2009-2010
Season Offerings
UP NEXT.... June 20
at 7:00 pm
ILLUMINATION OPERA PRESENTS "CUPID’S ARROW"
A QUIVER
OF LOVE SONGS
“In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love,” so Illumination Opera’s 2009
season continues with its second production, Cupid’s
Arrow: A Quiver of Love Songs. The Chelmsford based community
opera company will present an evening of classical music on
the theme of love on Saturday, June 20 at 7:00 pm at
All
Saints’ Episcopal
Church, 10 Billerica Road, Chelmsford.
The performance is free, but donations will be gratefully
accepted to support the company’s next fully staged
opera, Die Fledermaus. Because the cost of a fully staged
production is minimally $11,000-$15,000 and time is needed
to raise funds, founders Maggie Marshall and Susan Julian
Gates will present operatic and classical music to the
public on a continuing basis through thematic programs.
Cupid’s Arrow: A Quiver of Love Songs is the second
of these programs, following Carnevale di Venezia.
The evening of music from Purcell to Gilbert and Sullivan
to the 21st century will be ushered in by Cupid, played
by Aleric Heck.
Company members performing iinclude Westford residents
Nancy Bush, Linda Holstein-Stronge, Demetra Bristol, Dan
Swanson and Bill Kruger; Chelmsford resident Susan Julian
Gates; Sudbury resident Rosario Caltabiano; and Lowell
resident, Joe Rondeau. Debra LeBrun is the accompanist
for the performance.
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NEXT SEASON....
February 5 and 6, 2010
Die Fledermaus in English
Join us for the original Champagne music by Johann Strauss
Past Performances
HANSEL AND GRETEL
Our wildely successful premier opera!
Fully produced with orchestra, sets, choreopgraphy, special
effects and costumes.
CARNEVALE DI VENEZIA!
Venetian inspired songs from
Monteverdi to Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan.
About
The Illumination Opera Company
The Illumination Opera Company is a Massachusetts-based Opera Company
that focuses on Intergenerational projects to bring the opera experience
to the community, involving performers of all ages.
An Intergenerational Opera Production does not just mean that
we expect adults and children in our audience. Illumination Opera's
goal is to not only produce operas for our community, but to also
give children and adults in our community the opportunity to take
part in creating this ephemeral work of art, an opera production.
Illumination Opera, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation based
in Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Illuminating News! Hansel and Gretel Premiered
On Saturday, December 6th
and Sunday December 7th at 2pm at the Performing Arts Center
at Chelmsford High School we presented a fully produced performance
of Hansel and Gretel, complete with staging, costumes, sets,
orchestrra and all the bells and whistles of "real opera" for
children and adults. A large and enthusiastic audeience joined
us for this romp through the Bavarian Woods, featuring witches,
fairies, lost children, frustrated parents, and a feast of local
children in the roles of fancifully costumed singers and dancers.
A good time was had by all!
All in the English language. All with your favorite Massachustetts
opera performers. Concert
Photos, Click Here....
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The Illumination Opera Company is supported
in part by a grant from the Chelmsford Cultural Council,
a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts
Cultural Council, a state
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