Articles tagged:Arbor Opera Theater

Arbor Opera Theater taking on audience favorite 'Carmen'

Posted: Sat Jun 11 5:40 a.m. by Susan Isaacs Nisbett Freelance Entertainment Writer

Getting patrons across the threshold and into the theater is the job of any performing arts organization. So you might think that an opera company like Arbor Opera Theater might have looked to that great and popular crowd pleaser, “Carmen,” some time in its first 10 years. But it’s only ...

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Cabaret fundraiser to aid Arbor Opera Theater

Posted: Tue Mar 8 10:04 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Arbor Opera Theater, Ann Arbor's local opera company, is presenting a cabaret fundraiser called "Vive La France" on Sunday for two seatings at the Earle.

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Arbor Opera Theater presenting "Lucia di Lammermoor"

Posted: Wed Jun 9 10:45 a.m. by Susan Isaacs Nisbett Freelance Entertainment Writer

Note: story has been updated to correct a name. Kelly Holst and Daniel Shirley (from the Friday/Sunday cast) rehearse for Arbor Opera Theatre's production of "Lucia di Lammermoor." The mad scene in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” is a dramatic and vocal pinnacle of an art form that loves tragedy — ...

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Arbor Opera Theatre, Ann Arbor Cantata Singers collaborate for “Dido and Aeneas”

Posted: Mon Jan 25 11:05 a.m. by Susan Isaacs Nisbett Freelance Entertainment Writer

NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect the fact that People Dancing is not involved in the production. Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas” is an oldie but goodie, a 1689 Baroque opera on a libretto by Nahum Tate that packs drama, pathos, humor and great music for soloists, chorus ...

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