Opera on Tap
Arias are lovely – but operas are rarely one-man shows! The real fun, drama, and excitement happens when a few characters get together to plot, fall in love, bully, or just sing different things all at once.
We have scenes from The Magic Flute, Suor Angelica, Falstaff, Rigoletto, La Boheme and more for you!
Opera Scenes
Saturday, March 18, 2017
6:00pm
Syntax Physic Opera
554 South Broadway
Denver, CO
Tickets: $8 advance and students/$10 day of show
Two days, three shows, so many mini operas!
Three Lafayette, CO Arts Venues!
Two show pass: $20
Three show pass: $30
AN EVENING OF BITE-SIZED OPERA
Art Underground Arts Hub
420 Courtney Way
Friday, February 24 and Saturday, February 25
7:00pm
Tickets: $12/Advance, $15/At Door
http://minioperabitesized.eventbrite.com
Opera on Tap Colorado singers will perform seven short form operas in two hours including:
Douglas Moore’s Gallantry
An opera that parodies soap operas…complete with commercial breaks!
and
Samuel Barber’s Hand of Bridge
How much drama can on simple card game contain?
Jonathan Dove’s Pig
Two sisters fight for their most primal needs – hunger or love.
Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appetit
Julia Child, the delightful chef who taught Americans to love French cooking, brought to life through song.
Giancarlo Menotti’s Telephone
A marriage proposal hindered by the blasted telephone.
Anne Phillips and Robert Benjamin’ Plots
Nothing awkward about visiting your late wife’s grave with your girlfriend!
Francis Poulenc’s Dame de Monte Carlo
Jean Cocteau’s pocket drama depicts the glamor and despair of a gambler.
Singers include:
Stephanie Ball
Corinne Denny
Adrianne Fleming
Margaret Ozaki Graves
Philip Judge
Kate Mathews
Eve Orenstein
Joe Perron
Tom Sitzler
Joshua Zabatta
And Amanda Setlik Jones, piano
MEET YOUR LOCAL COMPOSERS
The Collective
201 North Public Road
Friday, February 24 and Saturday, February 257:00pm
Tickets: $8/Advance, $10/At Door
http://minioperalocal.eventbrite.com
There are living, breathing composers among us!
And some of them write tiny operas for big voices.
Pieces will be performed and ideas, inspiration, and process will be discussed!
BOULDER OPERA’S FIREBRINGERS
Mini myth operas and workshop for kids
Center for Musical Arts
200 East Baseline Road
Saturday, February 25
3:00pm
Tickets: $8/Children, $10/Adults
http://minioperafirebringers.eventbrite.com
Boulder Opera presents a musically compelling and visually stimulating chamber opera for children that takes us on a journey around the world, exploring fire myths of three different cultures. Young audience members will meet a singing rainbow crow, the god of thunder, and a moon-chief, only to name a few! The first scene, “Rainbow Crow,” comes from the Lenapé Indians of North America, the second is the story of Prometheus from ancient Greek mythology, and the last one is the world premiere of a new scene, “Iwarame the Caiman,”from the Yanomami-Sanema Tribes in Venezuela.
Appropriate for K-5 audiences and families
Sung in English with instrumental quartet
Performance time: 35 minutes
WORKSHOP!
Stay after the show and let your children help the singers create a new fire myth in this 30-minute opera improvisation workshop!
After the show, performers will work with children in groups to talk about elements of opera, working together to create a character and a story line. Then, the performers will improvise a new fire myth opera in front of the audience!
Appropriate for ages 6 and up!
Free to attend, registration required
Places to Eat and Drink in Lafayette
Mini Opera Mini Deal!
If you come in on Friday 2/24 between 6pm and 9pm or Saturday 2/25 between 1pm – 9pm and mention special for “Mini Opera” you will get a Standard Beer (server will tell you which is standard) and your choice of 3 different kinds of Flatbread Pizza’s and or 3 different kinds of quesadillas. You choose from the menu. Two items beer and food for $10.00. What a deal!
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Drink at:
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SHAKESPEARE – THE BARD AT THE BAR
Saturday, February 4, 2017
6:00PM
Syntax: Physic Opera
554 South Broadway, Denver, CO
Tickets: $8 advance and students/$10 day of show
William Shakespeare’s works were meant to be enjoyed by all in an intimate setting as they delve into the human condition and everyday life and love.
Join us as we share the words of William Shakespeare through song! We will soothe your soul, make you laugh, and above all, have a great evening chanelling the Bard!
Featuring a preview of Loveland Opera Theater’s Merry Wives of Windsor!
IF IT AINT BAROQUE…
Saturday, January 21, 2017
6:00PM
Syntax: Physic Opera
554 South Broadway, Denver, CO
Tickets: $8 advance and students/$10 day of show
In British English the word baroque is pronounced bah-ROCK!
We couldn’t agree more!
Baroque opera is the hair rock of classical with virtuosic pyrotechnics, gender bending to the limit, and wall of sound harpsichords!
Get ready to BAROQUE OUT!!
It’s a Messiah sing like you’ve never heard it before! Dust off your score, grab an adult beverage and join us for our annual holiday celebration where we’ll dish the dirt on Handel and his famous oratorio.
Get into the holiday spirit with all your Messiah favorites including a rousing barroom Hallelujah chorus!
Featuring:
Sarah Callinan, soprano; Caitlin Felsman, mezzo-soprano; Wes Hunter, tenor; David Smyth, Bass;
and Mike Pfitzer as our Drunk Historian!
“The Burren is one of Boston’s truly unique places. It captures the mythical nature of its namesake with a rich old-world feel that takes hold & slowly pulls you toward another time. “
Ticket Prices: $25 in advance. $30 at the door. $12 Students (Children 10 and under free)
*discounts available for groups of 10 or more! (email Boston@operaontap.com to check availability)
Learn more at: https://www.operaontapboston.com/events/drunkhistoryhandel24
Take a break from your holiday shopping and grab brunch with us at the Burren. We’re serving up sultry love songs, holiday favorites, and the shortest Messiah sing you’ll find in Boston this year! Plus, they’ll be opportunities to get involved and sing along.
Outrageous ugly sweaters strongly recommended, but not required for entry.
Suggested Donation $20 | $10 Students
It may have been a dangerous year for celebrities – and our country – but look at all the opera we have done this year!
Dozens of amazing singers have performed in Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Longmont in bars, breweries, schools, rock venues, street corners, city hall, concert halls, and even on TV!
We love bringing opera to you!
Can you imagine all we could do if everyone of our fans would chip in the price of a ticket to one of our performances, $10 – or more if you are able? Just this year we presented:
And coming up we have a Mini Festival of Mini Operas in February!
If just 50 of you click here to be a patron of the arts we will make our fundraising goal for the year! AND will appreciate you so much!
Our popular “On Demand” show returns with a holiday twist! Using some of your favorite arias and holiday tunes, our singers will create a totally new story full of heart warming seasonal joy. Not only that, our audience gets to choose what happens in the story. It’s choose your own adventure, opera style!
Saturday, December 17, 2016
6:00PM
Syntax: Physic Opera
554 South Broadway, Denver, CO
Tickets: $8 advance and students/$10 day of show
Take a break from your holiday shopping and grab brunch with us at the Burren. We’re serving up sultry love songs, holiday favorites, and the shortest Messiah sing you’ll find in Boston this year! Plus, they’ll be opportunities to get involved and sing along.
Outrageous ugly sweaters strongly recommended, but not required for entry.
Suggested Donation $20 |$10 Students
We will be caroling throughout the month at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts! Come find us there – and sing along! – on these dates:
Tuesday, 12/6/16
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday, 12/7/16
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Thursday, 12/8/16
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Saturday, 12/10/16
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Sunday, 12/11/16
12:00pm – 2:00pm
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Sunday, 12/18/16
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Tuesday, 12/20/16
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday, 12/21/16
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Thursday, 12/22/16
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Friday, 12/23/16
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Saturday, 12/24/16
12:00pm – 2:00pm