Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the big top! Step right up and experience the most outrageous Carnevale orchestrated by Kentucky Opera. The event will take place in the magnificent Medallion Ballroom of the grand Seelbach Hilton Hotel on
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Of course the evening will have a variety of high-end and hard to find wines for which the event for has become known. Carnevale committee chair, Pete Walton said “There are a lot of Carnevale patrons that attend just for the wine, myself included.” For the last two years, Walton has donated dinner for 8 at his home with wine parings from his extensive wine cellar.
In the center ring you will be stunned by the incredible talent of soprano Anya Matanovič! Matanovič will give a preview of her thrilling vocal color at Carnevale; she will return for the 2009-10 Season to sing the role of Gretel in Kentucky Opera’s production Hansel & Gretel.
This year’s Carnevale is dedicated to Mason C. Rudd who was the initial benefactor of the Studio Artists’ program (which was called the Rudd Young Artists Program for the first three years). Rudd was the founder of Rudd Equipment Company and was Chair of the Louisville Metro Board of Health for over three decades.
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