Intimate Opera
“The splendor of opera in an intimate setting.”
The Mission of The Intimate Opera Company is two-fold:
To create beautifully rendered operas for music lovers in the San Gabriel Valley, and to offer performance opportunities for emerging artists.
The Intimate Opera Company brings the brilliance of the art form to the community with fully-staged operas in English with chamber orchestra. We encourage young talent to develop their gifts through our annual Youth Vocal Competition and Summer Vocal Workshop.
Conductor Kristof Van Gryspeer and Stage Director Mark Lamanna bring skill and artistry to the stage. Teaming them up with the brightest of SoCal's emerging artists, they focus on making great music and in breathing new life into the characters - a recipe for exciting theater!
Join The Intimate Opera Company for our Exciting 12th Season!
A Spicy Afternoon - Refreshments, Silent Auction and Music, proceeds benefit The Intimate Opera Company's May 2009 production of La Tragédie de Carmen. Sunday, March 29, at 4 pm, the Historic El Sueno at Westminster Gardens, 1420 Santo Domingo Avenue, Duarte 91010. For reservations and information contact Wendy Kikkert at thewendell@sbcglobal.net or 626.274.7342.
The Intimate Opera Company is proud to present a thrilling adaptation of a classic opera: La Tragédie de Carmen. In 1983, the English stage director Peter Brook, along with composer Marius Constant and playwright Jean-Claude Carrière, re-mastered George Bizet's Carmen, creating an intimate-and-intense eighty-minute opera for four singers and fourteen-piece orchestra. Our production features a stellar cast: mezzo-soprano Geeta Novotny as Carmen, tenor Christopher Campbell as Don Jose, soprano Susan Kane as Micaela, and baritone James Martin Schaefer as Escamillo. The critically-acclaimed team of conductor Kristof Van Gryspeer and stage director Mark Lamanna head up this powerful production.
La Tragédie de Carmen opens Friday evening, May 1 and Saturday evening, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. Harbeson Hall, Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd Pasadena 91106. Tickets for these performances are: Adults: $32.50, Seniors: $27.50, Students: $22.50.
On Saturday May 9th there will be a matinee performance at 2 p.m. at Packard Hall, Westminster Gardens, 1420 Santo Domingo Avenue, Duarte 91010. Tickets for this performance are: Adults: $30.00, Seniors: $25.00, Students: $20.00. Tickets for the first two weekends may be purchased by calling SC Tickets: 800-888-7287.
The final weekend there are two performances at The Gold Room, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green Street, Pasadena 91101, Saturday evening, May 16 at 8:30 p.m., and Sunday evening May 17 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for these performances are: Adults: $37.50; Seniors: $32.50; Students: $27.50. Visit PCA Box Office, or www.ticketmaster.com to purchase tickets.
For reservations contact: Wendy Kikkert at thewendell@sbcglobal.net or 626-274-7342
