Many heartfelt thanks to all of you who supported our first season of opera at the historic Hippodrome Theatre in 2009-2010 with performances of IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA and RIGOLETTO and to everyone who attended our recent performance of MADAMA BUTTERFLY on October 23, 2010. The performances have all enjoyed a great success with the audience and the feed back from the Hippodrome Theatre has been very positive. We almost doubled our ticket sales for MADAMA BUTTERFLY and we feel very encouraged by the many positive e-mails and donations.
For winter 2012 we invite you to the historic Hippodrome Theatre for Puccini’s LA BOHÈME on March 1 at 7:30 PM. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!
Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness and a gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is true and beautiful.
Plato 427-347 B.C.
All productions will be full scale with a 40-member orchestra, professional chorus and international soloists from the leading opera houses of Europe and the USA who are actively engaged in operatic careers. The productions will feature easy-to-read ENGLISH super titles projected above the stage.
BALTIMORE OPERA THEATRE is Baltimore’s family opera company. Ticket sales are economical and we have scheduled our performance to begin at 7:30PM so families with kids can get back home at a reasonable hour. Many local students receive free tickets and selected high school performing arts students are always used in the operas in a variety of ways. Please see YOUNG AMBASSADORS OF OPERA for more information about student involvement.
With best wishes,Opera is Good Fit at Hippodrome Theater
The elegantly regilded Hippodrome Theatre could be mistaken for an old-world opera house. On Wednesday night for three hours that's exactly what it was. The experience certainly was positive enough to make me want to hear more operatic workouts at the Hippodrome and boasted an agile, true ensemble cast that carried out comic moments with particular aplomb. Everybody onstage demonstrated an appreciation for the expressive richness of Mozart's writing and considerable determination to add nuance to their phrasing. Giorgio Lalov's staging kept things animated.
BALTIMORE SUN – Tim Smith – Jan. 2005
