THE OPERA INSIDER and MERCURY OPERA invite you to support MERCURY OPERA’S Pagliacci at Coney Island by attending a party at The Foundation Bar at 137 Essex St LES in NYC on Thursday, June 24 from 6 -10 PM. There will be a cash bar with horsd’oeuvres. The Pagliacci cast will give a special teaser performance. RSVP here.
PLAY ME, I’M YOURS! That is the logo on the street pianos located in the five boroughs of New York City. Even on the first day, a blogger noted that he heard a non-English-speaking dog walker play wonderful Beethoven! The installation of pianos is slated to come to San Jose, CA. Maybe we can bring them to the southern part of the state as well. View here.
On Saturday June 26, mezzo-soprano Janelle DeStefano will give a recital of the songs of Claude Debussy in the Parish Hall of St Peter’s Episcopal Church in Del Mar, California. More info here.
Also on Saturday, June 26, at 8 PM and on June 27 at 5 PM, ONCE UPON AN OPERA will present the Wolf Tales at the Madrid Theater in Canoga Park, CA. Phone for tickets: (818) 347-9938
Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point is a sixty-year old company that features emerging artists of great potential. Former performers include Mark Delavan, Weston Hurt, Maria Kanyova and Hei-Kyung Hong. This year the company is presenting Tosca, Carmen and Don Giovanni. Dates are as follows:
Tosca: 6-27, 7-1, 7-5, 7-8 and 7-16.
Carmen: 6-30, 7-2, 7-6, 7-10, 7-14.
Don Giovanni: 6-26, 6-29, 7-3, 7-7, 7-9, 7-12, 7-15..
View schedule here.
VOICES TOGETHER, WORLDS APART is the title of the latest concert by the Hollywood Master Chorale. Come and hear them on Saturday evening June 27 at 7 PM at Fiesta Hall in Plummer Park, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA. More info here.
On July 2, SANTA FE OPERA will open its 2010 season with Puccini’s Madama Butterfly staring Kelly Kaduce and Brandon Jovanovich. The following night will bring in the premiere of Mozart’s The Magic Flute starring the delightful married couple, Charles Castronovo and Ekaterina Siurina as Tamio and Pamina. Other operas to be presented later are Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, Spratlan’s Life is a Dream and Britten’s Albert Herring. More information can be found here.
You can look at Lori Lewis’s CONCIERGE QUESTIONAIRE about San Diego’s hospitality and its food, wine and opera. Cool off watching the waves crash at La Jolla Cove. Have fish tacos at theBay Park Fish Company and top them off with a microbrew from Stone Brewing. Read it here.
The NAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL DEL SOLE will run from July 16-25. This year’s schedule is packed with events and concerts that range from classical music to tangos under the stars and jazz. Among the artists appearing this season are mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor, violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, conductor Carlo Ponti, and the Russian National Orchestra. More information can be found here.
Performance Coach/Psychologist JOHN SKIDMORE was featured on a recent TalkShoe.com radio program discussing his seminar Beyond Stage Fright. His seminar deals with the negative automatic thoughts that can interfere with a great performance. It can be heard at any time and its free to all EDO members. Listen here.
R AND H THEATRICALS has announced that high schools and colleges in the United States would soon be able to perform Phantom of the Opera for modest fees. The company will begin accepting applications on September 1, 2010, www.rnh.com. Ted Chapin of the Rogers and Hammerstein organization says that it will soon be possible for schools to perform the show despite the fact that it will still be running in theaters.
