The Opera Show

Stunning International Spectacle
THE OPERA SHOW
Opera with an Attitude
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CALENDAR INFORMATION
WHAT:           The Opera Show
WHEN:           Friday, January 29, 2010 • 8:00 PM
WHERE:        Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall
PRICES:         $48 • $42 • $35
INFO:             THE OPERA SHOW presents the most beautiful music ever written exquisitely performed in a spectacular and exuberant 21st century showcase. Mitch Sebastian's ravishing production is startling and fresh – a vivid MTV-style presentation with dazzling choreography animating Opera’s greatest hits. The result is an enchanted world where thrilling music is brought to life in an alluring, playful and electrifying evening that will delight opera enthusiasts and newcomers alike.

TICKET INFORMATION – on sale now
•    www.CincinnatiArts.ORG  
•    (513) 621-ARTS [2787]
•    Aronoff Center Ticket Office
•    Group Sales (10 or more): (513) 977-4157
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CINCINNATI, OH – THE OPERA SHOW, a stunning spectacle of the world’s most seductive arias performed in a colorful, breathtaking style for the 21st century, makes its Tri-state premiere on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 8:00PM at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall.  The event is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2009-10 Season of “Classic Nights Out.”

Tickets are on sale now at www.CincinnatiArts.ORG, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.  

THE OPERA SHOW takes audiences on a journey through the ages and features opera’s most evocative masterpieces, including “Nessun Dorma,” “La Donna E Mobile,” “Habanera,” “O Sole Mio,” as well as other classics by Puccini, Verdi, Rossini and Mozart, among others.   Featuring dazzling choreography, spectacular costumes, and consummate vocalists, THE OPERA SHOW is an electrifying evening that will delight opera enthusiasts and newcomers alike.

THE OPERA SHOW is presented in three acts, carrying the audience through vivid visual allegories beginning with the fanciful Baroque period, to 1940’s post Civil War Spain, and then through to the electronic age of now and the future.   

This ravishing, original production just completed a sold-out engagement in the United Kingdom and received rave notices.  “Consummately beautiful!” writes The Stage.  The Daily Express deemed it “totally captivating” and “fiercely brilliant.”

Produced by To Be Productions (Celia and Richard Mackay, Mitch Sebastian), THE OPERA SHOW originated in the opulent pastoral setting of Kilworth House Hotel and Theatre, a 19th century Italianate estate located in Leicestershire, England, which the London Daily Telegraph recently deemed “the best kept secret in British Theatre.”  

THE OPERA SHOW is an impressive collaboration by an international creative team whose work has been seen in theatres and symphony halls around the world.   Direction & Choreography by Mitch Sebastian (The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas); Musical Supervision by Matthew Freeman; Arrangements by Noel Vine; Set Design by Sean Cavanaugh; Costume Design by Christopher Giles, Lighting Design by Chris Ellis, Sound Design by Mike Walker.

The Cincinnati engagement at the Aronoff Center is part of THE OPERA SHOW’s 2010 international tour through North America and Continental Europe.

For more information, including a preview with the show’s director, Mitch Sebastian, visit www.theoperashow.com .

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS

2009-10 SEASON SPONSORS:  THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Founding Season Sponsor), DUKE ENERGY, The P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, LOCAL12 WKRC, FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner)

2009-10 PRESENTING SPONSORS:  CityBeat, The Cincinnatian Hotel, Premier Pianos, Natorp’s

2009-10 PROMOTIONAL SPONSOR:  The Cincinnati Herald

MEDIA SPONSORS:   WGUC 90.9 FM, 91.7 WVXU-FM