Tweet! Elmer Gantry Insights @ Tosa Library start at 12:30. Free, in the Firefly Lounge, featuring live performances by Studio Artists. Join us!
This week’s news from the beanstalk is actually an invitation to join us for a free community performance tomorrow at the Wauwatosa Public Library at 2:30 pm.
If you and your family have not yet had the opportunity to this engaging, 45-minute children’s opera, you won’t want to miss it! The performance is followed by a question and answer session with the performers and accompanist. We hope to see you at the beanstalk tomorrow!
Tweet! Applications for our 10-11 Studio Artist Program are due 2/26...Learn how to apply and read more about the program here: http://is.gd/96xsA
Tweet! Hey opera fans, don't miss THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE: THE STORIES OF MARIAN ANDERSON & LEONTYNE PRICE @ Next Act Theatre: http://is.gd/90L4y
Welcome to a new series of posts that brings you all the stories heard “through the beanstalk” as our Studio Artists continue to tour Jack and the Beanstalk throughout schools and community venues. Check back each Friday for updates!
This week, Board member Cathy Costantini and her husband Mario relate the reactions of students at HOPE school to a performance and the Q&A session that followed. By all accounts, the students are on their way to becoming avid opera fans of the future!
“Just saw “Jack” at the HOPE school. The performance was just wonderful and the students loved it. All the little students came up and gave everyone hugs after the performance. This was so darn cute that many of us had tears in our eyes (especially me).
Nothing that Florentine does in more important than this…a giant thank you to you and to everyone at the Florentine for putting on these fabulous shows for children.”
~ Mario Costantini
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“Just want to tell you how AMAZINGLY FANTASTIC the show was this morning!
I’ve ever seen a more wide-eyed, engaged group of kids before. And at the end, when Ann asked for questions, every single hand in the room shot up.
The grand finale to the show was when every little child came up and gave hugs to all of the studio artists and Ann, and other Florentine Opera guests.
Not a dry eye in the place!”
~ Cathy Costantini
Tweet! Big news from our friends @MSOrchestra today....Congratulations to Mark Hanson as he moves on, Milwaukee will miss him. http://is.gd/8JQMt
Tweet! An account of Keith Phares (our Elmer Gantry next month) and his experiences as a young professional opera singer: http://is.gd/8APD0
Tweet! Elmer Gantry and Rio de Sangre make A Classical Beat (Washington Post) blog list on New American Opera! Check it out: http://is.gd/8sprt
Tweet! "new season offers surprises beyond Rio" ... read more about our 2010-2011 season plans here: http://is.gd/8r9Wi. (via @js_newswatch.)
Our Studio Artists will be appearing in a Masterclass with Timothy Noble this Saturday at 2:00 pm at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.
If you are still interested in attending, please RSVP by noon tomorrow (Friday, 2/12) to reserve your space.
Here’s a peek at what our artists may perform at the class:
Sarah Lewis Jones Offerings
The Trees on the Mountain, Susannah, Floyd
Vissi d’arte, Tosca, Puccini
Porgi, amor, Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart
Julia Elise Hardin Offerings
Cruda sorte, L’Italiana in Algeri, Rossini
Nobles seigneurs, salut!, Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer
Smanie implacabili, Così fan tutte, Mozart
Aaron Blankfield Offerings
La mia letizia infondere, I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata,Verdi
Che gelida manina, La Boheme, Puccini
Scott Johnson Offerings
Avant de quitter ces lieux, Faust, Gounod
Sibillar, gli angui d’Aletto, Rinaldo, Handel
Our artists will be accompanied by Jamie Johns. Additional information about Timothy Noble, moderator, is available here.
