OOT HEADS TO THE NORTH POLE!... INWOOD!... WE MEAN!

 

Thursday December 10th, 2009, 9pm

Indian Road Cafe
600 West 218th Street at Indian Road
New York, NY 10034
(212) 942-7451
NO COVER 

In it's continued pursuit of world domination, Opera on Tap travels to the far north of Manhattan bringing fine furs and spices from the Fareast for trade... Not really, just opera.  We are pleased to present our annual holiday show this year at our newest soon-to-be regular Manhattan venue, the cozy Indian Road Cafe.  Join us for delicious food, an extensive menu of beers, wines, coffees, desserts and opera-holiday-style!  As per the usual, there will be the annual O Holy Night Highnote Beatdown competition.  NO THROWING OF PASTRIES ALLOWED!  They're too precious...

 

 OPERA GROWS IN BROOKLYN

 

Saturday December 12th, 2009, 8pm

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OOT is pleased to continue it's partnership with American Opera Projects on their wildly successful series, Opera Grows in Brooklyn.  Every quarter, OOT and AOP join forces to present short segments of new works by living composers at Brooklyn's hip and ever-growing-in-reputation venue, Galapagos Artspace. 

As part of the December program OOT will present scenes from James Barry's opera SUCKER.  

 
               James Barry   

With one foot in popular culture, the other firmly planted in tradition – based on a true story, SUCKER is an exciting, original hybrid of established operatic form. The opera was conceived from a songwriter’s point of view. That is, to tell a simple story in my own words set to my own music. An accessible, tuneful, immediate sound world draws from an attractive mixture of serious and popular music. The libretto and dramatic structure were greatly influenced by soap opera – obvious, a little kitsch, with lots of cliff hangers.

Albert Prestridge, an aging, trusting, depressed, lonely divorcee, employed as a record store manager and night time paper delivery driver is a very unhappy man. The dark, overly dramatic, and slightly comical story begins at an engagement party for Bert’s ex-wife and best friend. As events unfold through the introduction of a colorful cast of characters, we come to find out Mr. Prestridge’s best friend had an affair with his wife, whom he is now marrying. An acquaintance bravely comes forward and confess this horrific betrayal hidden by his friends. Struck down by the terrible news, Bert begins a slow downward spiral, falling deeper and deeper into depression until he is no longer able to cope.

FEATURING: Sean T. Miller,
Amberleigh Aller, Amanda Villegas, Zack Rabin and Seth Gilman.

Musical Direction by Chris Berg
Stage Direction by Kathleen Stakenas

 

WHAT ELSE BESIDES SUCKER WILL BE PERFORMED?

SEMMELWEIS

AOP presents the true story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis who battled the 19th-century European medical establishment and his own personal demons to convince the world why a deadly disease has been killing mothers at a horrific rate inside the world's greatest hospital.
Music by Raymond Lustig
Libretto by Matthew Doherty
Stage Direction by Matt Gray
Music Direction by Charity Wicks
Featuring: Matthew Curran, Abigail Fischer, Glenn Fleshler, Patrick Porter, & Daisy Press
with Dina Rose Rivera and Jessica Savage
More info: http://www.operaprojects.org/semmelweis

MARYMERE

Using the talents of both classical and folk musicians, the one-act opera Marymere tells the true story of a suspected murderer and a wealthy eccentric who escaped to Wyoming at the turn of the last century.
Music and libretto by Matt Schickele
Stage Direction by Jenn Foster
Music Direction by Wesley Chinn
Featuring: Hai-Ting Chinn, Jesse Blumberg
More info: http://mattsomething.com/marymere