What's new with the Sacramento Opera | September 5, 2008
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Two FREE events: Saturday, September 13
Sacramento Opera presents Coffee & Conversation on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 10 am, Lois Crowe Patio, Arboretum Terrace Garden, UC-Davis. The event is free.
The Sacramento Opera's Executive Director, Rod Gideons and Sacramento
Opera Artistic Director, Timm Rolek, will discuss the company's
upcoming season which includes the Arias, Overtures, &
Arabesques concert with the Sacramento Philharmonic and Sacramento
Ballet, Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, and Puccini's La Bohème. Complimentary coffee, bagels, and pastries will be served. The
terrace garden is located on the east side of the Borders Books &
Music store at the Davis Commons Shopping Center, at the corner of
First and D Streets. Please RSVP to the Sacramento Opera office,
916.737.1000, by September 10.
Sacramento Opera presents Opera Interludes at Borders Books & Music, Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 7 pm, 2339 Fair Oaks Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95825. This free,
informal gathering features a live performance by soprano Robin Fisher.
Ms. Fisher will sing excerpts from the Sacramento Opera's 2008-2009
Season productions. Sacramento Opera Executive Director, Rod Gideons,
will provide commentary and highlights of the Sacramento Opera's new
season. Be sure to enter the evening's drawing for two free opera
tickets!
Soprano Korliss Uecker, Photo: Chris Carroll
Arias, Overtures, & Arabesques: Sunday, September 21 at 2 pm
Looking
to sample the Sacramento Opera, Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, and
Sacramento Ballet? Here's your chance with a stellar line up of
operatic gems, overtures, and dances!
This not-to-be-missed concert showcases soprano Korliss Uecker, mezzo-soprano Dana Beth Miller, tenor Thomas Truhitte (did you know that his Dad played Rolf in the classical film, The Sound of Music?), baritone Nicolai Janitzky, the Sacramento Opera Chorus, the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sacramento Ballet,
and choreography by Ron Cunningham, Artistic Director of the Sacramento
Ballet. Sacramento Opera Artistic Director, Timm Rolek; Sacramento
Philharmonic Music Director, Michael Morgan; and Sacramento
Philharmonic Assistant Conductor, Ming Luke, conduct.
Tickets
are $22 to $87. Contact the Sacramento Community Center Theater Box
Office, 916.808.5181; 1301 L St, Sacramento; or click www.tickets.com.
What is being performed you ask? Here are some highlights!
Quando le sere al placido from Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
Thomas Truhitte, Tenor Timm Rolek, Conductor and Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dancers of the Sacramento Ballet
John Speed Orr, Amanda Peet, Alexandra Cunningham,
Nicole Haskins,
Brik Middlekauff, & Nicole Trerise
Timm Rolek, Conductor and the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra Ron Cunningham, Choreographer
Chorus from The Outcasts of Poker Flat by William MacSems Sacramento Opera Chorus Ming Luke, Conductor and Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
O vin, dissipe la tristesse from Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas Nicolai Janitzky, Baritone and Sacramento Opera Chorus Timm Rolek, Conductor, and the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
Mon Coeur souvre a ta voix from Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saёns
Dana Beth Miller, Mezzo-soprano Michael Morgan, Conductor and Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
Act 2 Waltz & Chorus from Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Dancers of the Sacramento Ballet
Kirsten Bloom, Alexandra Cunningham, Chloe Felesina, Ilana Goldman
Nicole Haskins, Brik Middlekauff, Amanda Peet, Nicole Trerise
Stefan Calka, John Speed Orr, Gabriel Williams, Michael Vester Sacramento Opera Chorus Michael Morgan, Conductor and Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra Ron Cunningham, Choreographer
Act 4 Marcello and Rodolfo duet from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini Thomas Truhitte, Tenor and Nicolai Janitzky, Baritone Timm Rolek, Conductor and the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
Song to the Moon from Rusalka by Antonin Dvořák Korliss Uecker, Soprano Timm Rolek, Conductor and Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
The Promise of Living from The Tender Land by Aaron Copland Korliss
Uecker, Soprano, Dana Beth Miller, Mezzo Soprano, Thomas Truhitte,
Tenor, Nicolai Janitzky, Baritone, and Sacramento Opera Chorus Timm Rolek, Conductor and Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
Photo: Des Moines Metro Opera
Don't wait!
The best seats are going fast. Single tickets for all Sacramento Opera performances of "Arias, Overtures, & Arabesques," 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.
NEW! Sacramento Opera & Sacramento Theatre Company promotion
Do you already have your tickets for our production of The Pirates of Penzance, but are looking for even more swashbuckling entertainment? Mention "SACOPERA" when making your Treasure Islandticket
purchase through the Sacramento Theatre Company's Box Office
(916-443-6722 or 888-4-STC-TIX, 1419 H Street, Sacramento) and take $5
off any seat. The Sacramento Theatre Company's production of Treasure Island is October 8 through November 7.
Do you already have your tickets for the Sacramento Theatre Company's production of Treasure Island, but not the Sacramento Opera's Pirates of Penzance yet? Mention "STC" when making your Pirates of Penzance
ticket purchase through the Sacramento Community Center Theater Box
Office and take 25% off any ticket. Tickets may be purchased via phone
(916.808.5181); the Sacramento Community Center Theater Box Office
(1301 L Street, Sacramento); or online at tickets.com. Offer valid
through November 25, 2008. Discount is not valid on previous purchases
and does not apply to handling or shipping charges. The Sacramento
Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance is November 21, 23, 25, 2008.
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.
