Come celebrate our 13th season with us!
CURTAINS UP: Katharine Goeldner & Kyle Ketelsen in Concert - A Benefit for Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre’s Young Artist Program with Katharine Goeldner (mezzo-soprano) and Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone)
Friday November 19, 2010, 7:30pm, at First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids
One chance only to hear this outstanding pair of artists sing opera, art songs and a selection of their favorites! Katharine (www.katharinegoeldner.com) & Kyle (www.kylek.net) , are both Iowa natives and alumni of the University of Iowa School of Music . They have performed at all major world opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, and will be seen together in the 2010-2011 Lyric Opera of Chicago (www.lyricopera.org) production of Carmen.
Iowa Public Radio is broadcasting the concert LIVE on the Performance Iowa program with interviews of the singers and the conductor, Daniel Kleinknecht, and commentary by IPR broadcaster, Jacqueline Halbloom.
TOSCA by Puccini (new production)
Friday January 14, 2011 @ 8pm and Sunday January 16, 2011 at 2pm at TCR
Daniel Kleinknecht conducts Orchestra Iowa musicians (www.orchestraiowa.org)
Live broadcast statewide by Iowa Public Radio (www.iowapublicradio.org)
Stage direction by Bill Fabris
OPERA GALA 2011
Save the Date! Saturday April 23, 2011 beginning at 6pm at Cedar Rapids Country Club
This special evening is the premier party of the opera season featuring delectable major hors d’oeuvres, complimentary wine, exciting and irresistible raffle items, and world-class entertainment from beginning to end!
CANDIDE by Bernstein (new production)
Friday June 17, 2011 @ 8pm; Saturday June 18, 2011 @ 8pm; Sunday June 19, 2011 @ 2pm at TCR
Saturday June 25, 2011 at Coralville Center for Performing Arts
Daniel Kleinknecht conducts Orchestra Iowa musicians (www.orchestraiowa.org)
Stage Direction by Gerald Dolter and featuring CR Opera Theatre’s Young Artists.
ALSO…Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre Young Artists will perform Herman the Horse: A Healthy Tail
by Susan M. Yankee in January 2011 for Cedar Rapids & Marion elementary schools, and free public
performances in locations TBA. The one-act production written for children uses the opera music of
Mozart, Strauss, Bizet and others to emphasize eating well and exercising.
Tickets will be available in September 2010
For Tosca and Candide: Theatre Cedar Rapids Box Office, 319-366-8591 or www.theatrecr.org
For Curtains Up and Opera Gala 2011: Opera Office, 319-365-7401 or www.cr-opera.org
