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  Opera Boston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Opera Boston is an opera company in Boston, Massachusetts.
It specializes in innovative repertoire and rarely-heard works, along with opera education and outreach programs designed to bring opera education to children in schools and after-school programs throughout the Boston area.
Its home base is the Cutler Majestic Theatre, a 1903 Beaux-Arts opera house designed by architect John Galen Howard.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Opera_Boston   (93 words)

  
 Boston Children's Opera | Boston Central
Boston Children's Opera is a program for singers in grades 2 through 9.
All operas are composed by Artistic Director, David Budgell, utilizing classic operatic style of ensemble, aria and recitative.
Boston Children's Opera is a very professional theatre club, without being boring, rigid or too intense.
www.bostoncentral.com /activities/theater/p189.php   (383 words)

  
 News & Events - News Releases
Britten’s operas are admired not only for their skillful setting of English words, but also for their orchestral interludes, dramatic aptness and depth of psychological characterization.
The Opera Workshop is open by audition to 15 to 20 singers in a degree program at Boston University, who demonstrate true operatic potential and have mastered a beginning level of acting and vocal skill.
Boston University College of Fine Arts is a small, conservatory-style school within a major research university, offering a liberal arts education along with professional training in Music, Theatre Arts and Visual Arts to 1000 graduate and undergraduate students.
www.bu.edu /phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=479   (942 words)

  
 Opera Boston, Boston's most innovative opera company
Opera Boston is New England's most innovative opera company, named Best of Boston for seven consecutive years by the Boston Globe.
Opera Boston events are attractions for tourists and Bostonians alike.
Opera Boston "is one of the few professional companies in the United States combining intelligent programming and high artistic standards in an intimate theatre." --Opera Now, London
www.bostonacademy.org   (230 words)

  
 Boston Conservatory | Programs of Study
Opera in New Orleans, Memphis, Columbus, historical operas in Boston and Washington, D.C. Recitals at the Fontana Festival in Michigan, many guest recitals at southern U.S. colleges; European debut at the 1995 Franz Schubert Institute in Baden-bei-Wien, Austria.
Kevin Owen (Horn) Principal horn of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Boston Lyric Opera, the Rhode Island Philharmonic and the Boston Philharmonic.
Tamara Smirnova (Violin) Born in 1958 in Siberia, Tamara Smirnova is associate concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and concertmaster of the Boston Pops Orchestra.
www.bostonconservatory.edu /programs/music_bio.html   (12844 words)

  
 Boston Opera House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It was described as a "perfect jewel-box of an opera house" and despite its smallish size, was the venue for many of the local opera companies, as well as the Metropolitan Opera Tours.
The Boston Redevelopment Authority, acting on behalf of the Northeastern University Trustees, declared the Opera House unsafe, and scheduled it for demolition.
The Boston Opera community welcomed the efforts of Mayor Menino and Clear Channel to refurbish the Opera House, and now is waiting for them to make good on the agreement.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Boston-Opera-House.htm   (520 words)

  
 OPERA BOSTON 05/06 SEASON in Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, Boston, MA
Opera Boston is pleased to announce its 2005/2006 season.
Dry has appeared around the country as a soloist with opera companies, symphony orchestras, and chamber ensembles and received critical acclaim for her 2000 portrayal of the Old Woman in Vanessa with Opera Boston.
Founded in 1980, Opera Boston is a professional opera company dedicated to presenting innovative repertoire and rarely-heard works.
www.maj.org /opera/BAM06_Subs.html   (796 words)

  
 A classical gas - Bay Windows - Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
He objected to the decorative excess of the Baroque opera, and sought to create a vocal style that would express "beautiful simplicity." In fact, the preface to his opera "Alceste," in which he clearly outlines all his modifications, is a virtual manifesto of Classical style.
Certainly Opera Boston took a bold chance by mounting it as the centerpiece of their current season.
One of Gluck's reform opera ideals was to restore a place of prominence to the chorus, as it held in ancient Greek drama.
www.baywindows.com /news/2005/02/03/Arts/A.Classical.Gas-850085.shtml   (922 words)

  
 OPERA America's Season Schedule of Performances   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
OPERA America is proud to offer an interactive database of performances by its Member companies.
OPERA America's schedule database includes performance and cast data for a large number of North American opera companies.
Opera Europa is the service organization for European Opera companies; performance information for their member companies is available through Operabase.
www.operaamerica.org /perfdatabase.asp   (413 words)

  
 Boston Bel Canto Opera
He was a finalist in the New England regional auditions of the Metropolitan Opera National Council, a first place winner at the National Association of Teachers of Singing in the New England regional auditions and a finalist in the Providence Opera Theater Vocal Competitions.
Jordan was a finalist in the 1998 New England Regional Metropolitan Opera Auditions and won second prize in the 1997 Boston Bel Canto Opera Competition.
Quintiliani won second prize in the 1998 Northeast Regional metropolitan Opera auditions and was a finalist in the 1997 Boston Bel Canto Opera competition.
www.geocities.com /Vienna/3385/artists.html   (1048 words)

  
 Boston Opera House Collection Finding Aid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In September 1957, the Boston City Building Department declared the BOH unsafe, and it was sold three weeks later by the Opera Holding Company to the S. and A. Allen Construction Company for $135,000.
There was an opera-less interim from March, 1914 to November 15, 1915, when Max Rubinoff's new Boston Grand Opera Company began with Montemezzi's "The Love of Three Kings." For years the BOH was the local showcase of companies on tour, most notably New York's Metropolitan Opera, the Chicago Opera Company, and the Chicago Civic Opera.
The records of the Boston Opera House document a Boston cultural landmark.
www.lib.neu.edu /archives/collect/findaids/m33find.htm   (676 words)

  
 News & Events - News Releases
The programs are led by Director of Opera Programs Sharon Daniels, Music Director and Conductor William Lumpkin, Artistic Advisor Phyllis Curtin, Principal Coach Allison Voth, Repertoire Coach Jeffrey Stevens, and distinguished members of the School of Music and School of Theatre Arts faculty, professional guest artists, directors, master class teachers, and staff.
The Opera Institute, founded in 1987 by Dean Emerita Phyllis Curtin, is a non-degree professional training program for the advanced singer preparing for an operatic career.
The Boston University College of Fine Arts is a conservatory-style school within a major research university, offering professional training in Music, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts, along with liberal arts electives to 1000 graduate and undergraduate students.
www.bu.edu /phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=905   (884 words)

  
 The Opera House
The focus on this pivotal event in Boston history, coupled with the excitement generated by Disney's THE LION KING as the inaugural production, cannot be underestimated.
The present day Opera House opened its doors on October 29, 1928, then named the B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre, built to honor "the father of vaudeville" by his business partner Edward Albee.
It was in 1978, when the theatre was home to The Opera House Company of Boston, that the name was changed to The Opera House.
www.broadwayinboston.com /html/theatres/operahouse   (176 words)

  
 Operatic Intrigue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The most established by far of Boston's opera companies is the Boston Lyric Opera, which offers limited runs of three operas a year, with a mixture of local and imported vocal talent.
At the time, however, Boston city officials were focusing their energy-and funds-on the impending construction of the Prudential Center farther down Huntington Avenue.
Among her role models as opera singers are Maria Callas and the currently hot star Denyce Graves, both known not only for their vocal skills but also for their acting.
www.numag.neu.edu /9911/opera.html   (2497 words)

  
 Aquababiesbio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Eleanor is the artistic director of Boston Rock Opera and has been directing and/or producing the company's shows since its inception.
Catherine has been fixture on the Boston rock scene for more than a decade and is the lead guitarist and a founding member of the Boston-based All the Queen's Men.
Mick is a co-founder of Boston Rock Opera and has both music directed and performed for the company.
www.rockopera.com /bro/shows/aquababies/Aquababiesbio.html   (1345 words)

  
 Boston Rock Opera
Boston Rock Opera is undergoing a re-organization and does not have any shows planned for this winter.
While we're on hiatus, we will also be re-thinking this website and plan to add back some of the community features that made it the rock opera resource for many years.
Boston Rock Opera is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting original adaptations of classic rock opera, conceptual rock and new works.
www.rockopera.com   (124 words)

  
 Opera Boston, MA - Suffolk, Massachusetts Opera Singers, Boston Opera Singers
She performs regularly as a soloist, as a studio musician, with her flute trio (flute, violin, cello) and with her string trio (violin, viola, cello).
A lyric tenor, Nick Palance sings Opera with the timber of Pavarotti, the style and grace of Bocelli, and has a repertoire ranging from traditional Opera, Broadway, to Contemporary styles like Josh Groban.
Please note, in addition to Boston, these opera singers also serve the surrounding towns of Braintree, Cambridge, Newton, Readville, Brookline Village, Medford, Randolph, Milton, Quincy, Wallaston, Watertown, West Medford, Weymouth, Arlington Heights, Holbrook, Melrose, Nonantum, North Quincy, Waverley, Dorchester and many other locations in and around the Boston area.
www.gigmasters.com /Opera/OperaSinger_Boston_MA.asp   (843 words)

  
 Theater News - Theater News: Boston Opera House Reopens This Week After $38 Million Restoration -
Boston's Opera House will reopen its doors on July 16 following a $38 million restoration.
The Opera House was originally a home for vaudeville but became a movie house in 1929.
Renamed the Savoy in the 1960s, it continued to function as a movie house until 1978, when it was acquired by The Opera Company of Boston.
www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm?int_news_id=4909   (221 words)

  
 Playbill News: The Lion King Reopens Historic Opera House in Boston, July 16
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino will be joined by Clear Channel Entertainment President of Theatre Management David Anderson and Broadway in Boston/Clear Channel Entertainment President Tony McLean for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially reopen The Opera House.
Following the Disney’s The Lion King run at The Opera House, the theater will present a return engagement of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera set to start in March of 2005 and the Boston Ballet will also bring The Nutcracker.
Tickets to The Lion King at The Opera House, 539 Washington Street in Boston MA are available at (617) 880-2400.
www.playbill.com /news/article/87356.html   (486 words)

  
 FT.com / Arts & Weekend / Art, music & theatre - Alceste/Boston Baroque, Opera Boston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Not at the Metropolitan Opera, which has not done a Gluck opera in 30 years.
And with few exceptions, the Met is symptomatic of a chronic neglect of Gluck in the US.
That is what made the revival of Alceste by Opera Boston in collaboration with Boston Baroque a must-see event, and fortunately the performance paid fitting tribute to this glorious work.
news.ft.com /cms/s/a584d12a-74c1-11d9-a769-00000e2511c8.html   (210 words)

  
 Preservation Online: Today's News Archives: Coming Soon: Boston's Renovated Opera House
In mid-July, Boston's Opera House, shuttered for more than a decade, will reopen to the public after a multi-million-dollar refurbishment.
Thirteen years later, its function changed again; the Boston Opera Company bought the theater in 1991, re-christening it the "Opera House." In 1991, however, the company vacated the building amid financial woes, and the structure fell into disrepair.
In the late 1990s, broadcasting giant Clear Channel, Inc., purchased the building and, after several stalled efforts and legal debates, launched a renovation in November 2002.
www.nationaltrust.org /magazine/archives/arc_news/062404.htm   (407 words)

  
 Northeastern Centennial Path - Boston Opera House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Unfortunately, the Boston Opera Company was never all that successful.
In September 1957, the Boston Globe reported the building failed to pass safety inspections and on September 25 of that same year, Northeastern University purchased the building.
These contents and additional information about the Opera House are available in the Northeastern University Archives in Snell Library.
www.dac.neu.edu /centhome/centpath/opera.html   (156 words)

  
 The Current Season at Longwood Opera
During the intermission my friends and I had a long chat about down-town opera prices, restaurant prices, parking-lot prices and parking hassles, as well as the undependability of "professional" performing and directorial talent - and agreed that Longwood Opera in the 'burbs is the way to enjoy a night at the opera!"
Donations may be made directly to the American Red Cross for the Hurricane Katrina Relief fund.
Longwood Opera exists to showcase talent nurtured in New England, in conservatories and privately.
longwoodopera.org /index.html   (340 words)

  
 NEC Faculty: Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Recently, Weinmann directed Cenerentola for Utah Opera’s Young Artist Program, and the premiere of Daniel Pinkham’s The Cask of Amontillado for Opera Unlimited, the widely acclaimed one-week festival of contemporary opera in collaboration with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
In July 2003, Weinmann directed Opera Boston’s three free performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific on the U.S.S. Cassin Young for a total of 22,000 audience members.
As a director for Utah Opera's Young Artist Program, she continues to train some of the country's most talented young singers.
www.newenglandconservatory.edu /faculty/weinmannPM.html   (198 words)

  
 BostonHerald.com - Arts & Culture: Opera Boston gets props too   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
pera Boston was to receive a Success Award from Opera America at the national opera service organization's annual conference this weekend.
The success being honored is Opera Boston's 2003 ``Opera Unlimited'' collaboration with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
Met Opera continues Mozart tribute with “Marriage of Figaro”
theedge.bostonherald.com /artsNews/view.bg?articleid=31778&format=text   (194 words)

  
 Boston Lyric Opera
This informative guide includes information on each opera in BLO’s season, including cast lists, synopses, biographies of the composers, thoughtful articles, and guides to resources for further study.
Read the study guide before you take your seat at the Shubert – the gentleman sitting next to you will surely be impressed with your scintillating insights and command of fun factoids!
The Boston Lyric Opera/Opera New England (ONE) study guide has been developed to help teachers and students (or parents and children) explore the subjects of opera in general, Donizetti’s The Daughter of the Regiment in particular, and a wide variety of related subjects.
www.blo.org /ed_study_guides.html   (137 words)

  
 THE CONSUL, Opera Boston in Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College Boston
THE CONSUL, Opera Boston in Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College Boston
An intense tragedy of love, false hope, and the elusiveness of freedom, as a woman fights an oppressive regime to keep her family together.
Boston-based soprano Joanna Porackova will star as Magda Sorel, a desperate woman who frantically seeks a visa in order to join her husband John in exile.
www.maj.org /p2006/bam_consul.html   (229 words)

  
 OperaOnline.us
This web site is for those who like their opera with a slight edge: modern, upbeat, a little controversial and delightfully and maybe deceptively unsophisticated.
Do modern composers have the talent to write melody or are we being scammed?
MET does dating game for opera singles, young and older.
www.operaonline.us /operaonline_002.htm   (326 words)

  
 Lion King Boston Tickets : Broadway Show at Boston Opera House
Click on the "View Schedule" link below to see all of Lion King's upcoming shows at the Boston Opera House, or to order tickets online.
If you don't see the tickets you are looking for please call us.
Lion King Boston tickets are generally delivered within a few days depending upon shipping method selected.
www.tickco.com /theatre/shows/lion_king_boston_tickets.htm   (280 words)

  
 Boston Lyric Opera
"[It] opens with a picturesque image worthy of Sir Walter Scott, whose novel The Bride of Lammermoor is the source of the story." - Boston Globe
Click here to view elegant evening accessories for this year's Diva Season designed by Kathleen McDermott.
Click here to sign up to receive notices on upcoming events and offers.
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