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Pacific Opera Project To Team Up With The Occidental College Glee Club

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The Pacific Opera Project  is set to join forces with The Occidental College Glee Club for its upcoming production of Verdi’s Lla Traviata.” The two will collaborate on two performances scheduled for Oct. 27 and 28, 2018 at Occidental College’s Thorne Hall; the two organizations last worked together in 2016 for “The Rake’s Progress,” which was largely deemed a success. The upcoming {…}

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Pacific Opera Project To Present Outdoor ‘Carmen’

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On Sept. 1, 2018, the Pacific Opera Project will return to the newly renovated Ford Theatre for a fully staged production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” The performance, which will be held for one night only for an audience of 1200, will be directed and designed by Artistic Director Josh Shaw. The opera will be conducted by Music Director Michael Powers, choreographed by Amy {…}

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Pacific Opera Project to Livestream Rossini’s “La Gazzetta”

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The Pacific Opera Project will be bringing their final performance of Rossini’s “La Gazzetta” to viewers around the world via livestream on July 7, 2018 One of Rossini’s lesser-known operas, “La Gazzetta” follows a Neapolitan father who takes out an advertisement for his daughter, in the hopes that he can find her a worthy, or at least wealthy, suitor. As {…}

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Pacific Opera Project To Present West Coast Premiere Of ‘La Gazzetta’

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On June 28, 2018, the Pacific Opera Project will present the west coast premiere of Giacomo Rossini’s rarely performed “La Gazzetta.” “La Gazzetta” premiered in Naples in 1816, ran for 21 performances and was revived once, in 1928. It was not seen on stage again until England’s Garsington Opera presented it in 2001, followed by 2005 productions at the Rossini Festival {…}

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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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Pacific Opera Project 2017-18 Review – La Bohème / The Hipsters: An Intelligent Adaptation of the Puccini Classic Set in the 21st Century

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On December 8, 2017, Pacific Opera Project presented its version of Giacomo Puccini’s “La bohème,” called “The Hipsters.” Artistic Director and Company Co-Founder Josh Shaw defines “hipsters” as twenty to thirty-year-old well-educated members of a subculture that values independent thinking, an appreciation of art, creativity, intelligence, and the witty banter of well-educated young adults, many of whom have liberal arts {…}

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Pacific Opera Project Announces Inventive 2018 Season Productions

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Pacific Opera Project (POP) has announced the productions for its 2018 season, curated by Artistic Director Josh Shaw. Opening the season will be Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in downtown Los Angeles’ The Vortex theater. Featuring food and wine served to 70 tables, this delectable production is said to look like “Dick Tracy” meets “Boardwalk Empire.” POP’s production of “Don Giovanni” will {…}

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Pacific Opera Project To Close 2017 Season With Modern Take on ‘La Bohème’

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The Pacific Opera Project will close its 2017 season with five performances of its 2012 production of “La Bohème: AKA ‘The Hipsters.’” In POP’s production of “La Bohème: AKA ‘The Hipsters,’” an 1830’s Parisian garret becomes a present-day Los Angeles loft apartment during a particularly cold SoCal winter. LA’s housing crisis comes to life on stage as the artist, poet, philosopher, musician, {…}

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Pacific Opera Project 2017-18 – The Monkey’s Paw & The Medium: Double Bill Enchants & Sets Perfect Halloween Mood

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On October 27, 2017, Pacific Opera Project presented the world premiere of Brooke DeRosa’s “The Monkey’s Paw” along with a revival of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Medium” at the Ebell Club in Los Angeles. Brooke based the libretto for her opera on W.W. Jacobs’ 1902 supernatural thriller of the same name. The mystic tale, sometimes read in high school classes, {…}