SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO’S Carmen at DISCOUNTED GROUP TICKET RATE!

Travel with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre to Chicago on Friday October 29, 2010 for a 2pm matinee performance of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Carmen, starring Katharine Goeldner in the title role and Kyle Ketelsen as Escamillo!  Discounted group-rate tickets are $66 and available from the Opera Office. Contact Virginia Michalicek by August 20 to reserve your ticket and find out more details: 319-365-7401 or vmichalicek@cr-opera.org.

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.