/Sankaram – Disc(h)ord (from Murder on Beverly Road) William Bolcom – Song of Black Max Black Sabbath/arr. Kamala Sankaram – Mr. Crowley
Home Brewed Opera : All Together Now!
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Straight from the tap, Freddy’s Bar and the Divas of Opera on Tap bring you the Home Brewed Opera series: funny, engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. In this edition, our Opera-on-tappers will bring you duets, trios, and ensembles from their favorite operas, including music by Donizetti, Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, and more! Featuring Lindell O. Carter, Joy Jan Jones, Brittany Fowler, Megan Brunning, David Gordon, and Luke van Meveren, with Eric Sedgwick on the keys.
Bloody Maria Callas Brunch
Sycamore Brooklyn
1118 Cortelyou Rd
Brooklyn, NY 11218 Map
Grab a cocktail and soak up the sun in Sycamore's gorgeous garden while our Opera-on-Tappers serenade you with operatic favorites from Mozart, Massenet, Rossini, Verdi, and more!
New Brew: August Edition
Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
New Brew is super excited this August to present the lovely, charming and amazing soprano Adrienne Danrich and her one woman show of awesomeness, Love & Trouble! Love & Trouble is a dramatic song cycle written and performed by Adrienne in collaboration with composer Dave Hall. Love & Trouble explores the many facets of love from the perspective of five different personas, or more accurately five different Lovers. The show is presented cabaret-style and is the first of Adrienne’s one-woman programs to feature her original lyrics, poems & musical compositions. Adrienne and Dave utilize different musical styles including Classical, Jazz, Gospel, and Blues as a platform to allow each of the Lovers to express themselves in a unique, toe tapping, emotionally riveting, and uplifting presentation. ("Great performance! ...her absolutely fabulous voice and delivery... Her unique talent, voice, articulation, and personality…” Lynn Garon-former manager for composer, Steve Reich) Featuring: Veteran OOTer-Extraordinaire Mila Henry on piano $10 suggested donation
Home Brewed Opera: High Notes, Low Morals
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Straight from the tap, Freddy's Bar and the Divas of Opera on Tap bring you the Home Brewed Opera series: funny, engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. In this edition, we'll pour a shot to the rule-breakers, heart-breakers, and glass-breakers– the operatic characters we love to hate and hate to love. No cover!
Bloody Maria Callas Brunch
Sycamore Brooklyn
1118 Cortelyou Rd
Brooklyn, NY 11218 Map
Grab a cocktail and soak up the sun in Sycamore's gorgeous garden from 3-4:30pm while our Opera-on-Tappers serenade you with operatic favorites from Mozart, Massenet, Rossini, Verdi, and more!
Opera on Tap for Make Music New York
Green space at President St. & Fifth Avenue, Park Slope
Opera on Tap joins Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID for a free offering as part of the annual Make Music New York festival. The performance will feature the stylings of the La Vita Duo on guitar and voice + free wine!
The Elixir of Love: The Playground Opera
The Playground, Public School 129
425 West 130th Street
New York, NY Map
Note: There will be two performances of this program: 11:15am and 1pm, each about an hour long. Opera on Tap returns to Harlem PS 129 for the third year in a row, presenting a colorful re-imagining of Donizetti’s Elixir of Love, co-produced by the students. Opera on Tap’s Playground Opera program immerses elementary school students in the creation, production and performance of an opera. With the guidance of professionals working in the field today, the students explore the operatic experience from the first moment of an opera’s creation to the exciting culmination of its performance. The stage? Their own schoolyard playground. This is an official event in the 2017 NYOperaFest, produced by the New York Opera Alliance. For more information about over 30 operatic events happening throughout NYC, visit NYOperaFest.com
New Brew: Pint-Sized Opera Edition
Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
This Pint-Sized Operapalooza is an irreverent and entertaining concert filled to the brim with very short operas that pack a punch (shots of opera, if you will), written by some of today’s most exciting composers, and presented by singers who relish the direct contact with audiences not inhibited in their reactions by the looming menace of giant chandeliers. $10 suggested donation. Please RSVP by clicking the ticket link above or going to newbrewpints.eventbrite.com Program: 'The Tragedy of Count Alfredo von Nibelungen' by Patrick Soluri and Natalia Boesch 'I can hardly wait' by Jeremy J. Beck and Joel Gelpe 'Krispy Kremes and Butter Queens' by Jennifer Jolley and Vynnie Meli 'The Lifespan of a Fly' by Ronnie Reshef and Vynnie Meli 'I Hope the Moonlight Suite is Okay, We Recommend it When the Honeymoon Suite isn’t Available' by Gilda Lyons and Rob Handel The seduction duet from 'Passion in Pigskin' by Michael Lydon and Ellen Mandel 'The Last Laugh' by 'Christopher Berg Featuring: Seth Gilman, Alex Guerrero, Matthew Yohn, David Gordon, Cameron Russell, Krista Wozniak, Kayleigh Butcher, and Sara Noble, with Christopher Berg on the keys. This is an official event in New York Opera Alliance's #NYOperaFest. For more information about over 50 operatic events happening in NYC during May & June, visit nyoperafest.com
Home Brewed Opera: April Showers Bring May Flowers
Freddy's Bar
627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Straight from the tap, Freddy's Bar and the Divas of Opera on Tap bring you the Home Brewed Opera series: funny, engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. In this edition, we raise a glass to all of the operatic character making lemon meringue pie out of the lemons life deals them. No cover! Featuring: Joanie Brittingham, Victoria Benson, Eugenia Forteza, Laura Soto-Bayomi, Brittany Fowler, Luke van Meveren This is an official event in New York Opera Alliance's #NYOperaFest. For more information about over 50 operatic events happening in NYC during May & June, visit nyoperafest.com
Dueling Divas
Russian Samovar
256 W 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019 Map
The Dueling Divas return to Broadway! Opera on Tap invites you to sit back, grab a drink, and prepare to be blown away by the power of the human voice as five stunning young opera singers compete for your votes in this immersive top-diva competition! Tickets are only $18! Food and Drink available for purchase. Featuring Denise Crawfort Brooke Larimer Luke van Meveren Rachel Duval Blake Burroughs Eric Sedgwick
New Brew Does the Missionary Position
Who the hell has the time to decipher all the Kama Sutra positions, amirite? It's time to get back to basics! No more talk of politics, let's give religion a go! Join Opera on Tap's New Brew for a night of selections about old gods, new gods, praise postures, unholy thoughts, and prayers for the new world with selections by Paul Pinto, Gilda Lyons, Harbison, Ives, Tom Lehrer and more! Lay back and enjoy the ride! $10 cover
The Playground Operas 2017 Gala
Minton's Harlem
206 W 118th St
New York, NY 10026 Map
The Playground Operas is a school day residency program that immerses elementary-school-aged students in the production and performance of an opera. With the guidance of professionals working in the field today, students explore the operatic experience from the first conception of an opera's production to the exciting culmination of its performance. The stage? Their own schoolyard playground. Learn more at playground.operaontap.org. Now in our 3rd year in residence at Harlem's P.S. 129, our 2017 Playground Opera, Elixir of Love, will include the participation of all 3rd Grade classes at the school, including the special education class. Join fellow supporters to make a real difference in the lives of these kids this year.
Home Brewed Opera: Choose Your Own Adventure
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
One dead millionaire—four shady characters—sixteen possible endings! Join us for Opera On Tap’s very first Audience Choice Opera, and choose your way through the story with us!
One Night of Excess — Opera Inappropriata
National Sawdust
80 N 6th St
Brooklyn, NY 11249 Map
Music and concept by: Whitney E. George Libretto by: Johnny Call Based loosely on the short story Gamiani, attributed to Alfred de Musset Featuring: Whitney E. George (Narrator/Conductor) Joy Jan Jones (The Baron) Heather Michele Meyer (Countess Gamiani) Sara Noble (Sophie, The Maid) And members of The Curiosity Cabinet: Lindsey Eckenroth, flute Eric Umble, bass clarinet Adam von Housen, violin Lisa Maree Dowling, double bass Joe Tucker, percussion Opera on Tap and The Curiosity Cabinet present an evening of tantalizing voyeurism in a surrealist retelling of the shockingly erotic and blisteringly sacrilegious 1833 short story Gamiani, with original music and concept design by Whitney George. The Baron secretly watches the stunning Italian countess Gamiani as she seduces and bewitches another woman. When his voyeurism is revealed, the steamy duo becomes a trio of imaginative erotic storytelling, in three vignettes which appeal to the senses. Prepare to be lured into a world of pleasure… Marketing Design by Kaylan Gies
New Brew: 15-Day Hangover
All this talk of politics has New Brew feeling quite Blue. We could build a wall and get over it, or ask Russia to hack our feelings, but we'd rather respond with our own signature cocktail of dry wit with a generous pour of satire and a splash of chagrin. Join us in nursing some stiff drinks and sticking it to the man in this evening of contemporary classical music, including music by Trav S.D.and David Mallamud – Composer, and world premieres by Daniel Felsenfeld and James Barry/Tim Braun. This program will include special guests Jenny Lee Mitchell and Maria Dessena. $10 suggested donation Featuring: Anne Hiatt David Gordon Kamala Sankaram Sara Noble Cameron Russell Krista Wozniak Seth Gilman & Christopher Berg Special Guests: Jenny Lee Mitchell (Mad Jenny) Maria Dessena
Home Brewed Opera: We’ll Never be Royals
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Opera on Tap is starting out the New Year with a bit of CLASS. For most of Opera's long history, Monarchs ruled and serfs stll existed legally, so Opera is littered with characters and plots dealing with issues of class and royalty. Cozy up to some of these characters with a nice cold beer and enjoy our intimate, immersive performance!
Opera on Tap’s Dueling Divas
Russian Samovar
256 W 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019 Map
Tolstoys (Upstairs lounge at Russian Samovar) presents Opera on Tap for a night full of dazzling feats of musicality and daring, as six stunning singers compete for your votes in this immersive top-diva competition! Tickets start at only $9 and are very limited! Grab yours now! What comes with your ticket? : Impresario ($49 incl. fees) – VIP seating, 1 FREE DRINK + 1 FREE APPETIZER Maestro ($29 incl. fees) – Family seating + 1 FREE DRINK Diva ($19 incl. fees) – Bar seating + 1 FREE house vodka SHOT Standing Room ($9 incl. fees) – Our undying love. Additional food and beverages will be available for purchase during the performance. Featuring: Joanie Brittingham Joy Jan Jones Augusta Caso Rachael Braunstein Kristopher Herron Cris Frisco (piano)
Carolling with Opera on Tap
Sycamore Brooklyn
1118 Cortelyou Rd
Brooklyn, NY 11218 Map
Join Opera on Tap and Sycamore Brooklyn for carolling around Ditmas Park! Families welcome! Music will be provided. We will meet in the lodge at 4pm to rehearse a few songs together, then we will carol together from 4:30-5:15pm. Afterwards, we'll return to the lodge to party all night long!
New Brew: On Ice
Is it 50 degrees in December? Do you miss the cold? Join New Brew as they celebrate new music about cold hands, warm hearts, ice, snow, and all things wintery! Including music by Cipullo, Weill, Barber, Purcell, Jason Robert Brown, Hoiby, Sondheim, Fusco, and new arrangements by our own Kamala Sankaram. Featuring: Krista Wozniak, Anne Hiatt, David Gordon, Sara Noble and Kayleigh Butcher, with Chris Berg on the icicle keys. $10 suggested donation
Home Brewed Opera: A Concert for Hope
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
In light of recent events, we are changing tonight's concert from Choose Your Own Opera to a Concert for Hope. We strongly believe that music has the power to heal, to bring hope and provide a refuge in dark times. We would like to extend a warm welcome to anyone in our community who wants to join us this evening at Freddy's to process in the company of others, have a drink, and listen to some beautiful music sung by our fearless singers. This concert is free and will be followed by Liveband Karaoke at 10:30 pm (if belting out your woes with rock-band accompaniment is more your style). Sincerely, The Divas of Opera on Tap New York
The Parksville Murders Exclusive Preview Event
Archway Under Manhattan Bridge
80 Pearl Street
New York, NY 11201 Map
Join Opera on Tap and the DUMBO BID for an exclusive sneak preview of The Parskville Murders (Episode 1), an episodic horror opera created for Virtual Reality!! RSVP NOW at parksvillemurders.eventbrite.com for your free screening spot The evening will feature exclusive VR viewing of the full episode, as well as live music under the Archway, featuring Bombay Rickey and The Cameramen. Food and drink will be available courtesy of The Lighthouse. The Parksville Murders, featuring music by Kamala Sankaram and libretto by Jerre Dye, directed by Cari Ann Shim Sham*, is being produced by Shim Sham*, Opera On Tap’s Anne Hiatt and former Blue Man Group creative director Todd Perlmutter, in collaboration with leading virtual reality production company Light Sail VR. Learn more at theparksvillemurders.com
The Inner Circle: A Teaser
the cell
338 W 23rd St
New York, NY 10011 Map
The Inner Circle is a sexually blunt new opera about a group of researchers in the 1940s, led by the charismatic visionary Professor Kinsey, whose lives are entangled in his quest to scientifically study human sexual behavior in a way never before attempted. Let Opera on Tap tease you with scenes from this opera-in-development by Daniel Felsenfeld and Kate Gale, followed by a talk-back and reception with the creators. Incubated by the cell, The Inner Circle is part of Opera on Tap’s Roadworks commissioning series. Performances: October 20 & 21 – 7:30pm Tickets: $20 online (NOW onsale at thecelltheatre.org), $25 at the door. Featuring: The Curiosity Cabinet, Maria Elena Armijo, Jeremy Hirsch, Heather Michele Meyer, and Matthew Yohn. Stage direction by Joseph Hendel. Music direction by Mila Henry. Learn more at theinnercircleopera.com
New Brew: Horror Edition
We know Halloween is a whole month away, but we just can't help ourselves. Usher in the season early with New Brew as they bring you spooky selections about ghosts and goblins by William Flanagan, Gian Carlo Menotti, Benjamin Britten, Ross Crean, Daniel Felsenfeld, Kamala Sankaram, and more. Featuring Seth Gilman, David Gordon, Alex Guerrero, Sara Noble, Kamala Sankaram, and Krista Wozniak. With Chris Berg stirring up the spirits on the keys. $10 suggested donation
Home Brewed Opera: DIVA Edition
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Celebrate your inner Diva as Opera on Tap presents a tribute to the famed Florence Foster Jenkins! An evening of thrilling high notes, trills, frills, and hilarity await. Grab your favorite champagne cocktail and join us!
Indulgence: It’s for Brunch
Treat yourself to brunch with Opera on Tap! Maybe you’re going for that second Bloody Maria...or maybe your third...We don’t judge, no matter what the vice – drink, jewels, women. In fact, we’ve got your perfect soundtrack. Come hear Augusta Caso, Sarah Greenspan, Sidney Dixon, Jared Guest and Michelle Seipel sing Mozart, Verdi, Bizet and more!
New Brew: New Music Shuffle
Join Opera on Tap for an evening of eclectic new songs and arias by some of today's most exciting composers! Opera is alive and well in New York and we can't wait to sing for you! Program: "Recitation" by Georges Aperghis "Space" by LJ White "Stripsody" by Cathy Berberian "Visits to St. Elizabeth" by Ned Rorem "A Charm for the Night-Fire" by Gilda Lyons "Platform Anxiety" by Justine Chen "Clean Living" from 'The Flithy Habit' by Peter Hilliard "Walls" and "Monteriano" from 'Where Angels Fear' to Tread by Kit Goldstein Grant An excerpt from 'The Little Garden' by James Barry (world premiere) "Wet Trash" by Matt Weber (world premiere) Featuring: Anne Hiatt, soprano Elise Jablow, soprano Joy Jones, soprano Kayleigh Butcher, mezzo-soprano Seth Gilman, tenor Chris Berg, piano $10 suggested cover
Home Brewed Opera: C’est la vie!
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Enjoy some beer with that Bizet and some onion rings with that Offenbach as Opera on Tap celebrates Bastille Day, Brooklyn Style. We will serenade you with an assortment of grand opera and classic French song. You won't want to miss this one! We will also perform "Seasons of Love," arranged by Chris Berg for Opera on Tap chapters across the nation, who are joining forces to honor and raise funds for the victims of the recent shooting in Orlando. Featuring: Maria Elena Armijo, Lindell Carter, Sidney Dixon, Eugenia Forteza, Brittany Fowler, Joy Jones and Patricia Vital with Michael Sheetz on keys No Cover. NOTE THERE WILL BE NO LIVEBAND KARAOKE THIS THURSDAY. KARAOKE RETURNS IN THE FALL.
Bloody Maria Callas Brunch
Sycamore Bar And Flowershop, 1118 Cortelyou Rd, Brooklyn Map
Lady Gaga doesn’t care if it’s a Bad Romance – and neither does Mozart’s Despina or Massenet’s Charlotte. Hear how opera’s divas and divos are just like us at “Loose Translations,” a pop song-themed Bloody Maria Callas brunch at Sycamore Bar and Flower Shop. We’ll have arias in groupings inspired by Gaga, Carly Rae Jepsen, Taylor Swift and Right Said Fred that get into crushes, breakups, and those moments when you look in the mirror and say, “Damn, I look good.” Brittany Fowler, Eugenia Forteza, Seth Gilman and Sidney Dixon will sing Mozart, Rossini, Puccini and more!
La Cenerentola: The Playground Opera
Ps 129 John H Finley
425 W 130th St
New York, NY 10027 Map
June 16 – 9am and 11:15am The Playground, Public School 129 425 W 130th St., New York, NY 10029 Space is limited. Please RSVP to playgroundopera.eventbrite.com Returning to Harlem PS 129 for the second year, Opera on Tap Jr. will present two performances of a new Playground Opera based on Rossini’s Cinderella, produced in collaboration with three of PS 129’s Third grade classes. The Playground Operas is a school day residency program that immerses students in the production and performance of an opera. With the guidance of professionals working in the field today, students explore the operatic experience from the first conception of an opera’s production to the exciting culmination of its performance. The stage? Their own schoolyard playground. Putting the ‘country’ into the Italian countryside, this production of La Cenerentola will feature a new score arranged by Jeff Hudgins for banjo, fiddle, accordian and bass. With narration written by Edward Einhorn. Directed by Jenny Lee Mitchell Costumes by Ramona Ponce Cast: Angelina – Augusta Caso Ramiro – David Gordon Dandini – Casey Molino Alidoro – David Baldwin Don Magnifico – Benjamin Bloomfield Tisbe – Krista Wozniak Clorinda – Joy Jones Narrator – Glen Heroy This event is part of #NYOperaFest. Learn more at nyoperafest.com
New Brew: The Sex-Ed Edition
New Brew brings you a night of sex-ed, opera style, featuring selections from two operas-in-development: The Inner Circle, by Daniel Felsenfeld and Kate Gale, and We’ve Got Our Eye On You, by Nkeiru Okoye and David Cote. Loosely inspired by Greek myth, and set in ancient times, We’ve Got Our Eye on You delivers a humorous but uplifting message about giving in to desire prematurely. The Inner Circle tells the story of a group of researchers in the 1940s, led by the charismatic Professor Kinsey, whose lives are tangled in his quest to capture and revolutionize the study of human sexual behavior. $10 suggested donation Featuring: Maria Elena Armijo, Chelsea Feltman, David Gordon, Cameron Russell, Kamala Sankaram, Patricia Vital, Krista Wozniak, Matthew Yohn, and Mila Henry. This event is part of #NYOperaFest. Learn more at nyoperafest.com
Home Brewed Opera: All Fached Up!
Opera on Tap NYC
190 Ocean Pkwy #3
New York, NY 11218-2408 Map
Opera on Tap is throwing all the rules out the window for this one. We’ll have sopranos singing bass arias and basses singing Carmen. We’ll have classical singers singing country and Baroque arias done in the style of Beyonce. We promise a raucous night of opera outside-the-box. You won’t want to miss this one! Featuring the stylings of: Joanie Brittingham, Brittany Fowler, Lorraine Helvick, Rachel Policar, Chelsea Feltman, Sidney Dixon, and Mila Henry. No Cover. Followed by Liveband Karaoke at 10:30pm *This event is part of the #NYOperaFest. More at NYoperafest.com
New Brew presents: The Ginsberg Show
This is no April fool's! On April 1, New Brew presents an eclectic program of music based on the words of two seminal poets, Frank O'Hara and William Blake. Featuring multiple settings of famous poems, such as Blake's "The Lamb" and O'Hara's "For Poulenc," the progam will include the world premiere of a new song by Richard Hundley, as well as music by William Bolcom, Benjamin Britten, Ned Rorem, John Tavener, Virgil Thomson and New Brew's own Christopher Berg. Your muses for the evening: David Gordon, Kamala Sankaram, Krista Wozniak, Seth Gilman, Alex Guerrero, and Christopher Berg on piano. $10 suggested donation
Home Brewed Opera – Superhero Edition
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
It’s a bird… it’s a plane…it’s…an opera singer? Join Opera on Tap as we explore the superheroes and supervillains of the opera world. While you enjoy a cold brew, our singers will reveal their secret identities and dazzle you with epic feats of operatic bravery. No cover. Superhero attire encouraged. Followed by LIVEBAND Karaoke at 10:30pm Fighting Evil while singing: Michelle Seipel, Lindell Carter, Joy Jan Jones, Patricia Vital, Kyra Miller, and Matthew Yohn. Taking over the world while playing the piano: Mila Henry.
New Brew: The Relationship Show
Relationships, huh? We look for the perfect someone, we believe the fairy tale, we dream that it will all fall into place and bliss will follow. Sometimes it works out like that, sometimes ...not. In this month of cupid, chocolates, flowers, and St. Valentine, the New Brew crew explores what can happen when boy meets girl, boy meets boy, and girl meets girl. Falling in (and out) of love will be Anne Hiatt, Kamala Sankaram, Krista Wozniak, David Gordon, and Seth Gilman, with guest artist Matthew Yohn (noted sex-researcher...wait, wait, make that: noted baritone). Marriage counseling (and piano accompaniment) provided by Chris Berg. Program will include works by Bernstein, Sondheim, Chris Berg, Gilda Lyons, Matt Marks, Andrew Lippa, Micha Spoliansky, Elliott Carter and Tom Cipullo.
Opera on Tap’s 10th Birthday Bash
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Our organization may not be able to drink, drive, or vote, but that won’t keep us from celebrating in high style! Join us in toasting 10 years of bringing opera to the people at Freddy's Bar and Backroom with special performances throughout the night and live band karaoke 10pm-midnight. No cover | Birthday Donations to Opera on Tap gratefully accepted.
Carolling – Hosted by Opera on Tap and Sycamore
Sycamore Brooklyn
1118 Cortelyou Rd
Brooklyn, NY 11218 Map
Join Opera on Tap and Sycamore in spreading the cheer around Ditmas Park on Sunday, December 20th! Bring your friends, neighbors, and kids! Schedule: 2-3pm: Rehearse at Sycamore Bar and Flower Shop 3-4:30pm: Carol around the neighborhood 4:30pm: Convene back at Sycamore and toast the holidays!
New Brew: Festivus Fugal Fete
New Brew brings you songs that remind you that spring is farther off than it seems and that gluhwein is a food group by proxy during mother nature's loophole (commonly referred to as Winter). Get out of the cold and into the Holidaze with music by Raphael Fusco, Gilda Lyons, David Lang, Tom Cipullo and new arrangements by Kamala Sankaram. Featuring: Anne Hiatt, Cameron Russell, Kamala Sankaram, David Gordon, David Baldwin, and Krista Wozniak, with Raphael Fusco and our own Kris Kringle (the miraculous Christopher Berg) on the keys. *This production is being underwritten thanks to the generosity of our long-time supporter Donna Epstein. For a small donation, you can get access to an exculsive party before the show! Learn more at Operaontap.org/oot-dec4/ To find out how you can become an individual or corporate sponsor, email anne@operaontap.org.
Home Brewed Opera: OPERA OLYMPICS Edition
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Our singers are bringing their fiercest game to the first ever OPERA OLYMPICS on November 12th. Coloratura at warp speed? Check. Breath control for days? Check. High notes that would shatter glass? Well, hopefully not...Come cheer on these incredible athletes as they dazzle you with feats of operatic daring! Featuring: Joy Jones, Sarah Greenspan, Brittany Fowler, Claire Myers, Eugenia Forteza, Elise Jablow, Michelle Seipel, Anne Hiatt, and Tania Rivers-Moore on the keys. Can't make it? We'll be livestreaming on ConcertWindow! Check it out at concertwindow.com/opera-on-tap Wanna show off your mad skillz too? Join us after the concert for LIVEBAND Karaoke with the Dirty Sexy Ensemble at 10:30pm!
Bloody Maria Callas Brunch II
Sycamore Brooklyn
1118 Cortelyou Rd
Brooklyn, NY 11218 Map
Brunch: 12:30-3:30pm Opera: 1:00-3:00pm It just so happens that Opera on Tap is headquartered in Ditmas Park and we're finally bringing our free-spirited warbling to our favorite local on Cortelyou Road- Sycamore! While you dine on delicious brunch fare c/o Barry's Tempeh and sip on bloody marys, Opera on Tap's line-up of professional performers will regale you with some of opera's greatest hits. Expect love, expect wit, expect death, expect vengefulness, expect every emotion you can think of. It's opera. With your brunch. Cortelyou Road Radio will be there recording!
New Brew: Oktoberfest Kabarett
Wilkommen Mesdames et Messieurs, Meine Damen und Herren to New Brew's Oktoberfest Kabarett! We'll be offering our own brand of gemutlichkeit, complete with lusty tunes auf Deutsch, en Francais, and, of course, in English meant to tease, to taunt, and to tell a story as only New Brew can! We'll even toss in a drinking song or two as we throw a few back, but not before "ein prost!" Featuring our New Brew regulars: Seth Gilman, Anne Hiatt, Cameron Russell, and Krista Wozniak, with the indomitable Chris Berg on the keys. We'll be expecting du, du, und du! G'suffa!
Opera on Tap at DUMBOktoberfest
Archway Under The Manhattan Bridge
50 Adams St
Brooklyn, NY 11201 Map
We like to say that Opera on Tap puts the drama back in Oktoberfest... We like our wurst with a little angst, suffering, heartbreak, joy and a variety of other heightened emotions. We like to sing drinking songs too. Join us this October for lager and sausage with a side of Sturm und Drang. THURSDAY OKTOBER 1ST, 6-8pm: DUMBOktoberfest with Opera on Tap Live at the Archway! FREE MUSIC Beer, wine and bites provided by The Lighthouse Sponsored by The DUMBO Business Improvement District
Home Brewed Opera: Back to School Edition
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Straight from the tap, the Home Brewed Opera series presents engaging, immersive operatic concerts in a casual setting. This month, Opera on tap sings in the new school year with an A+ program of operatic excerpts all about learnin' . Grab a brew and join us! No cover! Featuring: Joanie Brittingham Sara Noble Joy Jones Brittany Fowler Sarah Nordin Lindell Carter and the inimitable Christopher Berg on piano Come for the opera, stay for the karaoke! Home brewed opera will be followed by LIVEBAND KARAOKE at 10:30 with the dirty sexy ensemble.
Bloody Maria Callas Brunch
Opera on Tap NYC
190 Ocean Pkwy #3
New York, NY 11218-2408 Map
Brunch: 12:30-3:30pm Opera: 1:00-3:00pm It just so happens that Opera on Tap is headquartered in Ditmas Park and we're finally bringing our free-spirited warbling to our favorite local on Cortelyou Road- Sycamore! While you dine on delicious brunch faire c/o Roswell and sip on bloody marys, Opera on Tap's line-up of professional performers will regale you with some of opera's greatest hits. Expect love, expect wit, expect death, expect vengefulness, expect every emotion you can think of. It's opera. With your brunch. Cortelyou Road Radio will be there recording!
Home Brewed Opera: Summer of Love
Opera on Tap NYC
190 Ocean Pkwy #3
New York, NY 11218-2408 Map
Thanks to the Supremes' decision, this is officially the Summer of LOVE. Join Opera on Tap to celebrate with a night of operatic favorites about love in every shade. Then join the Dirty, Sexy, Jazzy Ensemble after the concert to belt out YOUR favorites love-songs at LIVE BAND Karaoke. Artists: Joanie Brittingham Lindell Carter Denise Crawfort Seth Gilman Sarah Greenspan Elise Jablow Ming Kwong
The Inner Circle LIVE at F*ckfest!
The Brick Theater
579 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211 Map
Tuesday, 6/23 – 7 PM Friday, 6/26 – 9 PM Saturday, 6/27 – 1 PM Monday, 6/29 – 9 PM www.theinnercircleopera.com Opera on Tap presents scenes from "The Inner Circle", a new opera based on T.C. Boyle's book about sex-researcher Alfred Kinsey and his inner circle of lovers and colleagues at the University of Indiana in the mid-20th century. In the 1940s and 50s, Doctor Alfred Kinsey genuinely shocked the world by suggesting that everyone—men and women alike—craved, enjoyed and even had sex. Kinsey’s ideas, forged from his background as an entomologist and his extensive, often hands-on, research into human sexuality changed the world and the way we see our sexual selves. With a dynamic, brand new score by the "fascinating and engaging" (Washington Post) composer Daniel Felsenfeld and a smart and emotionally compelling libretto by Kate Gale, "The Inner Circle" charts the rise and fall of Kinsey’s sexual utopia, addressing in bold ways notions of monogamy versus fidelity, man versus woman, and ultimately the search for what makes us more than just human animals. Opera on Tap will be kicking off the evening with burlesque performances and naked readings curated by “The Girl with the 44DD brain” Nasty Canasta hailed as "Brooklyn’s greatest burlesque star” (The Brooklyn Paper). Excerpts from the Kinsey reports and our own audience sex-survey will be read… naked. Come for the music, the story, the dancing, the nudity, the history. Come to learn about yourself. Come as often as you like. Just don’t miss out! Hailed as “raucous and sublime”, Opera on Tap has been bringing opera to the un-initiated in bars and other alternative spaces since 2005. The Inner Circle Music by Daniel Felsenfeld Libretto by Kate Gale Directed by Joseph Hendel Music Direction by Mila Henry Costumes: Erika Munro Lighting: Gertjan Houben Sets: John Pizza Cast: Maria Elena Armijo Chelsea Feltman Joy Jones Andrew Luzania Heather Michele Meyer Cameron Russell Patricia Vital Matthew Yohn See you there!
Dance Your Pants Off With Opera on Tap June 5th!
It's a swingin' Happy Hour benefiting opera education for kids and grown-ups! Dance along as Opera on Tap's New Brewers and the Dirty, Sexy, Jazzy Ensemble cross paths singing hot new arrangements of classic opera tunes interspersed with some swingin' dance tunes to get you hoppin'. $100- You're the Big Opera Bopper!- Prosecco Welcome, one additional drink ticket, personal dance lesson with Mark Morris Dance instructor Nicole Restani and a complimentary Opera on Tap T-Shirt! $50- You're the Doo Opera Whopper!-One complimentary drink, a group lesson with Mark Morris Dance instructor Nicole Restani, and a complimentary Opera on Tap T-Shirt! $25- You're the Sock Opera Hopper!- Dance the night away, have a listen and partake in a group dance lesson with Mark Morris Dance instructor Nicole Restani! Drinks and t-shirts available for purchase! SPONSORED BY SLOPE CELLARS AND SMUTTYNOSE BREWING, CO.
Home Brewed Opera: English Edition
Freddy's bar and backroom (627 5th avenue, Brooklyn) Map
We know sometimes opera can get lost in translation, so on May 14th Opera on Tap brings you a night of opera you can understand. This performance features our fabulous opera-on-tappers singing hilarious new English translations of standard arias for modern times by lyricist Maggie Baer. PLUS we turn to the internet for inspiration and bring you the most profound thoughts from the twitter-verse, performed operatically. Grab a brew and join us! Featuring: Joanie Brittingham Denise Crawfort Sidney Dixon Brittany Fowler Elise Jablow Joy Jones Sara Noble and Mila Henry on the keys.
Sex! Comedy! Economics!: An evening with Trav S.D. (and Friends)
New Brew Performs Select Scenes From: The Curse of the Rat King: Trav S.D. (libretto) and David Mallamud (music) have been collaborating on this campy comic opera since 2010. It is a post-modern mash-up of Universal horror films, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, the writings of Sigmund Freud, and numerous other elements. On the bill with him will be selections from Three Way, by David Cote (libretto) and Robert Paterson (music), which has been described as “a kind of NC-17 Il trittico”, and two works with lyrics by UTC#61’s Edward Einhorn: The Velvet Oratorio (music by Henry Akona) and Money Lab (music by Avner Finberg). The Curse of the Rat King libretto: Trav SD music: David Mallamud Three Way libretto: David Cote music: Robert Paterson The Velvet Oratorio libretto: Edward Einhorn music: Henry Akona Money Lab libretto: Edward Einhorn music: Avner Finberg Featuring David Gordon, Seth Gilman, Anne Hiatt, David Macaluso, Cameron Russell, and Krista Wozniak with Christopher Berg tinkling the piano keys. Who and What is TRAV S.D. ? Writer and performer Trav S.D.'s most recent play was the just-closed, critically acclaimed "Horseplay, or The Fickle Mistress" at La Mama's Ellen Stewart Theatre, featuring Molly Pope, Everett Quinton and Jan Leslie Harding. Prior to that, he produced and directed the first revival in history of the Marx Brothers' first Broadway show "I'll Say She Is", a sold-out hit of the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival. He has presented his own plays, vaudeville revues and solo shows at such venues as Joe's Pub, La Mama, Dixon Place, Theater for the New City, the Ohio Theatre, HERE Arts Center and the Brick. He is perhaps best known for his 2005 book "No Applause: Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous", and his popular show biz blog Travalanche.
Home Brewed Opera: History Edition
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Opera on Tap presents an irreverent romp through the History of Opera. Join our opera-on-tappers as they give you the skinny on 415 years of music in 70 minutes. From Purcell to Puccini and beyond, enjoy a whirlwind tour of Opera through the ages. Followed by LIVEBAND Karaoke at 10:30pm. Director: Paul Bedard Producer: Elise Jablow Pianist: Mila Henry Singers: Angie Dinkelman Lindell O. Carter Rachel Policar Alyssa Bowlby Joanie Brittingham Joy Jones Followed by LIVEBAND Karaoke at 10:30pm.
New Brew goes to Michigan
Michigan. The Great Lakes State. Home to Motown records, Eminem, Madonna, and Iggy Pop. Famous for... well.. we'll let New Brew tell you all about that. On February 6th, New Brew will share their love of the Wolverine State with a program of music from, about, or related to the Great State of Michigan, featuring selections by our very own Christopher Berg, William Bolcom, William Flanagan, Irving Berlin and many more. Featuring: David Gordon, Annie Hiatt, Seth Gilman, Alex Guerrero, and Krista Wozniak, with Maestro Berg on the keys. Suggested donation: $10 **We are proud to list Bell's Brewery, Inc. (Official) as an official sponsor of this performance! Bell’s will be on hand with discounted drink offerings and other fun goodies throughout the show. Don’t miss this opportunity to pair some mighty fine music with some mighty fine beers!!!** http://bellsbeer.com/events-2/?select=1&pkeyEventID=5863
Home Brewed Opera: New Years Edition
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
We'll be channeling the lighter side of opera with a night of hits from musical theater and operetta. Help us usher in 2015 operatically and join us in toasting your new year's resolutions before you put them back on the shelf! Followed by LIVEBAND Karaoke!
New Brew presents Last Call
In a show full of favorite songs and favorite people, long time New Brew member Delea Shand curates one last show before leaving NYC and crossing the pond back to England. Performances by: Delea Shand, Cameron Russell, Krista Wozniak, Alex Guerrero, Seth Gilman, and David Gordon, with Karl Larsen on piano. Music by: Gilda Lyons, Matt Marks, Chris Berg, Andre Previn, Benjamin Britten, Vaughn Williams, Stephen Sondheim, and even a few selections from the hilarious and controversial "Jerry Springer the Opera." You don't want to miss it!
Home Brewed Opera: OKCupid Edition
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Would you date Carmen? How about Rodolfo? Home Brewed Opera: OKCupid Edition explores this question: How would characters from opera fare in the world of online dating? Join us for the heartbreak, missed connections, and hilarity of the dating world with an operatic twist. Directed by Rachel Benoit Featuring: Sarah Nordin Erik Bagger Rachel Policar Erika Hennings Andrew Luzania Augusta Caso Lindell O. Carter Michelle Seipel and Amir Khosrowpour on piano And stick around for LIVEBAND KARAOKE afterwords!!
New Brew presents The Rocky Horror OPERA Show
Opera On Tap’s New Brew is back at Barbès for a horrifying evening of desperation, fear, excitement and beer! It’s the Rocky Horror Opera Show! Sure it’s 21 days early, but no time like the present to celebrate in dramatic style. There will be costumes, minor-second intervals, imbibing and possibly even an on-stage fight. You’ll hear music from composers Ives, Britten, Mallamud, Weill, Vigelund, Weird Al Yankovic, plus a few pages from New Brew member Kamala Sankaram’s Murder On Beverley Road, a glimpse into the amazing world of New Brew pianist Chris Berg, and a premiere from New Brew groupie Jeff Hudgins. Screamed (Sung) by the fabulous David Gordon, Alex Guerrero, Anne Hiatt, Cameron Russell, Kamala Sankaram, Delea Shand and Krista Wozniak, with piano by Chris Berg. See you there! $10 suggested donation
Home Brewed Opera: Fall Favorites Edition
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Have a Stella with that Strauss! How about some Bellini and a Bud? Sit back and toast the Fall as our Opera-on-Tappers serenade you with their favorite opera arias. PLUS stick around for LIVEBAND Karaoke afterwords with the Dirty Sexy Ensemble No Cover. For more info visit http://www.operaontap.org/newyork/
SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story (FringeNYC)
The Celebration Of Whimsy
21-A Clinton St (Between Houston & Stanton)
New York, NY 10002 Map
To drink or not to drink? THAT is the question. Giving a new spin to the strong leading lady, SMASHED is a beer-soaked, absurdly comic opera loosely based on the hatchet-wielding temperance leader Carrie Nation. Raise your frothy brew high! BUY TIX AT www.smashedtheopera.com Saturday 8/9 @ 1:45pm Sunday 8/10 @ 6:30pm Tuesday 8/12 @ 3pm Wednesday 8/13 @ 7:45pm Friday 8/15 @ 9:30pm
New Brew presents Summoning Fire: Directed Improvisations for Voice
On Friday, August 8, 2014 at 8:00pm, new brew will present an exhilarating program of directed improvisatory pieces for voice curated by composer Gilda Lyons and featuring the vocal fireworks of Anne Hiatt, Gilda Lyons, Kamala Sankaram, and Delea Shand Program: Stinging, Ringing Bells* — Juhi Bansal Aria — John Cage Ave Maria — Ruth Cunningham Fukushima Prayer* — Paula M. Kimper Newspaper Music — Alison Knowles A Manual for the Use of Wings — Gilda Lyons Really, Really Popular Songs* — Gilda Lyons Devi* — Kamala Sankaram Lullaby for Daisy Pauline — Pauline Oliveros Two Linen Handkerchiefs* — Glen Roven Smolder* — Ken Steen * world premiere Join New Brew for a stunning night of music and fun! $10 suggested donation
Home Brewed Opera: Summer JAMZ Edition
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
It's Summertime and the livin' is easy… On July 10th, Opera On Tap celebrates the season with Home Brewed Opera: Summer JAMZ Edition. Join our swingin' singers for a romantic and flirty night of arias – with some surprise pairings of our favorite pop songs! Make sure to come dressed in your best summer beach attire – prizes will be given for the best outfit! No cover! And after the concert, show off YOUR favorite summer jamz at LIVEBAND KARAOKE with the Dirty Sexy Ensemble!
New Brew sings New York
After quite the rough winter, summer is almost upon us in NYC, so what better way to spend your Friday June 13th than with an icy cold pint and fresh music from Opera On Tap's New Brew! Join us as we celebrate the city that never sleeps with an evening of American songs by New Yorkers spanning this century and last, curated by tenor Paul Sperry. Featured composers will include Samuel Barber, Paul Bowles, Tom Cipullo, John Corigliano, Vernon Duke, William Flanagan, Richard Hundley, Tom Lehrer, John Musto, Ned Rorem, William Schumann, David Sisco, Warren Michael Swenson, Virgil Thomson, and Hugo Weisgall, with New Brew’s own Christopher Berg on the ivories. Featuring the vocal stylings of Delea Shand, Seth Gilman, David Gordon, Anne Hiatt, Evan McCormick, and Cameron Russell.
Home Brewed Opera: Audience Choice Edition
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Can't afford a ticket to the MET? Don't worry! We're going to bring the glitz and glamour straight to you Opera-on-Tap-style with our very own Audience Choice Awards on May 8th! Our divas and divos will be serenading you with an unforgettable night of Opera's Greatest Hits (chosen by our fans)! Join us to vote for your favorite singers, win fantastic raffle prizes, participate in sing-a-longs and drinking games, and more... And don't miss LIVEBAND KARAOKE following the concert with the Dirty Sexy Ensemble! Featuring: Erik Bagger, David Baldwin, Denise Crawfort, Brittany Fowler, Sarah Greenspan, Kristopher Herron, Andrew Luzania, and Monica Pasquini with Christopher Berg on the ivories. No cover!
New Brew sings Trois Operas-Minutes
For this very special evening, New Brew is going to dig back to its operatic roots! But, we don't have no time for some stinking five-act grand opera! If we're going to do the O-thang, it had better be short and sweet. Or sour, or bitter, or downright toxic, but definitely short. Like, ten minutes or less. Bring your sweet bippies and best friends for a night of mini-operatic goodness by Gilda Lyons, Christian McLeer, Judith Weir and Karen Siegel. But take the Doctor's orders, and don't blink: blink and you may miss one. $10 suggested donation. Featuring: Anne Hiatt, Kamala Sankaram, Alex Guerrero, Seth Gilman, Delea Shand, Krista Wozniak, Cameron Russell, and Alison Cheeseman with Chris Berg at the piano.
Home Brewed Opera: Seasonal Brew
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Is it Spring Yet??? For our second installment of Home Brewed Opera, we’re pouring a seasonal brew created just for you! That darned groundhog may have predicted 6 more weeks, but that won't stop us from conjuring up some operatic magic to bring on spring more quickly! And stick around after for LIVEBAND KARAOKE at 10:30pm. We’ll bring the band, you bring the talent! No cover!
New Brew Sings Anti-Love Duets
Join New Brew this Feb. 14 as we honor the letter of the holiday, but definitely NOT the spirit. Saint Valentine would have hated each and every one of us! Valentine's Day isn't actually a holiday invented by Hallmark, but it might as well be... Its roots go back surprisingly far — even Chaucer thought it was lame! Oh, we'll be singing duets all right—they'll just be duets about smoking and suicide and indecipherable languages and hitting dogs with babies. You know, songs to accompany a painful martyrdom. Yes, yes, maybe one or two songs about love might somehow slip in there too, but we promise to be drunk and surly about them. Don't you think you should join us? $10 suggested donation
Opera on Tap presents: HOME BREWED OPERA
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
On January 9th, 6 singers, 1 director, and YOU (the audience) will collaborate to home-brew a one-of-a-kind opera. In the good ol’ tradition of Iron Chef, our Brew Master will be tasked with creating an improvised opera using ingredients selected by our audience on the night of the event! Feel free to keep adding ingredients below! We will tally them on January 8th. We're looking for ingredients from your favorite operas, or opera in general. No theme is too large, no prop is too small!
A New Brew Holiday Cocktail Affair
It's the holidays! –time for happiness, cheer, and good will to all! —Or is it? Amid all the merry-making and rush, New Brew will tell you what's really on their minds, as well as invite you to sing along on a few classic favorites. Eat, drink, and join us for the New Brew Cocktail Holiday Affair! Music By: Tom Cipullo, Raphael Fusco, Boresi and Hilliard and Susan Hwang $10 suggested donation
SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
CARRIE NATION EXITS THE THEATRE...AND HEADS TO THE BAR! Bringing the hatchet-wielding icon of the temperance movement quite literally to life, Brooklyn-based company Opera on Tap presents its hit production of James Barry's SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story at the iconic Brooklyn watering hole and cultural hub Freddy's Bar and Backroom in a fully immersive, all-bar-encompassing version of the production. Giving a new spin to the operatic mainstay of the strong leading lady, SMASHED is an absurdist take on the life of Carrie Nation, a radical turn-of-the-century teetotaler who furthered her cause through vandalism –namely, attacking drinking establishments with a hatchet. With stage direction by Jenny Lee Mitchell (Founder of TheaterTHE), musical direction from Mila Henry (American Opera Projects), and costumes by Ramona Ponce, the production will feature Michael Bragg, Kayleigh Butcher, Joseph Flaxman, Seth Gilman, Christiana Little, Cameron Russell, Patricia Vital, Merlyn Wolf as the narrator, and Krista Wozniak as Carrie Nation. For more information go to www.SmashedTheOpera.com
Tapas! Drinks! and Opera!
488 10th Street Brooklyn NY 11215 Map
Tapas prepared by Chef Maria Cabezas Beverages provided by Slope Cellars Entertainment provided by Opera on Tap! $50 admission includes all of the above, AND all proceeds go to OOT's Fall and Winter Season of Opera Awesomeness! *Cash, check and credit card will be accepted at the door. Email Anne@OperaonTap.com to RSVP
New Brew presents Ladies’ Night
It's LADIES' NIGHT at Barbes!! Come help us celebrate all the amazing female composers we love so much at New Brew! Music by: Judith Weir, Cathy Berberian, Gilda Lyons, Kirsten Volness, Rachel Peters, Justine Chen, Rachel Trapp, Jessica Rudman, and Amanda Feery. $10 suggested donation With performances by: Kayleigh Butcher, Alex Guerrero, Seth Gilman, David Gordon, Anne Hiatt, Cameron Russell, Delea Shand, with Chris Berg at the piano.
Family Feud
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Every family has its issues...We just like to sing about ours! Join us as our opera-on-tappers hash it out at Freddy's Bar and Backroom September 12th @ 9pm. No cover!
New Brew Gets a Brazilian
An exploration of Romance and cultural intercourse. Opera on Tap's New Brewers spice things up with music from Brazil and elsewhere in greater Latin America by composers Kevin Boursiquot, André Brégégère, Antônio Carlos Gomes, Jerry Dadap, Alex Guerrero, Jorge Martin, Angelica Negron, Jorge Sosa, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Leaha Maria Villareal. New Brew members: Kayleigh Butcher, Alex Guerrero, Seth Gilman, David Gordon, Anne Hiatt, Cameron Russell, Kamala Sankaram, Delea Shand, and Krista Wozniak. Special guests will include Angelica Negron, Evan McCormick, Chris Berg, and Jordan Dodson. Tickets: $10 Suggested donation
It’s Too Darn Hot!
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Freddy's is going to sizzle as our opera-on-tappers bring the heat July 11th @ 9pm. Enjoy a cold brew with these sultry singers and see just how hot opera can be! No cover!
Creme de la Creme: A Night of French Song
Did you know Barbes is actually a neighborhood in northern Paris? Well, Opera on Tap's New Brew is taking Barbes back to its roots with a night of French song, with music by Kyle Werner, Chris Berg, Messaien, Satie, Debussy, Bernstein, Lily Boulanger, and Milhaud. From the avant-garde to the cabaret, these songs will make you want to laugh, cry, smoke, and eat and drink wine and cheese for the rest of your life. Join us at Barbes on Friday, June 7th at 8pm and who knows? Maybe some New Brew-badours will even do some Cancan for you? New Brew is Kayleigh Bouchère, Alex Guerrero, Seth Gilman, David Gordon, Anne Hiatt, Cameron Russell, Kamala Sankaram, Delea Shand, Krista Wozniak, and Karl Larson will join us on piano.
New Brew presents…. Dirty Sexy Jazzy
Opera on Tap's New Brewers engage jazzers in a naughty crossover dance doused with high-octane cocktails. Featuring jazzy arrangements of opera tunes by Christopher Berg, Drew Fleming, Ezra Gale, Jeff Hudgins, Mitch Marcus and Kamala Sankaram. And a few often-heard ditties that live in the jazzy/ opera crossover universe already. Featuring: Ensemble New Brew with Shawn Baltazor, Christopher Berg, Ezra Gale, Jeff Hudgins, Mitch Marcus, Kamala Sankaram and Adam Smale. New Brew is Kayleigh Butcher, Alex Guerrero, Seth Gilman, David Gordon, Anne Hiatt, Cameron Russell, Kamala Sankaram, Delea Shand, and Krista Wozniak
Bitchy Sopranos vs. Angelic Mezzos
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
You know that old saying about an angel and a devil on your shoulder? Well, what if they could sing? Come join us as the super-attitude-filled-sopranos take on the sweet-and-well-mannered-mezzos in a night you won’t want to miss. Whether you’re a diva, a diva-in-training, or a wannabe, bring your attitude and cheer on our singers at Freddy’s Bar @ 9pm on May 9th. No Cover!
SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story at HERE
HERE Arts Center
145 6th Ave
New York, NY 10013 Map
Opera on Tap will present their first full production, SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story by James Barry and Timothy Braun, which premieres April 4-6 at HERE Arts Center in the Dorothy B. Williams Theater. Based loosely on the life and memoirs of temperance leader Carrie A. Nation, this absurd opera about drinking booze (and about the people who don't) was commissioned by Opera on Tap for the inauguration of its Roadworks Series. Wanna help us out? We're on Indiegogo! http://igg.me/at/smashed/cstw For more information go to www.smashedtheopera.com Like our page: https://www.facebook.com/SmashedTheCarrieNationStory and follow @CarrieNationNYC Credits: Music by James Barry Libretto by Timothy Braun Produced by Opera on Tap Stage Director: Jenny Lee Mitchell Assistant Stage Director: Daniela Hart Musical Director: Mila Henry Conductor: Conrad Chu Set design: John Peery Light design: Christopher Weston Costumes: Ramona Ponce Associate Producer: Sara Noble Cast: Lynn Berg Michael Bragg Kayleigh Butcher Joseph Flaxman Seth Gilman Christiana Little Cameron Russell Patricia Vital Krista Wozniak
OPERAtion Brooklyn: WINDOWS, DECORATION, SMASHED
American Opera Projects
138 S Oxford St Ste 3B
Brooklyn, NY 11217 Map
AOP and Opera on Tap present OPERAtion Brooklyn OPERAtion Brooklyn is the semi-annual series that highlights Brooklyn as the cultural epicenter for progressive new works of opera and classical music. The hip and casual environment of the venue, low ticket price and fusion of artistic genres and styles makes OPERAtion Brooklyn the best place to experience an old art form being re-imagined by young composers and performers. American Opera Projects and Opera on Tap are on a mission. That mission is OPERAtion Brooklyn. “a vital series” – TimeOut NY Featuring: WINDOWS Music by Zach Redler, Libretto by Sara Cooper Featuring performances by Sumayya Ali, Amelia Watkins, Jeffrey Gavett, Justin Hopkins, Brittney Redler, and Etai BenShlomo Noah Himmelstein, director Mila Henry, piano From a prostitute who is desperately in love with her pimp to a teenage father whose baby will just not stop crying, six monodramas look at characters dealing with unrequited love. Developed during AOP's Composers & the Voice program. SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story (excerpts) Music by James Barry, Libretto by Timothy Braun Directed by Jenny Lee Mitchell Featuring performances by Patricia Vital, Michael Bragg, Seth Gilman, Cameron Russell, Christiana Little, Kayleigh Butcher, Joseph Flaxman, Lynn Berg as the narrator, and Krista Wozniak as Carrie Nation Conrad Chu, conductor Mila Henry, piano Opera on Tap pours a shot from its first ever full production of an original opera premiering April 4-6! Based loosely on the life and memoirs of temperance leader Carrie A. Nation, this absurdly comic opera about drinking booze (and about the people who don't) was commissioned by Opera on Tap for the inauguration of its Roadworks Series. DECORATION – Act II, Scene I in collaboration with Manhattan School of Music and Opera Index Music by Mikael Karlsson, Libretto by the composer and David Flodén Featuring performances by Rebecca Ringle, Margreth Fredheim, Jason Cox and Raehann Bryce-Davis Directed by Caren France Scott Rednour, piano As the world braces for the end of space/time, two sisters – one pregnant, one dying – confront rabbits, diapers and whether life is worth the effort. The opera was selected for performance at MSM from AOP's Composers & the Voice: Six Scenes program in September 2012. More info... MORE INFO: www.operationbrooklyn.com
Beware the Ides of March – Theme of the Month
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Beware the Ides of March…and that soprano behind you! This March 14th at Freddys, Opera on Tap celebrates the devious, the debauched, and the delightfully murderous characters in opera. Nothing makes an opera more exciting than a plot to overthrow the king, a good murder, and high notes that can kill. Join us as we toast the not-so-nice guys and gals of opera! Show kicks off at 9pm. No cover!
Delusional Attempts At New Beginnings
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
It’s January. What better time to start fresh then right at the beginning of a New Year? Give up coffee! Hit the gym! Start meditating every day! Start budgeting! Stop drinking! Wash your hands of that dysfunctional relationship once and for all!!!.... and fail. This January 10th at Freddys, Opera on Tappers celebrate those characters in opera who give the ole college try at new beginnings. Join us for some frosty brews and misguided attempts at self-improvement! Show kicks off at 9pm. No cover!
SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story Workshop
OPERA America
330 7th Ave, Fl 7th
New York, NY 10001 Map
Please join us December 14 at 8pm, at the The National Opera Center (Opera America), for a workshop performance of SMASHED: The Carrie Nation Story. A comic opera about drinking booze (and about those people who don't drink booze). Music James Barry, libretto Timothy Braun. Commissioned by Opera on Tap for its Roadworks Series. Featuring Krista Wozniak & Matthew Curran and narrator Stephen Thornton – with Kayleigh Butcher, Seth Gilman, Bevin Hill, Allison Linker, Evan McCormick, Patricia Vital. Director: Kathleen Stakenas Music Director: Mila Henry Producer: Anne Hiatt ABOUT THE OPERA Carry A. Nation (1846-1911), an intelligent, combative, amusing, and driven woman, stood almost 6 feet tall, weighed-in around 175 pounds, was a member of the temperance movement in the US which opposed alcohol in pre-Prohibition America. Nation described herself as "a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus, barking at what He doesn't like.” Her protests of alcohol-serving establishments began with simple actions such as entering a saloon and greeting bartenders, "good morning, destroyer of men's souls,” while serenading the patrons with hymns on a hand organ. Annoying, if not unremarkable. Soon the methods escalated. Alone or accompanied by a group of hymn-singing followers, she would march into a bar, and sing and pray while smashing the bar stock with a hatchet. She was arrested more than 30 times for "hatchetations,” between 1900 and 1910. The jail fines were paid from her successful lecture-tour fees and sales of souvenir hatchets.
Oktoberfest 2012
It's that time of year again. The weather is turning, the leaves are changing, and beer and sausage never sounded so good. Oh wait! It sounds so much better with opera! We've got a whole bunch of productions lined up for the fall and winter and we need your help to make them the best they can possibly be! Come on out to our Oktoberfest fundraiser, feel great about supporting OOT and enjoy delicious food and beverages while Opera on Tappers regale you with song! Space is limited, so buy your tickets now! : http://www.operaontap.org/newyork CAN'T MAKE IT? Consider making a donation to OOT anyway and we'll give you a big sloppy operatic kiss the next time we see you at one of our shows!: http://www.operaontap.org/donate-general-operating
Vice Night II
From the cheeky to the sexually alarming, from the desperate to the insatiable, from the lonely to the completely paranoid, Vice Night is an evening of art song and aria dedicated to ferreting out the dirty little secrets of humanity. Curated and hosted by composer Daniel Felsenfeld, who might (or might not, depending on who is in the house) reveal a few dark ideas of his own. Featuring music by: Dominick Argento Danny Felsenfeld Gilda Lyons WA Mozart Rachel Peters Francis Poulenc Stephen Sondheim Kurt Weill
This October Show your Love for Barroom Opera! Support OOT!
HELP US CONTINUE TO FULFILL OUR MISSION AND EXPAND UPON IT BY MAKING A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION NOW to Opera on Tap: http://www.operaontap.org/donate-general-operating THERE IS A NEW BREED OF OPERA SINGER. And we’re popping up all over the country.Whether you find us on the cover of Seattle Weekly, in the LA Times, the Denver Post, the Chicago Reader, the NY Times, the NY Daily News, the Times-Picayune, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, on NPR. or in any number of music blogs. Whether you be in Ann Arbor, MI or Denton Texas, Atlanta or Minneapolis, Los Angeles or San Francisco, Boston or NYC, we’re there.. How to recognize us? We’re the opera singer at the bar who’s easy to talk to, wants to share what they know with you, wants to drink you under the table, sing Happy Birthday to your friend or welcome you to Valhalla with a beer and some cozy slippers. We might be wearing costumes or jeans. Most likely we’ll be donning viking helmets. But whatever we do, we’re going to be singing some opera for you and for little to no money at all. WE ARE UNITED IN OUR MISSION to bring opera to everyone, and that means you, your kid, your mom, your grandpa, your long lost Aunt Millie. All of you, no matter how fancy you are or deign yourself to be or how no-nonsense/no frills.. And we do this through our local to global philosophy and strategy. Whether you have a southern drawl, a Texas twang, habla español, or dream in Newton slang, we speak your language. AND GUESS WHAT? We’re a national non-profit organization. We dole out scholarships to singers who need assistance with tuition in Atlanta. We champion new works by living composers in Minneapolis and NYC. When we want to make our opera grander we partner with other really awesome companies with the same ideas in mind (American Composers Forum, American Opera Projects, Beth Morrison Projects, Classical Revolution, New Orleans Opera Association, Opera America, and VisionIntoArt to name a few). We commission new operas and are getting ready to tour them across the country. We raise our voices to raise money for charity in Boston, Denver, and Seattle. We go into under-served schools and help kids produce and perform opera themselves in Brooklyn (AKA Barber in Bushwick). This October our goal is to raise $10,000 to help us realize our vision for our national projects by expanding our capacity building initiatives. HELP US CONTINUE TO FULFILL OUR MISSION AND EXPAND UPON IT BY MAKING A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION NOW to Opera on Tap: http://www.operaontap.org/donate-general-operating OR ATTEND AN UPCOMING OOT OKTOBERFEST NEAR YOU!: Chicago: October 4th operaontap.org/chicago NYC: October 6th operaontap.org/newyork Denver: October 17th operaontap.org/colorado Seattle: October 28th operaontap.org/seattle
BRIDES ON FIRE!
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
Besides the fact that weddings are inherently stressful, they make money bleed like crazy, there are crazy parents to deal with, in-laws, ex-lovers, skeletons in the closet, sexy conniving non-virtuous mezzos, etc. And on top of all that, half the time you’re being forced to marry a farty old man that you find utterly repulsive! And the kicker? You only get to wear that damn dress once! BUT WAIT! This September Opera on Tap pays tribute to the burning brides of opera! Nobody puts the drama in a wedding like opera brides! And in celebration, we’re busting out our wedding dresses one more time and we invite you to do the same. Join us at Freddys, wear your wedding gown (or hell, that perriwinkle bridesmaid’s dress that’s hanging in the back of your closet) and throw back some beers as we regale you with wedding-centric arias. Boys, feel free to bust out your best monkey suit! Show kicks off at 9pm. No cover!
OPERAtion Brooklyn at the BEAT Festival
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, NY 11201 Map
Opera on Tap and American Opera Projects team up again to bring OPERAtion Brooklyn to the newly launched BEAT festival! The festival, which aims to showcase Brooklyn’s most innovative and forward-thinking emerging artists in theater, dance and voice, will be held from September 12-23 with performances in venues throughout the borough. This exciting program will include the world premiere of Daniel Felsenfeld’s song cycle A Genuine Willingness to Help (Book 1), which features texts by Brooklyn authors, as well as songs from the indie outfit One Ring Zero, and new scenes from American Opera Project’s series, Composers & the Voice.
Performances:
Thursday Sept. 13 – 7:30PM
Flatbush Reformed Church
890 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush
Wednesday, Sept. 19 – 7:30PM
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
58 7th Avenue, Park Slope
Saturday, Sept. 22 – 7:30 PM
The Irondale Center
85 S. Oxford Street, Ft Greene
Tickets:
$20 (beatbrooklyn.com) as well as a limited amount of tickets that will be sold at the door for a suggested donation of $20
The concerts on the 19th and 22nd will also be featured as part of the Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Events. (www.brooklynbookfestival.org)
The Program:
A Genuine Willingness to Help (Book 1) – Daniel Felsenfeld
Raw Footage – Daniel Felsenfeld
Songs by One Ring Zero
Male Identity – Zach Redler and librettist Sara Cooper
Stop and Frisk – Sidney Marquez Boquiren and librettist Daniel Neer
The Performers:
Kayleigh Butcher, mezzo-soprano
Marcy Richardson, soprano
Delea Shand, soprano
Brandon Snook, tenor
Justin Hopkins, Bass
Jorrell Williams, baritone
Yoon Jae Lee, conductor
Noah Himmelstein, stage director
Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, piano
Mila Henry, piano
More information about the program:
http://www.operationbrooklyn.com/sept-2012/
More information about the BEAT festival: www.beatbrooklyn.com
Dirty Sexy Jazzy
Opera on Tap's New Brewers engage jazzers in a naughty crossover dance doused with high-octane cocktails. Featuring never-before-heard jazzy arrangements of opera tunes by Drew Fleming, Ezra Gale, Jeff Hudgins, Mitch Marcus and Kamala Sankaram. And a few often-heard ditties that live in the jazzy/ opera crossover universe already. Featuring: Ensemble New Brew with Alissa Hunnicutt, Kayleigh Butcher, Drew Fleming, Ezra Gale, Jeff Hudgins, and Mitch Marcus. New Brew is Seth Gilman, Anne Hiatt, Cameron Russell, Delea Shand, Krista Wozniak and Kamala Sankaram $10 Suggested Donation
HOT & STEAMY
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
The season beckons us back to the age old Opera on Tap theme of Hot & Steamy this July 12th at Freddy’s! What better way to wile away those oppressively hot and windless July hours than with some steamy opera tunes and frosty beverages? OOTers will regale you with some of opera’s lushest, sexiest, most-drippiest arias and duets whilst you quench your thirst with cool, high-octane concoctions and hoppy delights as only Freddys can serve them up. Show kicks off at 9pm. NO COVER! Clothing optional!
RECORD PARTY
RECORD PARTY. Let’s pretend it’s Friday night, 1988, you are hanging out with friends at your apartment, drinking, maybe a little more. There is a record player, and the new fancy Christmas present, a cd player. Guests have come with LPs and CDs to share new and/or favorite pieces of music. Except, tonight we are doing the record party live, with the composers of the music being played here with us. COMPOSERS James Barry Tom Cipullo Wally Gunn Matt Van Brink Kyle Werner FEATURING Kamala Sankaram Delea Shand Anne Hiatt Cameron Russell Krista Wozniak Seth Gilman David Schmidt Mila Henry Tom Cipullo Melissa Tong
Let’s Get Depressed! Then Medicate!
Sure sure. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, but come’on, who are we kidding? There’s still plenty to be depressed about. Springtime means renewal, which for some can mean new relationships and major life changes. This translates to others being left in the dust, doomed to sadness, despair and bewilderment. Nevermind the relentlessly dismal economy and less than palatable political scene. Opera on Tap is happy to provide the best remedy: frosty beers, goodbye arias (with some hopeful arias thrown in the mix to pep things up), and sing-along drinking songs! Get yourself on the fast track to happiness with OOT! Show kicks off at 9pm. No Cover!
FREAKY FRIDAY: Strange Characters! Bad Luck!
New Brew Presents: FREAKY FRIDAY: Strange Characters! Bad Luck! In honor of Friday the 13th, New Brewer Kamala Sankaram curates an evening of song featuring strange characters with extremely bad luck! Featuring Music by: Seth Bedford Bob Windbiel Adam Levine Jeff Hudgins Justine Chen Michael Hearst David Mallamud Patrick Grant Kamala Sankaram with additional music by Charles Ives, Kurt Weill, and Weird Al Yankovic With performances by: Seth Gilman Anne Hiatt Kamala Sankaram Delea Shand Krista Wozniak
The Inner Circle: A Libretto Reading
the cell
338 W 23rd St
New York, NY 10011 Map
Join us at the cell for a live libretto reading of The Inner Circle, an opera newly commissioned by Opera on Tap as part of its Roadworks Series. Libretto by Kate Gale Music to be composed by Daniel Felsenfeld Reading Directed by Kira Simring ABOUT THE INNER CIRCLE: Can there be a timelier subject for an opera than Dr. Kinsey? The controversial Svengali or hero (depending on who you ask) who either enlightened or corrupted a captivated culture (also depending on who you ask), whose name we know but whose legacy has yet to be fully or appropriately explored, especially on the operatic stage. The story, while universal, is also one of the great archetypal American social tragedies: the rise-and-fall of the ahead-of-his-time thinker, the groundbreaker who had to labor in semi-secret in the face of a culture that simply did not understand. Kinsey’s story is about the very discovery of—or at least the discussion of—sex in what was then a far more puritanical country, and it is a subject to which opera is ideally suited and yet with which it has a complicated history (opera audiences being, at least as popular assessments would have it, essentially conservative). T.C. Boyle’s take of Kinsey is more nuanced—he tells the tale not through the voice of the protagonist, but through John, one of his associates, a trusted ally and researcher, one of the many whose lives were overturned by their association with the (in)famous Doctor Sex. Commissioned and produced by Opera on Tap, incubation by the cell.
OPERAtion Brooklyn: Curiouser & Curiouser
Galapagos Art Space
123 Highland St
Detroit, MI 11201 Map
MARCH 25TH & 26TH, 2012- CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER An Opera-Burlesque Circus in Wonderland In celebration of his 75th birthday in March, David Del Tredici, the composer whose name has become synonymous with "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," will perform his rarely-seen "Haddocks' Eyes" at a two-evening Alice-themed opera-burlesque party at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn. The event will be the latest showcase of contemporary opera from Opera on Tap and American Opera Projects, two Brooklyn opera companies who have been artists-in-residence at Galapagos since 2009. Composers Manly Romero and Susan Botti will also be on hand to present music from their Alice-inspired operas alongside Rita MenWeep's burlesque-circus "Through the Peeping Glass." Part of AOP's new collaborative series with Opera on Tap – OPERAtion Brooklyn! FEATURING: "Dreaming of Wonderland" Act II from the opera by Manly Romero Featuring performances by Nadia Petrella, Elise Jablow, Becca Conviser, Rachelle Pike, Dory Schultz, and James Ioelu Music direction by Zachary Schwartzman. Stage direction by Lemuel Wade Piano by Scott Rednour and Mila Henry "Wonderglass" scenes from the opera by Susan Botti Starring Michael Bragg, Joan Estep, Kamala Sankaram, and David Schmidt. Music direction by Yoon Jae Lee. Stage direction by Beth Greenberg "Through the Peeping Glass" a burlesque/cirque Alice in Wonderland Featuring Jenny C'est Quoi, Tigger!, Joshua Dean, Ben Franklin, Miss Ekaterina, Creamy Stevens and Rita MenWeep "Haddocks' Eyes" by David Del Tredici Starring Amy van Roekel with David Del Tredici on piano. With Hugh Ash (Trumpet), Alan Berquist (Flute), Monica Davis (Violin 2), Grover Edwards (Clarinet), Alice Hamlet (Cello), Adam Norris (Horn), Kerrick Sasaki (Viola), Svetlana Tsoneva (Violin 1), and Matthew Weber (Double Bass). Conducted by Conrad Chu. COMPLETE INFO & LIST OF ARTISTS at www.operationbrooklyn.com EVENT INFO March 25 and 26, 2012 – 8:00 PM Doors open at 7:00 PM Galapagos Art Space 16 Main St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 ADMISSION: ADVANCE – $20 single show / $30 for both shows DAY OF SHOW – $25 single show Sunday, March 25 – Program 1 "Dreaming of Wonderland" "Through the Peeping Glass – Part I" "Haddocks' Eyes" by David Del Tredici TICKETS FOR MARCH 25TH HERE: http://galapagosartspace.com/event/american-opera-projects-opera-on-tap-present-curiouser-and-curiouser Monday, March 26 – Program 2 "Wonderglass" "Through the Peeping Glass – Part 2" "Haddocks' Eyes" by David Del Tredici TICKETS FOR MARCH 26TH HERE: http://galapagosartspace.com/event/2248-2 *Or buy tickets for both nights for a discounted price at either of the links above*
It’s Better With Puppets!
Barbes 376 9th St. Park Slope Brooklyn, NY 11215 $10 SUGGESTED DONATION The members of New Brew have spent the last year singing their hearts out showcasing the work of 20th and 21st century composers. The shows were fantastic and we all had a lot of fun. This time our co-curators Delea Shand and Alissa Hunnicutt are back with an evening where we set out to prove that as awesome as those songs are...they would be WAY better with PUPPETS! Here's how the game worked. Since Alissa is also a puppeteer, she reached out to the NY puppetry community to ask who would like to participate in a grab-bag puppet slam of sorts. To create a short puppetry piece for an adult audience based on a contemporary classical art song NOT of their choosing. The very brave puppeteers who answered that call have less than a month to come up with some visual representation of the music Delea programmed with the singers from their repertoire of music from previous New Brew shows. Whew! The results, we are certain, will prove once and for all that pretty much everything is better with puppets! The evening will include the singing talents of Anne Hiatt, Alissa Hunnicutt, Krista Wozniak, Kamala Sankaram, David Gordon, Cameron Russell, and Erika Hennings. The puppetry stylings of Alissa Hunnicutt, Meghan Williams, Patryk Wilinski, Honey Goodenough, Noel MacNeal, James Wojtal Jr, Leat Klingman, Alissa Mello, Penny Jones, Jean Goetz, Stacey Weingarten, William Hubner and Tim Young. Performing pieces composed by Franz Nicolay, Georgia Stitt, Jake Heggie, Christopher Berg, Stefan Weisman, Paul Loesel, Ned Rorem, Maurice Ravel, Rachel Peters, and Kamala Sankaram. With the support of killer musicians Melissa Tong (violin), Drew Fleming (guitar) and Christopher Berg on piano.
Girls Gone Wild!
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
This March 8th Opera on Tap presents Girls Gone Wild (and the idiots that fall in love with them). One thing opera does not lack, are wild girls. They’ll make you sweat! They’ll make you wince! They’ll make you feel all googly goo! They’ll make you forget you’re actually engaged to the really sweet village girl you grew up next door to! They’ll make you do tequila shots! Lookout! They’re coming to get you! They’re hot, they’re loud, they’re crazy, they’re fantastic. You won’t want to miss this raucous night at Freddy's. Bring your appetite for wild girls, your smart phones with video apps and your steely livers! Show kicks off at 9pm. No cover!
REFORM! …?
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
To reform or not to reform? That is the question. So, it’s January. Time to make some changes. Stop drinking so goddamn much. Renew your gym membership. Start that new knitting project you’ve been meaning to get back to since last January. Lose the crappy job. Try meditation. Budget. Cut out sweets. Take a creative writing class. Limit your Facebook activity. Write your grandma a letter. Stop sleeping with your ex. Stop drinking so goddamn much! yadda. yadda. yadda yadda yadda.... But come on, really?... This January OOT celebrates the characters in opera who continually find themselves caught between delusion and reality (they usually revert to delusion, fyi). Time to enter the convent, join the priesthood, join the army, stop lovin’ that no good man, deny that star-crossed lover, stop sleeping with prostitutes, stop being a prostitute, quit drinking, quit gambling, quit playing with the devil, hold off on the smuggling, quit chasing the maid, lose the shady friends, stop sleeping with your dad’s wife, etc, etc. etc. Join us for a rousing operatic evening full of self-discovery, denial, disillusion, delicious mistake-making and heavy drinking! NO COVER! GREAT TUNES!
Occupy Freddys with Marathon Arias Night!
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
The city is full these days with passionate people expressing their opinions and making them heard with unfettered and enduring commitment and resolve. This paired with the annual NYC Marathon this past Sunday, made us OOTers think that perhaps November is the month to show our commitment and unfettered resolve to performing marathon arias, fearing not the consequences (or losses of larynxes). So this Thursday at Freddy’s each OOTer will hunker down in the backroom and belt out his or her single-most marathon aria for you! Experience the passion! The sweat! The drama! The death-defying breath support! The ridiculously high notes! The beer for godsakes! The show kicks off at 9pm. No cover! See you there!
Opera on Tap’s First Ever Halloween Ball
The Parkside Lounge
317 E Houston St
New York, NY 10002 Map
OOT does the unprecedented this October. We're putting on costumes! Next Wednesday at the Parkside, OOTers will be strutting out their masquerading war paint and readying themselves to take on the scariest music in opera and the deceptive characters in opera! Scary can mean a lot of things of course, whether it be a scary character like a witch, or a scary aria that's scary hard to sing. (What could be scarier than a larynx splattered against the backwall of a divebar?)... We encourage you to dress up too! Beers shall flow and spooks are free. See you there!
Opera Grows in ‘BOOK’lyn
In association with The Brooklyn Book Festival (http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/), AOP and OOT present Opera Grows in BOOKlyn, an evening of vocal music based on texts by renowned and up-and-coming Brooklyn writers. Guest-curated by author and composer Daniel Felsenfeld as part of the Opera Grows in Brooklyn quarterly concert series, Opera Grows in BOOKlyn will feature works by 12 composers based on poems, short stories, plays, and even cookbooks with Brooklyn origins. The show will be held on Sunday, September 18th at 7 pm at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood. Preceding the show at 6 pm, will be a discussion with critic Robert Levine about his new book, "Weep, Shudder, Die: A Guide to Loving Opera." Tickets are $15 in advance at http://www.galapagosartspace.com and $20 at the door. FEATURED TEXTS by Rick Moody, Arthur Phillips, Lou Reed, Fiona Maazel, Donna di Novelli, Matt Gray, Janet Kaplan, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Lloyd Schwartz, Susanna Speier, Mark Statman and Royce Vavrek. COMPOSITIONS by David Lang, Mohammed Fairouz, Martin Hennessy, Raymond J. Lustig, Gilda Lyons, Rachel Peters, Matt Marks, One Ring Zero, Paola Prestini, Dennis Tobenski, Stefan Weisman and Daniel Felsenfeld. – http://operaprojects.org – http://www.operaontap.com
OOT Gets lazy!
Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Map
In honor of the month best characterized by its most famous holiday Labor Day, OOT focuses on the distinctly UN-laborious characters in opera! We'll be strutting out all those slothful Dons and Donnas, Counts, Countesses, princesses, princes, empresses, emporers (and maybe some Norse gods) and whomever else in the operatic rep fits the bill. We invite you to come enjoy the slothfulness, throw angry assignations and drown your economic anxieties in cheap beer and well drinks. We'll make sure these good-fer-nuthins at least sound pretty! Show kicks off at 9pm. No Cover.
OUTFOXED: The Cunning Characters of Opera
The Parkside Lounge
317 E Houston St
New York, NY 10002 Map
The Murdochs may be guilty of ‘willful blindness’, but we’re not! How could we shield our eyes from such a potent theme? Hot off the heels of the latest current events scandal, we happily present OUTFOXED: The cunning characters of opera! With so many crafty personalities to choose from in the operatic realm, who knows which of the sly servants, conniving countesses, sneaky dons, or devious tragedians might show up? Sorry no wieners this time around, but we haven’t ruled out meat pies yet...
THE WACKY OPERA PLOT SHOW!
Who the h— comes up with these crazy convoluted opera plots?!!! Take them out of context and you begin to realize just how absolutely wacky they are. Either librettists back in the day had big imaginations (maybe because there was no TV or internet?) or were seriously working the available narcotics. At any rate, they somehow managed to inspire some fabulous music, and for that we thank them. This May, Opera on Tap picks out what we think are the wackiest opera plots around and then pits them against each other in a knockdown drag out competition. Audience judges! Wacky game show hosts in even wackier suits! Sopranos masquerading as Vanna Whites! A lot of opera singing! AAAAANNND…. we’re taking your suggestions too! Email operaontap@operaontap.com with what you think are the wackiest opera plots! We’ll throw them into the competitive mix for sure! Join us Thursday May 12th at the one and only Freddy’s to find out the winners and hear a bunch of singing, and drink a lot. Show kicks off at 9pm. No cover!
Freddy’s Bar and Backroom! NEW BEGINNINGS!
Spring is in the air! And a miracle has happened on 5th Avenue! Freddy's Bar and Backroom, the place where it all began for OOT, returns! And OOT returns to it Thursday March 10th to kick off our regular every other month 2nd Thursday of the month performances there! Let the good times roll. Our first Freddy's show will be dedicated to those characters in opera experiencing new beginnings and new romances! Let the gushiness begin! Bring kleenex and a full supply of irrepressible giddiness! Beverages will be overflowing, soprani will be dancing merrily, and pianists will be glissando-ing away. Show kicks off at 9pm! No cover!
OOT Gets Tragic!
SUICIDES AND OTHER TRAGEDIES!! It's opera people. What do you expect? There had to be a night dedicated to the utter tragedies of opera and the people who die within them. We're just surprised that we didn't think of it before! Bring kleenex and be prepared to drown your sorrows in copious amounts of drinks. The good news is Indian Road Cafe has a full bar now, so you have a broad selection of poisons from which to choose from. Show kicks off at 8pm! No Cover!
New Brew Gets STIR CRAZY!
Sadly, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are unable to attend this astounding event. But plenty of New Brewers are! Curator Kamala Sankaram brings together a setlist of fantastical pieces all revolving around the theme Stir Crazy: Anything to do with being cold, cooped-up, or otherwise feeling crazy. Appropriate given recent weather we think... Featured composers include Kamala Sankaram (of course), Taylor Ho Binum, Daniel Felsenfeld, and David Wickham among others. $10 Suggested Donation
Opera on Tap Goes Sober (dramatically speaking ONLY of course…)
Well, it happens every year. That day where we take a moment to breathe, re-assess and make self-improvements. For Opera on Tappers this 2011, that day will be February 2nd. Whilst contemplating career changes, quitting smoking, late-night eating, one-night-standing, etc... we'll pay tribute to those characters in opera who are having relatively similar moments in their stories. The spurned lover, the unhappy priest, the pathetic father-jester, the violent king, the unhappy nun, the list goes on and on.... Join us in our pathetic attempts at change! Sober Opera Night of course NEVER means that you must remain sober in the literal sense, by the way. We certainly won't be taking things to THAT extreme....
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