STOWE AREA OPERA LOVERS CHITTENDEN COUNTY OPERA LOVERS EVENTS CALENDAR –April 9, 2018 (Events sponsored by SAOL &/or CCOL are shown in blue) (New calendar info/entries are shown in red)
Regular Radio Shows: Saturday Matinee, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, VPR-Classical, featuring The American Opera Series (WFMT Radio Network) and live broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera when in season (http://digital.vpr.net/programs/saturday-matinee#stream/0). WQXR Operavore: Home page: http://www.wqxr.org/ Blog: http://www.wqxr.org/#/blogs/operavore/ Metropolitan Opera HD Broadcasts Info: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/liveinhd/LiveinHD.aspx Addresses: - JCOGS (Jewish Community of Greater Stowe): 1189 Cape Cod Rd., Stowe. - Barre Opera House: 6 North Main St., Barre. - Boston Lyric Opera, Shubert Theater: 265 Tremont St., Boston, MA. - Catamount Arts: 115 Eastern Ave., St. Johnsbury. - Glimmerglass Opera: 7300 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY. - Lebanon Opera House (Opera North): 51 North Park St., Lebanon, N.H. - Palace 9: 10 Fayette Dr. (off Shelburne Rd. (Rte. 7)), South Burlington. - Town Hall Theater (Opera Company of Middlebury): 68 South Pleasant St., Middlebury. - Opéra de Montréal, Place des Artes, 175 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal. - Opera Saratoga: 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs, NY. - Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Spruce Peak, Stowe Mountain Resort, 122 Hourglass Drive, Stowe. |
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Inclusion of an entry in this calendar should not be read as a recommendation. Unless remarks in the Additional Comments column suggest otherwise, you should assume that we do not have sufficient personal and direct knowledge about the quality of the events to evaluate them. |
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Date, Time, and
Location |
Event |
Cost Per Person |
Additional Comments |
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Sat., April 14, 12:30 p.m., Palace 9. |
Met Opera HD Live broadcast of
Verdi’s Luisa Miller. Palace 9 estimated run time: 4 Hrs. |
Adults: $24. Seniors (62+): $22. |
For more info, go to: http://www.palace9.com/opera.php Other theaters show the Met HD series, e.g., Middlebury Town Hall Theater and Catamount Arts. Broadcast schedules and prices for these may differ. |
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Sun.,
April 15, 8:00 p.m., VPT PLUS channel. |
Great
Performances at the Met presents Mozart’s Don
Giovanni. Run time: 3 hours,
13 minutes. |
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This
is the production the Met broadcast in HD to theaters around the world in October
2016, starring Simon Keenlyside. N.B.:
This will be shown only on the VPT PLUS channel, not on the “standard”
VPT channel. |
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Wed., April 18, 1:00 p.m., Palace 9. |
Met Opera HD Matinee Encore broadcast of Verdi’s Luisa Miller. Palace 9 estimated run time: 4 Hrs. |
$18 |
For more info, go to: http://www.palace9.com/opera.php The CCOL will meet for dinner at 5:00 p.m. at Zen Gardens restaurant, right across Fayette Drive from the Palace 9. Non-members are welcome. |
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Wed., April 18, 6:30 p.m., Palace 9. |
Met Opera HD Evening Encore broadcast of Verdi’s Luisa Miller. Palace 9 estimated run time: 4 Hrs. |
$18 |
For more info, go to: http://www.palace9.com/opera.php See
note above re 5:00 pm CCOL dinner. Other theaters show the Met HD series, e.g., Middlebury Town Hall Theater and Catamount Arts. Broadcast schedules and prices for these may differ. |
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Sun.,
April 22, 8:00 p.m., VPT PLUS channel. |
Great
Performances at the Met presents Kaija Saariaho’s L’Amour de Loin. Run time: 2 hours, 21 minutes. |
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This
is the production the Met broadcast in HD to theaters around the world in
December 2016, starring Eric Owens, Susanna Phillips, and Tamara Mumford. N.B.: This will
be shown only on the VPT PLUS channel, not on the “standard” VPT channel. |
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Sat., April 28, 12:55 p.m., Palace 9. |
Met Opera HD Live broadcast of
Massenet’s Cendrillon. Palace 9 estimated run time: 3 Hrs, 15 Min. |
Adults: $24. Seniors (62+): $22. |
For more info, go to: http://www.palace9.com/opera.php Other theaters show the Met HD series, e.g., Middlebury Town Hall Theater and Catamount Arts. Broadcast schedules and prices for these may differ. |
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Sun.,
April 29, 8:00 p.m., VPT PLUS channel. |
Great
Performances at the Met presents Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. |
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This
is the production the Met broadcast in HD to theaters around the world in
January 2017, with Bartlett Sher’s new staging,
starring Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau. N.B.:
This will be shown only on the VPT PLUS channel, not on the “standard”
VPT channel. |
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Wed., May 2, 1:00 p.m., Palace 9. |
Met Opera HD Matinee Encore broadcast of Massenet’s Cendrillon. Palace 9 estimated run time: 3 Hrs, 15 Min. |
$18 |
For more info, go to: http://www.palace9.com/opera.php The CCOL will meet for dinner at 5:00 p.m. at Zen Gardens restaurant, right across Fayette Drive from the Palace 9. Non-members are welcome. |
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Wed., May 2, 6:30 p.m., Palace 9. |
Met Opera HD Evening Encore broadcast of Massenet’s Cendrillon. Palace 9 estimated run time: 3 Hrs, 15 Min. |
$18 |
For more info, go to: http://www.palace9.com/opera.php See
note above re 5:00 pm CCOL dinner. Other theaters show the Met HD series, e.g., Middlebury Town Hall Theater and Catamount Arts. Broadcast schedules and prices for these may differ. |
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May 19, 22, 24, 26, 7:30 p.m., Opéra de Montréal. |
Opéra de Montréal presents Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. |
$56.75 to $169.35 (CAD). |
For more info, go to: |
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May 11-20, DCR Steriti Memorial Rink, 561 Commer-cial St., Boston. |
Boston Lyric Opera presents Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and Arias & Barcarolles, a “poignant rumination on marriage, life and the nature of love.” |
See Þ |
The production will be presented as a cabaret, with small tables surrounding the stage, and traditional seating around the space’s perimeter. Individual tickets are now on sale. Prices vary by day and location. For more info, go to: https://blo.org/tahiti/ |
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June 1, 3 (matinee), 7, & 9, Town Hall Theater Middlebury |
The Opera Company of Middlebury will present André Previn’s opera A Streetcar Named Desire. |
See Þ |
Tickets will go on sale on March 26 for $100+ members and on April 1 for the general public. For more info, go to: http://ocmvermont.org/show/a-streetcar-named-desire/ |
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June 29 to July 15, Saratoga, NY. |
Opera Saratoga will present its May Festival, including The Merry Widow, The Consul, Rocking Horse Winner, and Vinkensport (or, The Finch Opera). |
Single tickets on sale on Feb. 15. |
For more info, go to: http://www.operasaratoga.org/opera-saratoga-2018-summer-festival-press-release/ |
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July 8 to August 25, Cooperstown, NY. |
Glimmerglass Opera will present its 2018 Festival, including three operas: The Cunning Little Vixen, Silent Night, and The Barber of Seville. |
See Þ |
There are many ticket options. For info on the festival, including tickets, go to: https://glimmerglass.org/festivals/2018-festival/ |
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August 3 to 14, Lebanon, N.H. |
Opera North’s Summerfest will feature two operas: Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann and Rossini’s Barber of Seville. |
$20 - $90 |
The Lebanon Opera House is located at 51 North Park St., Lebanon, N.H. For more info, go to: http://www.operanorth.org/summerfest-2018.html |
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Sept.
15, 18, 20, 22,
Opéra de Montréal. |
Opéra de Montréal
presents Verdi’s Rigoletto. |
See Þ |
For
more info, go to: http://www.operademontreal.com/en/shows/rigoletto |
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Nov.
10, 13, 15, 17, Opéra de Montréal. |
Opéra de Montréal
presents Wagner’s Das Rheingold. |
See Þ |
For
more info, go to: http://www.operademontreal.com/en/shows/das-rheingold |
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2019 |
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Jan.
26, 29, 31, Feb. 2, Opéra
de Montréal. |
Opéra de Montréal
presents Champion, by Terence
Blanchard and Michael Cristofer. |
See Þ |
This
2013 opera focuses on boxing welterweight champion Emile Griffith. For
more info, go to: http://www.operademontreal.com/en/shows/champion |
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March
23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, Opéra
de Montréal. |
Opéra de Montréal
presents Twenty-Seven, by Ricky Ian
Gordon and Royce Vavrek. |
See Þ |
This
2014 opera homes in on the relationship between Gertrude Stein and Alice B.
Toklas and their salons at 27 rue de Fleurus in
Paris in the first half of the 20th century. For
more info, go to: http://www.operademontreal.com/en/shows/twenty-seven |
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May 4,
7, 9, 11, Opéra de
Montréal. |
Opéra de Montréal
presents Bizet’s Carmen. |
See Þ |
For
more info, go to: http://www.operademontreal.com/en/shows/carmen |
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Previews of Coming Attractions |
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The Boston Early Music
Festival will present Agostino Steffani’s
1691 Orlando generoso
as its centerpiece opera, on June 9-16, 2019. |
Tickets will go on sale in summer 2018. For more info, go to: |