Events
Messiah
Performed with the Mercersburg Area Community Chorus.
All concerts are held in the beautiful Irvine Memorial Chapel at Mercersburg Academy.
Messiah
Performed with the Mercersburg Area Community Chorus.
All concerts are held in the beautiful Irvine Memorial Chapel at Mercersburg Academy.
La Traviata
Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center
Brevard Festival Orchestra
Dean Anthony, stage director
Steven White, conductor
La Traviata
Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center
Brevard Festival Orchestra
Dean Anthony, stage director
Steven White, conductor
Durufle: Requiem
Performed with the Mercersburg Area Community Chorus.
All concerts are held in the beautiful Irvine Memorial Chapel at Mercersburg Academy.
Durufle: Requiem
Performed with the Mercersburg Area Community Chorus.
All concerts are held in the beautiful Irvine Memorial Chapel at Mercersburg Academy.
A Mass for Troubled Times: Haydn's "Nelson Mass"
Composed in 1798 and often referred to as Haydn’s, “greatest single composition”, Haydn composed this work against the backdrop of Napoleon’s campaigns in Syria and Egypt, and in an era beset by Turmoil. The composition’s name- Mass for Troubled Times- speaks to the uncertainty of the world in which Haydn lived and composed, while the piece itself spectacularly captures and conjures the chaos of the time.
Featured Soloist: Thaddeus Ennen, Baritone
Historic Music in a Historic Place
The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale and orchestra with guest soloists, Thaddeus Ennen, baritone, and Doris Gitzy, organ, will perform their first concert of the 2022-23 season on Sunday, October 23, at 2:30 PM at First Congregational-UCC Cedar Rapids, 361 17th St. SE. The program includes Harvest Anthem by Edward Elgar and Dettingen Te Deum by G. F. Handel.
Les Mis in Concert
Join us as we celebrate the 160th anniversary of the publication of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables with a concert of selections from the musical “Les Misérables” by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg.
The evening will feature Jessica Pray Patel, soprano; and Thaddeus Ennen, baritone; accompanied by Daniel Kleinknecht on piano.
With dramatic reading of passages from the novel by Tim Budd.
Des Moines Metro Opera: Apprentice Scenes Program
Join us for these free public performances as the 44 members of the Apprentice Artist Program present fully-staged scene programs that span the operatic repertoire.
Des Moines Metro Opera: Stars of Tomorrow
Discover opera’s rising stars at one unforgettable concert! The 40 members of our Apprentice Artist Program take the stage for one night only to perform opera’s greatest duets, trios and ensembles alongside our acclaimed Festival Orchestra.
In honor of our 50th anniversary, this year's concert is free and open to the public. Reservations are required. Call the DMMO Box Office or click the link below to secure your free tickets.
Des Moines Metro Opera: Apprentice Scenes Program
Join us for these free public performances as the 44 members of the Apprentice Artist Program present fully-staged scene programs that span the operatic repertoire.
Porgy and Bess
Hailed as the first American opera, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess has garnered critical acclaim and inspired passionate reactions since its premiere. Featuring some of the most beautiful and beloved songs ever written, Porgy and Bess shines a light on a chapter from our past as culturally challenging as its songs and characters are universally cherished. Our production will be offered in collaboration with and in honor of Iowa’s own international opera star Simon Estes on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his historic Metropolitan Opera debut. He will serve as Producing Advisor and sing the role of Lawyer Frazier for this long-anticipated Iowa premiere.
Opera Louisiane: Open Air Fair
Experience the wonder of music, art, and dance at this FREE family friendly event on Saturday, March 26th from 11:30AM-1:30PM at the Main Branch Library, on Goodwood. Attendees can enjoy a live performance of “Hoffmann’s Infinite Imagination” featuring costumed characters and beautiful ballet dancers.
Orson Rehearsed
Daron Aric Hagen's eleventh opera integrates extensive pre-shot films and electro-acoustic tracks in collaboration with live instruments and singers, creating an imaginative look into the minutes following Orson Welles' heart attack in 1985 in which, poised between life and death, Welles takes stock of his life.
Cosi Fan Tutte
Don Alfonso, cynical and convinced of women’s infidelity, provokes his younger friends Ferrando and Guglielmo by questioning the devotion of their fiancées, sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi. With the Don having planted the seeds of doubt, a resulting scheme by the three men to prove or disprove this assertion quickly spirals out of control into mayhem and mischief in this Mozart classic.
Opera Louisiane Summer Soiree
Dinner Theatre including a production of Lucrezia by William Bolcom and Libretto by Mark Campbell (1 hour performance) and Membership Recruitment Event.
https://operalouisiane.com/summersoiree
The Queen of Spades
The production will be led by Maestro David Neely and directed by Matthew Ozawa.
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Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
This production will be led by the Marshall and Judy Flapan Principal Conductor and Music Director David Neely and stage director Kristine McIntyre.
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Madama Butterfly
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre opens its 22nd season with Puccini's magnificent tragic masterpiece, MADAMA BUTTERFLY. One of the most popular and frequently performed operas, it tells the heartbreaking and timeless tale of unrequited love, and will have audiences riveted from the first sweet notes through the intense and emotional finale.
Baritone THADDEUS ENNEN, joins us as Colonel Sharpless
The Grant Wood Operas: Strokes of Genius
The jewel of our 21st season is a Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre commission and world premiere, inspired by the work and life of Cedar Rapids native, artist Grant Wood.
Three one-act pieces by Iowa-based composers Jean-François Charles, Michael Ching and Robert Lindsey-Nassif range from whimsical, to historical, to experimental coming together in a complete experience and fuller understanding of Grant Wood.
“Baritone Thaddeus Ennen brings the right touch of pomposity to dentist Byron McKeeby, who would eventually step out of his stuffy comfort zone and into the role of the pitchfork-wielding farmer.”- Cedar Rapids Gazette
https://www.thegazette.com/art/review-premiere-works-capture-grant-woods-strokes-of-genius/