Capitol City Opera: 2014 Season Celebrates 30 Years in Atlanta

Capitol City Opera: 2014 Season
Celebrates 30 Years in Atlanta
February 22, 2014
Capitol
City
Opera
Company (CCOC,) a
local opera company in the Southeast of
Atlanta, has announced its 2014 season
celebrating 30 years in the metro-area.
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CCOC has created many recurring
programs that benefit all ages and
demographics of the general public and
has toured throughout the United States
and Italy. Currently, the company
performs two fully-staged productions per
year, a monthly restaurant series (Dinner
and
a
Diva,) a vocal competition, touring
Capitol
City
Opera
Madrigals, touring gala singers, a summer
pops concert (On
the
Light
Side,) and an
Maria Pia Ugarte
astonishing 100 plus performances solely
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for children every year.
Each year, Capitol
City
Opera
Company
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engages an average of 60 singers and
reaches approximately 40,000 people
through its various programs. The
Company strives to make opera available
to all segments of the population
including the disadvantaged and makes a
concerted effort to help everyone
understand and appreciate opera.
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City
Opera
The company’s first fully-staged
production of the season will be Stephen
Sondheim’s Sweeney
Todd: The Demon
Barber of Fleet Street, March 7-9, 2014.
This masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of an
unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London, seeking revenge against the
lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. All three performances will
be at Oglethorpe
University’s Conant
Performing
Arts
Center. This production is cosponsored by Arts and Ideas at Oglethorpe
University.
Capitol
City
Opera
Company’s (CCOC) fall 2014 production (September dates TBD,) also
held at Oglethorpe
University’s Conant
Performing
Arts
Center, will be Franz
Lehár’s
The
Merry
Widow. In this light-hearted operetta, not widely performed in the United
States, a prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the
country. Hijinks ensue, money is won and lost, but in the end, the pair of lovers is wiser
and happier. This story is a perfect mix of fun and slightly bittersweet romance.
The annual fundraiser, On
the
Light
Side, will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 8 p.m.
at Church
of
the
Atonement
in
Sandy
Springs and will feature the music of Cole
Porter.
Attendees are invited to bring their own “Indoor Picnic” dinners, including adult libations,
and experience beautiful music in the air-conditioned indoors. The event features a silent
auction and door prizes.
The company will continue to perform its monthly Dinner
and
a
Diva series. These
performances are held on the third Tuesday of each month at Petite Auberge in Toco Hills
and every other month at Sugo in Johns Creek. It features singers from the Atlanta-area
who perform highlights from a variety of operatic repertoire. Dinner
and
a
Diva is a great
way to learn about opera, interspersed with wonderful courses of food and wine.
The Company’s Madrigal
Singers will also be bringing holiday cheer in performances
around Atlanta throughout the 2014 holiday season. A complete schedule and highlighted
repertoire can be found online at CCityOpera.org.
For more than 25 years, CCOC has been introducing opera to school students throughout
the Southeast. Keeping true to its mission of making opera accessible to everyone, this
season, the company will present three 45-minute shows addressing different life and
social skills and presenting complex ideas such as self-esteem, teamwork, honesty - even
scientific theory - in a fresh away. Family friendly productions include: A
Seussome
Twosome, Hansel
and
Gretel, and Sid
the
Serpent
who
Wanted
to
Sing. For more
information on these outreach programs, please visit CCityOpera.org.
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