by Lisa on September 27, 2011
I love opera and it’s only fitting I share my love here. After all, it’s about time for the Charlotte opera season to start and I’m thrilled. It’s a time to dress up, listen to beautiful music and for a little while, immerse myself in stories that will take me through every single human emotion [...]
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by Lisa on August 1, 2011
This time of year that I start getting excited. Despite the heat of summer burdening everyone with a bad case of indoor-itis, I know that I can start counting down to the start of Opera Season! Opera Carolina is producing a line up of performances that will be stunning in grandeur as well as star-studded. [...]
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Do you like to sing? Do your kids like to sing? Head over to the Opera Carolina Academy and attend the final day of their Master Class! It’s a fantastic way to make arts education center stage in your life and gives new appreciation to an under appreciated art form. Opera Carolina Academy invites the [...]
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by Lisa on February 1, 2011
This week Opera Carolina performs its production of Verdi’s La Traviata, one of the most popular operas ever produced. Based on the true love story between Alexander Dumas and Marie Duplessis, the opera is itself the basis for the story in Moulin Rouge. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with soprano Jennifer Black, who [...]
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by Lisa on October 20, 2010
It’s finally fall and you know what? It’s even starting to feel like fall. It’s my favorite time of the year. Summer’s heat is past, winter’s chill is still a ways off and days are filled with colorful leaves, apples and apple cider, the smell of cinnamon and of course, a new performing arts season. [...]
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This weekend marks the opening of the 2010-2011 opera season in Charlotte, thanks to the folks at Opera Carolina. The season opens with Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” and there will be performances of works by Verdi and musicals later this season. Like a lot of other mid-size cities, we’re seeing cutbacks in the schedule and [...]
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Shakespeare said it best “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” For the Arts that is the question of the moment. This year is going to be even more difficult than the last with non-profit organizations cutting performances and services even further just to make ends meet. I saw that first hand [...]
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by Lisa on March 30, 2010
Ah, the opera. The orchestra. The performers. The after-party. My wife and I went to the Opera Carolina production of “Carmen” on opening night a few weeks ago. The tickets were complementary, and we’re grateful as always for Opera Carolina’s generosity. One thing I noticed immediately was the set. Or the lack thereof. There weren’t [...]
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by Lisa on March 20, 2010
I have so much blogging to do and share, however I just haven’t felt like it. Like how excited I was to attend Opera Carolina’s production of “Carmen” and what a first class production it was. To share the first days of spring starting around here and how lovely it is. Then, life throws curveballs. [...]
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by Lisa on January 24, 2010
Marcello and Rodolfo are heartbroken. Their loves have left them. Marcello’s paint brush doesn’t work as all he is able to paint is Musetta. Rodolfo cradles Mimis bonnet. They are both lost in the Paris spring.Their housemates return and hijinks commece. They are dancing and enjoying themselves when Musetta shows up with Mimi who has [...]
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