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Scream Queens
Saturday, October 5, 2024 | 8 to Late
Mendelssohns Classical Music Bar | 955 N Missippi Ave | Portland, OR $10 Cover | Ages 21+ An evening of voices in treble! Enjoy a pun-derful cocktail or simple wine alongside delectable bites as New Wave Opera treble vocalists accompany your evening with tuneful opera arias, duets, and and art songs from Mendelssohn's iconic high-rise stage! Featured Repertoire: With selections ranging from the gorgeously serene to the seriously silly, there will be plenty for long-time opera fans and first-time listeners to enjoy. Featured selections include works by New Wave Opera composers Kimberly Osberg & Lisa Neher, plus selections by Melissa Dunphy & Nikita Gill, Jodi Goble & Basil Considine, Monica Chew & Sandra Flores-Strand, William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Portland's own Dianne Davies, and more! No RSVP required. A $10 cover charge in support of the performing artists applies at the door. New Wave Opera will perform off-and-on throughout the evening, so swing by anytime and stay however long you like! |
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Night of the Living OperaMonday, October 21 & Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | 5 pm - Midnight
Raven's Manor Haunted Bar |235 SW 1st Ave | Portland, OR $10 Cover | Ages 21+ IT'S ALIVE! Night of the Living Opera is an evening of haunting & silly contemporary operas in English that are the perfect way to get in the mood for Spooky Season! Enter a world of witches, murderers, and artists gone mad in a nightlife venue with food and drinks. Featuring: Serial Killers and the City by Del’Shawn Taylor and Joanie Brittingham: in this parody of Sex and the City, a group of stylish gal pals get together to swap stories about their latest kills - but things get tense when FBI Agent Small unexpectedly joins them for brunch! The Oval Portrait by Felix Jarrar: based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, a painter slowly falls into a drug-induced madness. Thump! by Portland composer Kimberly Osberg: based on Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic classic The Tell-Tale Heart, this psychodrama explores the psyche of a multifaceted narrator. A chilling tale of resentment, loss, & guilt. she conjures by Portland composer Lisa Neher and Bea Goodwin: in this feminist tale of witches, crows, curses, revenge, and redemption, Grissall, the Scottish daughter of the last witch burned, seeks justice with the help of her mother’s feathered familiar, Caraid. Scottish folk music infuses this mysterious and haunting story. |
COMPLETED EVENTS
August 19, 2024 | Music in the Manor
New Wave Opera's first performance at Raven's Manor Haunted Bar, featuring selections from the Summer Splash show, as well as previews of the upcoming operas for the October show, Night of the Living Opera. You can read more about it and see photos from the event by clicking here. You can also find the full texts & translations from the program at the link below:
New Wave Opera's first performance at Raven's Manor Haunted Bar, featuring selections from the Summer Splash show, as well as previews of the upcoming operas for the October show, Night of the Living Opera. You can read more about it and see photos from the event by clicking here. You can also find the full texts & translations from the program at the link below:
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July 27, 2024 | Summer Splash!
New Wave Opera's debut performance as a company, featuring selections from opera arias, duets, and trios along with art songs by living composers and librettists, along with modern settings of historic texts. You can read more about it and peruse a photo gallery from the event by clicking here. You can also find the full program information at the links below:
New Wave Opera's debut performance as a company, featuring selections from opera arias, duets, and trios along with art songs by living composers and librettists, along with modern settings of historic texts. You can read more about it and peruse a photo gallery from the event by clicking here. You can also find the full program information at the links below:
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July 12, 2024 | Really Spicy Opera Aria Institute
New Wave Opera singers and pianists recorded arias-in-progress by composers and librettists in Really Spicy Opera's Aria Institute. You can read more about it and peruse a photo gallery from the event by clicking here.
New Wave Opera singers and pianists recorded arias-in-progress by composers and librettists in Really Spicy Opera's Aria Institute. You can read more about it and peruse a photo gallery from the event by clicking here.