What's new with the Sacramento Opera | October 9, 2008
Photo: Sacramento Opera/Eleakis Photography
Looking for discounted tickets to the Met Opera HD Live broadcasts?
The next Met Opera HD Live broadcast is this Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 10 am, Regal Natomas Marketplace Stadium 16, 3561 Truxel Road, Sacramento. Be sure to experience this stellar production of Strauss's Salome. For other theater locations, visit www.fathomevents.com.
Become a brand new Sacramento Opera donor at the $125 and up and be eligible to purchase two discounted tickets ($10 each) to the live broadcast of Salome, Doctor Atomic, and Thais, at the Natomas Regal Cinema. Call 916.737.1000 to reserve.
Become a brand new Sacramento Opera subscriber and be eligible to purchase two discounted tickets ($10 each) to the live broadcast of Salome, Doctor Atomic, and Thais, at the Natomas Regal Cinema. Call 916.737.1000 to reserve.
Current Sacramento Opera donors may purchase two discounted tickets ($18 each) to the live broadcast of Salome, Doctor Atomic, and Thais, at the Natomas Regal Cinema. Call 916.737.1000 to reserve.
Current Sacramento Opera subscribers may purchase two discounted tickets ($20 each) to the live broadcast of Salome, Doctor Atomic, and Thais, at the Natomas Regal Cinema. Call 916.737.1000 to reserve.
Visit our new web site and let us know what you think!
Check out photographs from the Arias, Overtures, & Arabesques concert
Photos from our September 21 concert with the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sacramento Ballet can be found on our Facebook page.
Join us on Facebook and meet fellow Sacramento Opera fans (including
Maestro Timm Rolek), hear about upcoming events, view photos,
videos, and discover arts related articles. Feel free to post and be
sure to invite your friends!
Sacramento Opera Tagline Survey
Thank you for all your
responses. So far, the most popular tag line is: "Sacramento
Opera. Experience the next stage." Like it? Makes you cringe? Let us
know your thoughts by emailing jlin@sacopera.org or if you have yet to take the survey, click here. Thank you for your feedback!
Tenor Matt Morgan joins us for The Pirates of Penzance
Sacramento Opera presents Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance at the Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L Street, Sacramento, November 21, 23, and 25, 2008. The Pirates of Penzance is
a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto
by W. S. Gilbert. This Sacramento Opera premiere is sung in English
with projected English supertitles.
Tenor Matt Morgan
will perform the role of Frederic, the Pirate Apprentice. After first
joining the roster of the New York City Opera for their 2004-2005
season taking part in Haroun and the Sea of Stories and Plate, he has
returned for three consecutive seasons. His most recent appearance came
in their new production of The Pirates of Penzance as
an endearing and loveable Frederic with the right hero looks
and a wonderful tenor voice. He has performed extensively with
American opera companies. Most recently he made a debut as Tony in West Side Story with New Orleans Opera and returned to Fort Worth Opera as Curly to Anthony Dean Griffey's Lennie in Of Mice and Men. Other recent engagements include Laurie in Little Women with Dayton Opera, Paris in La belle Hélène with North Star Opera, Prince Karl Franz in The Student Prince with Skylark Opera, Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Fort Worth Opera, Nanki-Poo inThe Mikado with Pittsburgh Public Theater, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Opera Atelier, Don Gomez in Die drei Pintos with the Bard Music Festival, and Tamino in Die Zauberflute with Pittsburgh Opera Theatre.
Soprano Julianne Gearhart will perform the role of Mabel; Bass baritone Donald Sherrill
will perform the role of the Pirate King; and Gary Briggle will perform
the role of the Major General and stage direct the production.
Tickets start at $15. Contact the Sacramento Community Center Theater Box Office, 916.808.5181;
Single tickets for all Sacramento Opera performances of "The Pirates of Penzance, The Marriage of Figaro, and La Bohème are on sale through the Sacramento Community Center Theater Box Office. Call 916.808.5181; visit 1301 L Street, Sacramento; or click www.tickets.com. Single tickets $15 to $115. The best seats are going fast!
To Purchase Online
To Purchase by Phone:
916.808.5181
Photo: Eleakis Photography
FREE Opera Talk in Placerville: October 26 at 4 pm
Meet
Maestro Timm Rolek and Executive Director Rod Gideons at our FREE Opera
Talk on Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 4 pm, Upstairs Art Gallery, 420
Main Street, Placerville. Enjoy complimentary wine, cheese, and sweets.
At the Opera Talk, you'll hear about the fascinating history of The Pirates of Penzance and details of the Sacramento Opera's entertaining 2008-2009 Season.
The
Sacramento Opera 2008-2009 Season Corporate Sponsor: James Irvine
Foundation; Raley's Family of Fine Stores; Sacramento
Metropolitan Arts Commission; Season Individual Sponsor: Barbara K.
Jackson.
The mission of the Sacramento Opera (a nonprofit
organization) is to produce outstanding opera, to develop and cultivate
a wider public interest in opera and its allied arts, and to further
music education in the region.
