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Pacific Opera Project Announces Watch Party for Nintendo-Inspired ‘The Magic Flute’ Stream

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Pacific Opera Project has announced that it will launch an interactive watch party for its production of “The Magic Flute.” The party kicks off at 5 p.m. PST on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 via the company’s Facebook and YouTube channels. The popular iteration is rife with references to video games, particularly “Super Mario Bros.” and “The Legend of Zelda.” The {…}
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Christine Goerke & Jane Eaglen Headline Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s 2020 Season

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The Pittsburgh Festival Opera has unveiled its 2020 season which will include several operas, concerts, a poetry reading, and lectures. It all kicks off with the Gather of the Goddesses Gala Concert at the Playhouse at Pont Park University. The concert will feature Marianne Cornetti, Alexandra Loutsion, and Christine Goerke. Performance Date: June 20, 2020 “Pagliacci” will take the stage {…}
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Kirsten Chambers to Star in Indianapolis Opera’s ‘Don Giovanni’

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The Indianapolis Opera is set to present Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni” starting on March 20, 2020. The opera will run for three performances through March 21 and 22 at “The Toby” Theater at Newfields. Eric McKeever will take on the title role with Kirsten Chambers taking on the role of Donna Anna. Ben Werley will be Don Ottavio {…}
Behind the Scenes, Special Features

How Pacific Opera Project Brought Video Game Characters Into Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’

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The Pacific Opera Project opened its 2019 season on March 2 with an ingenious production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” set in classic video games from the 1980s. The fairy-tale story that premiered in Vienna in 1791 has lent itself over time to innumerable adaptations, and is often used as a way to attract children to the opera hall. With {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Pacific Opera Project 2018-19 Review: The Magic Flute

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When I interviewed Josh Shaw, Founding Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Project, back in December, I observed that Los Angeles’s Pacific Opera Theater or POP for short, is kind of “guerilla theater.” By that I didn’t mean that POP is experimental in its choice of repertoire but that it takes opera anywhere and – theoretically – everywhere by any means. {…}
IndieOpera

Pacific Opera Project To Present ‘The Magic Flute’

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The Pacific Opera Project is set to present “The Magic Flute.” Only it’s not your ordinary interpretation of the classic opera – no, this is a new 1980s video game inspired production of Mozart’s otherworldly tale! The heroes and villains will be transported to a “land of video games resembling Mario Bros. and Zelda.” The opera will be performed to {…}
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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America (4/20-22): Anna Netrebko’s Big Night Dominates Weekend

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It’s a big weekend in the opera world, with undeniably the biggest show coming from the biggest star around. Here is a look at five can’t-miss performances from around the North American continent (In alphabetical order by company). NJ Verismo Opera – Turandot Puccini’s final opera gets one performance in NJ with Zhanna Alkhazova in the title role, Philip Alongi {…}
IndieOpera

Pacific Opera Project To Present Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’

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The Pacific Opera Project will open it’s 2018 season with one of its biggest productions yet, “Mozart’s Don Giovanni.” The production, which is slated to run from April 13 through 22, 2018 at The Vortex, a large warehouse space in downtown Los Angeles will feature 70 tables per night, movie theater style seating, and single seating at communal tables. The {…}

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