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“It’s said that St-Jean is the prettiest of the countless pretty villages in the Perigord.  It’s also said, to our embarrassment, that Maison Rose is the most beautiful house in the village.  There’s some stiff competition for both of those titles.  All we know is that we feel unbelievably privileged to have found a house here, and to be able to share it with our friends.”  --Jim and Mary Oppel,

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We had sold out audiences for the Marriage of Figaro!   Check out the review from Arts-Louisville.com - where reviewer J. Barret Cooper says, "All are strong in voice, showing that Kentucky Opera does not scrimp on getting the best available talent in Opera today." Selena Frye of Louisville.com stated "All in all, I think the night was a success -- and something of an experiment for both artists

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Along with his  Mo.Joe's Corner webisodes, Maestro Joseph Mechavich has interviewed the cast of Marriage of Figaro so you can get to know the amazing artists who will perform in the second production in the Brown-Forman 2011/12 Kentucky Opera season. Tickets are going fast, so you had better get them now if you haven't yet. Call us at 502.584.7777 or just click here. (The Kentucky Center now has

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We had an amazing weekend! Carmen is definitely one of Kentucky's favorite operas, and people came out in droves to the Brown Theater to prove it! There is still one more chance to see this spectacular presentation.  Perhaps you have heard we added a a performance to fulfill demand.  Next Friday, September 30 at 8pm, Tara Venditti and Scott Piper will thrill the third crowd of the Brown Theater.

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Kentucky Opera announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Louisville Federation of Musicians Local 11-637 (Local 11-637) to play for the Brown-Forman 2011/12 Season opening performances of Carmen. The agreement, signed September 9, 2011 is pending ratification by the musicians of the union and approval by the board of directors of Kentucky Opera. While the opening night performance

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 Due to incredible demand, Kentucky Opera is now selling tickets for a third performance of Carmen – Friday September 30.  Single tickets range from $35 - $78 and are available by calling 502.584.7777 or visiting KYOpera.org. General Director, David Roth says “Our Brown-Forman 2010 Fall Season was such a success that in the spring we optioned with all of our artists a third performance of

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Kristine McIntyre will return to Kentucky Opera to direct the Brown-Forman 2011/12 Season opener - CARMEN  (CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & I PAGLIACCI 2010  |  WERTHER 2008). With Maestro Joseph Mechavich the duo will be reinventing this classic tragedy for Kentucky Opera audiences. In this video, McIntyre discusses some of the significant differences from Kentucky Opera's production in comparison to

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With the announcement of the Louisville Orchesta’s cancelation of their September and October concerts, Kentucky Opera has been notified as well by management that the organization is not able to perform services for Kentucky Opera during those months. In spite of this setback in the negotiations between management and musicians of the Louisville Orchestra, Kentucky Opera would like to assure all

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Heather Phillips was a Kentucky Opera studio artist in 2008 & 2009.  In our Brown-Forman 2011/12 Kentucky Opera Season, Heather Phillips will be one of the mainstage artists - Micaëla in CARMEN.    Recently Shane Shapps of 520 East Brands had a chat with Heather about Opera, Louisville and everything inbetween. When did you know Opera was your future? “Probably when I first saw my first

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In our OVATIONS! Magazine, Maestro Joseph Mechavich interviews Michael Mayes who will be returning to Kentucky Opera to perform the role of Escamillo in the opening production CARMEN (September 23 & 25). Mayes was here last season to play Silvio in I PAGLIACCI. The OVATIONS! Magazine is sent to subscribers to prepare them for the upcoming opera. It includes information on the composer, the

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Our dear friend, Charles Parsons from Opera News wrote a review of Madame Butterfly which closed Kentucky Opera's Brown-Forman 2010 Fall Season. The review made Opera News' online version and you can read it here.Perhaps some of you who joined us at Kentucky Opera's black-tie fundraiser on January 11, Carnevale noticed a "news crew" in the early part of the evening. That was Becca White and Chris

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I may be bias, but the OH FREEDOM! performance at the Frazier International History Museum was truly inspiring last week. Our artists, Courtney Cleveland and Eric McKeever have really brought themselves into the work and made it their own.There are two more opportunities to see this beautiful tribute to African American history. The Fund for the Arts is sponsoring two more happy hours at the

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In the arts, we love a party.  We think sharing some music with a glass of wine is one of the best things in life.  The Fund for the Arts will be hosting such events at the Frazier International History Museum every Thursday starting tomorrow through February 10. This is the second year the Fund has sponsored these Happy Hours to honor Black History Month.  Kentucky Opera Studio Artists will

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Lookie lookie who made the cover of Opera America's "Year in Review"Yes folks, you got it right! That's Elizabeth Futral and Sebastian Gueze in the opening production of Kentucky Opera's 2009 Brown-Forman Fall Season, La Traviata! This beautiful photo was taken by O'Neil Arnold. You may also recognize the handsome Adam Diegel (under the Traviata image) performing in Florida Grand Opera's Carmen

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Yunah Lee as Madame Butterfly, photo by J. David LevyKentucky Opera closes out the 2010 Brown-Forman Fall Season with Madame Butterfly this weekend (November 19 & 21). We heard a lot of rave reviews from a lot of great people who attended the opera on Friday. Here are a couple that are actually in writing and available online. The Arts Louisville, a website dedicated to the promotion of all the

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Yunah Lee as Cio-Cio San in Kentucky Opera's Madame Butterfly. Photo by J. David Levy.Tonight is the Final Dress Rehearsal for Madame Butterfly and we are expecting a full house. We invite schools and donors to join us for this rehearsal which makes the experience mutually beneficial. Middle & high school students get to see live opera in its grandest setting and our singing actors and musicians

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It's a pretty scary word, Sitzprobe. It sounds like an extremly invasive uncomfortable medical proceedure. The german word translates as "Seated test." In our case, it's a seated rehearsal.Actually its a very special moment in the opera world. It is the moment when all the pieces come together for the first time. Singers and chorus will sing through the entire opera on stage for the first time

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Madame Butterfly is by far one of the most popular operas in the entire repetiore. There are a million reasons to love this opera, the story, the music, the history.The Kentucky Center for the Arts posts "Staff Pics" on their blog, This month, Madame Butterfly is Jeffery Jamners' Staff Pic. Here's why...

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The Courier Journal's Katya Cengle had the distinct honor of joining the Patron's Circle for a night of guerrilla opera. Daron Hagen's New York Stories was a part of Kentucky Opera's Composer Workshop program and Opera America's National Opera Week celebration.Our Studio Artists: Brandy Hawkins, Gabriel Preisser, Andrea Shokery, Daniel Anderson and Tomasz Paweł Sadownik were joined by UofL School

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On Halloween weekend, a privileged few got a special treat. After a week of intensive workshops, Kentucky Opera studio artists performed Daron Hagen’s New York Stories in three downtown homes as a part of Opera America’s National Opera Week. The three short operas have all been performed in concert; and the first has been staged several times. But this is the first time that composer Hagen has

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Our Studio Artists have been getting quite the work out. Not only were they all involved with The Elixir of Love, they were also preparing for Barber of Seville for Owensboro, preparing for the Composers workshop and taking classes all over the city. They had an acting class at Actors Theatre, and a stage combat class with the Fraizier International History Museum.Gabe Preisser is our baritone

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Clips from the dress rehearsal of Kentucky Opera's performance of The Elixir of Love.It's going to be a fun production, tickets are still availalbe!Call 5020.584.7777 or click here.Selena Frye from Louisville.com was at the rehearsal and seemed to really enjoy herself.Read her rehearsal review here.

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If you haven't heard that Kentucky Opera is doing the Elixir of Love, you must be living under a rock.  Tickets are still available by calling 502.584.7777 or click here. Emily Albrink as Adina and Victor Ryan Robertson as Nemorino in Elixir of Love. Photo by J. David Levy. Jeffery Lee Pucket takes a stab at writing on opera for the Courier Journal. Bill Doolittle chatted with Louisville native

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It was a beautiful evening at the home of Ian and Roberta Henderson. The cast was in good form and each performed with great energy.Here is a sample of the fun by baritone Chad Sloan who will sing the role of Belcore in Kentucky Opera's upcoming production of The Elixir Of Love.Chad is a Kentucky native and a University of Louisville Alumni. He currently lives in New York and has been working

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We have lost Joan Sutherland. The opera world weeps. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/joan-sutherland-stupendous-soprano-dies-at-83/

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Victor Ryan Robertson will play the coutnry bumpkin, Nemorino, in Kentucky Opera's upcoming production of The Elixir of Love. Some lucky listeners heard him sing "Una furtiva lagrima" at Lunch & Listen on Wednesday, October 6 either live at the WUOL performance studio or on Classical 90.5FM. Others will get to see (a much better video of) the entire program on MetroTV in the coming weeks. During

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We had such rave reviews for Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci: "The principal glory was soprano Kara Shay Thomson's explosive, altogether astonishing Santuzza. As a young woman disgraced in her village, bearing the anguish of excommunication, Thomson acted with honest, unaffected intent. She sang powerfully, wrapping every phrase in sumptuous tone retaining its core focus no matter how far

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This past Wednesday, Kentucky Opera had their Lunch & Listen at Classical 90.5 FM WUOL. The hour-long program is hosted by David Roth who explores the stories of upcomming operas, introduces the cast with musical excerpts to whet the appitite of the studio audience and radio listeners.This is one of my very favorite enrichment programs offered by KYO. This particular program featured the cast of

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Bill Doolittle wrote a nifty piece about the Opera for the LEO's Arts & Entertainment guide.  He elaborated on the amount of time and effort Kentucky Opera puts in to educating our patrons and the public at large.  You can read it here. Another educational element not discussed in Doolittle's story involve our artists.  Each of them, before they arrive for reharsals, must know their parts.  Some

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The season is upon us. The Studio Artists have arrived and are often heard warming up in the various rooms in the building - which makes for lovely adventures in music while wandering the second floor of ArtSpace. You can meet them here.  You will see them on stage for each of the Opera peformances, they may take the mic at the Lunch & Listen on September 9 at the WUOL performance studio, and

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I am writing this entry from my home in Gulfport, Florida as Tropical Storm Bonnie swirls to the south. She is a welcomed guest as she will provide refreshing breezes and much needed rain. But still what echoes in my head are the tunes and text from a very successful run of Susannah at Des Moines Metro Opera. At every performance the cast, chorus, orchestra and stage crew were fully committed

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Greetings from the rolling hills and green fields of south central Iowa where I am currently rehearsing Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah for Des Moines Metro Opera. We began rehearsing this amazing American opera on June 4 and have our opening on July 3 (Le nozze di Figaro and Macbeth are also featured this summer). Personally, I am humbled in the fact that in less than one year I was fortunate to be a

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James Levine has announced he will not be able to complete the remainder of the season for both the Metropolitan Opera and the Boston Symphony as he will be undergoing his second back surgery.  Fabio Luisi will replace him in New York, while Boston is using several conductors to stand in for Levine including Jayce Ogren and Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos.   Find out more here and here  and here. 

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I knew about this commercial that popularized the I Pagliacci aria:But I had no idea it was a big campaign... Imagine. Using opera to give strength to your product...

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Check this out. I have seen this with dancers, but not opera...

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Don't miss the last public opportunity to see the OH FREEDOM concert live,  tonight (Thursday 2/11/10) the Frazier History Museum (9th & Main).  Come at 5pm and share a refreshment and experience a concert that has been met with outstanding success at 5:30pm.  The event is free and open to the public thanks to the generosity of The Fund for the Arts.  Metro TV (insight channel 25) will air the

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   This is an opportunity to hear what the candidates say about the future of arts funding.  Let them know our community demands stability for the arts!!  The Kentucky School of Art Presents...... A Conversation with the 2010 Louisville Mayoral Candidates               about the Future of the Arts in Louisville Hosted by The Kentucky Center for Performing Arts moderated by David Cupps, Executive

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Naoko Suga, Erica Cochran and Phillip Morgan perform Oh Freedom! for Foster Elementary.Halfway through the tour! We’re halfway through the OH FREEDOM! tour! Our intrepid performers Erica Cochran, Phillip Morgan and Naoko Suga have traveled more than 600 miles and have performed for more than 3,500 kids! They started the tour in Clinton County, Kentucky (near the border of Tennessee),

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Jazz Musician and composer Harry Pickens works with Kentucky OperaWinter Studio Artists Phillip Morgan and Erica Cochran on his piece for the OhFreedom tour, "A Chorus Of Hope" which will premiere at the Celebrate your Dreamconcert on Sunday. Sometimes my job allows me to witness wonderful events - moments that deserve to be shared with the world as they are poignenet and important. Monday was

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Lisa Hasson, Thomson Smillie and Clark Sturdevant rehearse for Madama Butterfly at Artspace in Louisville. Many may or may not know that Kentucky Opera went to Owensboro recently to perform a semi staged version of Madama Butterfly with the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra. It seems as though other Orchestras are coordinating with opera companies to produce smaller less expensive semi staged concerts

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David Roth just got back from the BIG Apple where he was holding auditions for mainstage artists.Last week Deanna Hoying listened to over 80 singers vie for the four postions in Kentucky Opera's Studio Artists Program.I sat down with her to talk about how it was going...Me: So, how are the auditions going?Deanna Hoying: "I've been really happy about this year's auditions. We have more artists

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Dear Opera Lovers,When I was young my maternal grandmother used to take me grocery shopping with her. I soon came to realize that my grandmother was extremely rigid with her grocery buying list. The two of us used to pass aisle after aisle of products just to find the one that my grandmother had bought for the past 50 or so years in a row. I am now grateful for the extra exercise my grandmother

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Last night was Kentucky Opera's final dress rehearsal for Hansel & Gretel. We had a great crowd of appreciative students and the reactions of the audience really increased the energy of the show.My guy Matt from Videobred was quite efficient with his videography. Here is the footage we captured and sent to the TV staions.Anya Matanovic as GretelLeah Wool as HanselVictoria Livengood as the

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From the Guild of Kentucky Opera:The witch's house on stage. Hansel and Gretel is fun. It's got cute kids, a sandman, a dew fairy and the mean ole witch who lives in a gingerbread house dripping with candy to entice her victims! The Guild of Kentucky Opera is always looking for new ideas to raise funds and found this opera wrought with possibilities!Since Hansel and Gretel takes the stage at the

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Heather Phillips is in her second year of the Kentucky Opera Studio Artists program. Last season she participated in the mainstage productions, education programs and the Composer Workshop with Jake Heggie. This season, not only did she get to workshop Ben Moore's Enemies a Love Story, have a master class with Carlisle Floyd, and sing along side the likes of Elizabeth Futral... she also gets to

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Hansel & Gretel is next week!!If you haven't boned up on Humperdink, here are a few ways to get more out of your operatic experience.Watch METRO TV:Kentucky Opera's Lunch & Listen will be aired on Insight chanel 25Wednesday, 11/11 at 2pmThursday, 11/12 at 9:30amand Sunday 11/15 at 9pmYou can listen to the podcast at WUOL.orgHere is a portion of the Lunch & Listen where our conductor, Steven White

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Rod Nelman as George Milton and Michael Hendrick as Lennie Small in Carlisle Floyd's OF MICE AND MEN which Kentucky Opera will present at the Brown Theatre on Friday, October 30 and Sunday, November 1. Photo by J. David Levy.Kentucky Opera has been very busy with "Of Mice and Men" and the excitement is mounting! Composer, Carlisle Floyd was able to join us last night for the student dress

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The Of Mice and Men sets have arrived and the stage hands are busy putting the pieces together.I just chatted with the stage crew. Apparently the bunk house wall weighs 2,400 pounds. Vern, the leader of the pack, says he's never had to deal with something that heavy. Even the helicopter in Miss Saigon wasn't that heavy. I suppose if the ranch hands have to get in the beds that they need to be

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He is considered the Father of American Opera. Contemporary composers across the country and the globe admire him for his contributions to the craft. His works combine penetrating social commentary with acute psychological insight. In 2008 he became the first composer to receive the National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honor award. And he's coming to Louisville. Composer and librettist,

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Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them. Carlisle Floyd

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KY Opera Mice and Men QUOTE OF THE DAY: You’re the tiger and you’re the dragon, so you are crouching and you are hiding. Michael Cavanagh

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I went to M&M rehearsal today and captured video. Unfortunately I am unable at this point to edit. Once again thwarted by technology. D-:

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Getting ready for Of Mice & Men cast/staff Lunch. Adler just finished chatting with our Lennie and George. Its gonna be a great Opera.

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Of Mice and Men cast is starting to arrive. Alise has been back and forth to the airport ALL DAY. She still manages to get her work done!

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Not sure how I feel about Ping yet. I will let you know.

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Studio Artist Music Director, Lisa Hasson; Madama Butterfly Stage Director, Thomson Smillie ; and Clark Sturdevant as Goro Kentucky Opera's Studio Artists are hard working "kids."They spent all of September working on La Traviata. Last week they worked on Ben Moore's new opera, Enemies, a Love Story. (Photographer Jan Abbott took pictures of the Enemies program Saturday, October 3 at Comstock

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Ben Moore working with Kentucky Opera Studio Artist, Sarah Klopfenstein with the role of Tamara in Enemies, a Love Story at UofL's Comstock HallBen Moore arrived in our fair city on Saturday (between La Traviata performances) and started working immediately. Only being here for a week, he has a lot of ground to cover in a little bit of time. He will be working with students from the University

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We have had many great responses to the La Traviata weekend. People have been posting on the Kentucky Opera Facebook Fan Page, on my page, on twitter... No one has really commented on the blog, so I thought I would share some comments from the other social media sites here:The Kentucky Opera's, La Triviata, was spectacular! It looked as if every seat was filled at the Brown Theatre. Perfect event

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Were you amoung our full house last night for Kentucky Opera's grand gala opening of the 2009 Brown-Forman Fall Season of La Traviata?Tell us what you thought? Did you enjoy the Gala atmosphere?Did you enjoy the intimacy and opulance of the Brown Theatre?Were you mesmirized by the new sound of the expanded orchestra pit?Did you fall in love with the voice of Metropolitan Opera star, Elizabeth

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Tonight, Friday, September 25, 2009 the Brown Theatre will be transformed into a grand opera house when Kentucky Opera opens the 2009 Brown-Forman Fall Season with La Traviata.We have extremely limited seating for this evening as the Grand Gala has everyone all excited (and rightly so) but there are great seats still available for Sunday, September 27 at 2pm. Call for tickets 502.584.7777 before

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This is the Traviata set, strewn in the alley behind the Brown Theatre. How exciting!

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Monday evening, Gill Holland hosted Kentucky Opera's Patrons' Circle party at the Green Building.One of the highlights of the evening was the introduction of Sébastien Guèze who will make his U.S. premiere when he sings the role of Alfredo in Kentucky Opera's upcoming production of La Traviata. He charmed the crowd with his amazing voice and dashing good looks.Here is a sample, as he sings "De'

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In case you have missed any of the auxiliary events surrounding Kentucky Opera's LA TRAVIATA there is still time!!! Don't miss any of these great opportunities to learn about the talented cast, the gorgeous production and the amazing spectacle that is grand opera!Sights & Sounds at the Speed:Speed Museum Auditorium, 2035 South Third StreetSunday, September 13 at 1:30pmThe Bad Girls of Art and

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On Labor Day, while many were out grilling or running down 3rd Street with the Mayor, Kentucky Opera had the great pleasure to co-host a special in studio interview for the Art Of Great Singing with Elizabeth Futral. The show's host, Fadel Friedlander, came in from Oberlin Ohio to conduct the interview at the WUOL Studios.Here is a segment of the interview in video, where Elizabeth discusses how

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Traviata artists have arrived!! Friday afternoon everyone came together (cast, staff, production...) and had lunch. It is a casual easy way for the cast to meet or be reunitied. David Roth makes introductions.Old friends hugged and chatted, those new to the company shook hands and met who will become old friends by the month's end.One such new comer, is Sébastien Guèze who is making his US Debut

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Andrew Adler featured yours truly in his latest Courier Journal article. Now you all know who is the main blogger for Kentucky Opera. I do have a few others that contribute, and I am always open to more. Lets give a shout out to the Wagnarian and Holly the Pirates of Penzance costume designer. One element to the whole social media/ PR world that wasn't addressed in Andrew's story - with my social

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This morning we had a little meet and greet with our new Studio Artists. There were some familiar faces like soprano Heather Phillips who recently took first place at the 2009 National Opera Association Vocal Competition; and pianist/coach Naoko Suga (who was able to work hard in L.A. this summer) both of whom were with us last season.New to the ranks include baritone, Eric Brown from Washington

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Tuesday, August 11, Gov. Steve Beshear presented checks to each of the 18 organizations and to the group of arts workers whose jobs were preserved through the economic stimulus funding. This federal funding is a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided to Kentucky through the National Endowment for the Arts and granted through the Kentucky Arts

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Our friends at the Kentucky Center made us aware of a recent BBC report on the cardiovascular effects of opera. The study by Circulation journal states:"The researchers tested out various combinations of music and silence on the volunteers and found tracks rich in emphasis that alternated between fast and slow, like operatic music, appeared to be the best for the circulation and the heart.

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Already we are getting excited about the Brown-Forman 2009 Fall Season. Traviata is going to be spectacular with soprano Elizabeth Futral as Violetta. Some may remember Elizabeth from the first season of the Metropolitan Opera HD productions, the world premier of Tan Dun's The First Emperor starring along side of Placido Domingo. Her parents were in the audience at Tinsel Town that day, and

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Last weekend, we were all very busy with the car raffle drawing and the Guild of Kentucky Opera held a birthday party for David. The winner of the 2009-10 Car Raffle is (drum roll please) Ruth Ann Compton of Washington DC! Congratulations to Ruth who decided to take the $50,000 in lieu of the Porsche. All in all, the Opera exceeded their goal for the car raffle netting

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Now this is an interesting fundraising strategy.Hugh Jackman has offered to donate $100,000 to one person's favorite charity if they are able to convince him he should do so in 140 characters (spaces and punctuation included) on the social media site, Twitter. The online news source, The Australian quotes Jakman as twittering:"The more passion shown for your charity the better! Get the support of

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Wednesday afternoon two of our Iolanta singers were at WUOL for an interview with Daniel Gilliam. Ukrainian by birth, and Canadian by love, Anna Shafajinskaia will be our Iolanta and was so gracious to give her time after one rehearsal and before another. Mikhail Svetlov, who will sing King Rene, was there as well. You can listen to the entire podcast here.In the interview, I learned that this

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Today Kentucky Opera had the Lunch and Listen for Iolanta. For those who may not know about this significant program, it's a one-hour preview of whatever opera is coming up. It takes place on Wednesday usually two weeks prior to the production at Louisville Public Media's performance studio hosted by one of the wonderful WUOL hosts such as Scott Dowd, Alan Brandt or Carol Larson. (I would be

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Friday was a busy day for Kentucky Opera. David Roth, Deanna Hoying and Lisa Hasson listened to over 30 young singers in the rehearsal room of ArtSpace. Singers were auditioning for the few Kentucky Opera Studio Artists spots for the 2009-10 Season.While we don't have any results as of this post, I can tell from sitting outside that Brent Turner's Figaro was HILARIOUS! Lisa Paradise also sounded

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Just learned about the new Executive Pastry Chef Aaron Stordeur at the Seelbach Hilton who will be constructing fabulous yummies for the patrons of the Opera's main black-tie fundraiser, Carnevale on January 17. I hear there is an interesting story about this guy. I will investigate and get the scoop for you, our faithful blog readers, first!Here's a video of him in an egg separation battle...

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Mayor cuts City budget, arts funding cut in half!David Roth's statement:<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";

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It seems as though just yesterday we were having a fun romp with Don Quixote in the Brown Theatre. Amid the holiday festivities, Kentucky Opera will present Werther at the Kentucky Center. It's not the candy, it's pronounced Vair- tair.Our photographer J.David Levy slipped me a few images from the piano dress rehearsal on Sunday, just to share with our blog readers.Garrett Sorenson sings the role

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Kentucky Opera celebrated the Patron's Party last night at Steve Van Hooser & Wayne Jenkins' last night. What a great time. The studio artists performed a choral piece from the Baroque Showcase that will open on Friday 11/14 and the Werther cast showed off their vocal prowess with arias and ensembles from the Massenet piece slated to open on 11/28. This is the first time in my history with the

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Pirates closed today. We had two student matinees for title one schools sponsored by a group of ANGELS: Brook and Matthew Barzun, Augusta and Gill Holland, and Owsley and Victoire Brown. These six individuals made it possible for hundreds of students to experience live opera - we thank them!! Both performances were pretty much full and the audences seemed to enjoy the performances.Now the Studio

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The David Levy Requested QUOTE OF THE DAY 1. The Belle of Louisville – it might be mentioned in the show…listen for it!

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Lisa Ellis, the Pirates of Penzance stage manager, sends us notes everyday about rehearsal. Said notes include fun tidbits of information for different departments working on the show like:Props 1. Thomson would like a tall processional cross for the divinity in Act I. 2. We are using almost all of the daggers you brought us, and some of them could use some TLC. They are laid out on a

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David Michael taking a break while Jamie-Rose and Colm work on "Stay Frederic Stay".The cast is working so hard on Pirates of Penzance, they are ahead of themselves. They are doing so well, they took the day off yesterday!Colm Fitzmaurice hamming it up. He is an excellent actor.Rehearsing at Artspace is an added bonus! We move into the Brown Theatre next week. So exciting!We are selling

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This post was sitting in my drafts pile for a while so its a little late. SorryPirates of Penzance Cast/Staff Lunchon.I learned A LOT at the lunch today. I sat next to our Mabel, Jamie-Rose Guarrine. She has just moved to Fairbanks Alaska, and LOVES the fall weather here in the 'Ville. Just before her move, she had a gig in Arizona where it was too hot. She was in Alaska for a month during

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A memoir from Kentucky Opera Studio Artist Juliana Moura and her experience on Sunday's performance of Otello.<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:

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Lots of feedback coming from the Otello Audience:David, OTELLO was magnificent last night.Truly a memory that will stay with us for a very long time. During the performance I found myself looking at what I thought was an oil masterpiece from one of the great masters from the period. WOW!!! Best regards,Juan and CindyDear Kelly - I saw both the Opening Night and the Sunday Matinee of

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Friday evening at Kentucky Opera's opening night of Otello, the announcement came.The Opera announced their three season plan which includes an "Audience Choice " in the 2010 Season! Here is the line up:2009 :Verdi's La TraviataCarlisle Floyd's Of Mice and MenHumperdinck's Hansel and Gretel Beethoven's "Fidelio" in concert with the Louisville Orchestra2010:Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and

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The image above is from the first Otello piano dress rehearsal, the first run through with the full chorus full sets, costumes, wigs and makeup. The directors and designers can finally see how everything works together and make changes as needed. Apparently in this rehearsal, they had to change Cassio's wig and the lighting was on the red side at one point. I think they got it worked out by

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