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Guerilla Opera Kicks Off 2024-25 Season With SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE (Sep 4, 2024)
Guerilla Opera Performs Works By Iranian Women Composers At The Museum Of Science (Nov 4, 2021)
The Rebellious Guerilla Opera Presents ELLIS Next Month (Sep 29, 2021)
Guerilla Opera Kicks Off 2024-25 Season With SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE (Sep 4, 2024)
Guerilla Opera Performs Works By Iranian Women Composers At The Museum Of Science (Nov 4, 2021)
The Rebellious Guerilla Opera Presents ELLIS Next Month (Sep 29, 2021)
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Guerilla Opera Kicks Off 2024-25 Season With SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 4, 2024
Guerilla Opera has announced its 2024-25 season opener, SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE, exploring the life of baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 4, 2024
Guerilla Opera has announced its 2024-25 season opener, SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE, exploring the life of baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson.
Guerilla Opera Performs Works By Iranian Women Composers At The Museum Of Science
by Stephi Wild - Nov 4, 2021
The cast features Guerilla Opera All-Stars Aliana de la Guardia (soprano and Artistic Director), Brian Church (baritone), and Mike Williams (percussion), in dynamic solo and duo performances. The production and creative team includes Deniz Khateri (Stage Director and librettist for SALT), Nuozhou Wang (Associate Director and Video Effects Designer), Keithlyn Parkmen (Lighting Designer and Associate Producer), Sarah Schneider (Artistic Projects and Production Manager).
by Stephi Wild - Nov 4, 2021
The cast features Guerilla Opera All-Stars Aliana de la Guardia (soprano and Artistic Director), Brian Church (baritone), and Mike Williams (percussion), in dynamic solo and duo performances. The production and creative team includes Deniz Khateri (Stage Director and librettist for SALT), Nuozhou Wang (Associate Director and Video Effects Designer), Keithlyn Parkmen (Lighting Designer and Associate Producer), Sarah Schneider (Artistic Projects and Production Manager).
The Rebellious Guerilla Opera Presents ELLIS Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2021
Guerilla Opera presents a live production of ELLIS, a world premiere multimedia and immersive opera based on true stories from Ellis Island. ELLIS runs for two performances only on Saturday and Sunday, October 2 & 3, 2021 at 7:00PM in the Old South Meeting House, Boston's National Historic Landmark known for being the spark of the American Revolution.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2021
Guerilla Opera presents a live production of ELLIS, a world premiere multimedia and immersive opera based on true stories from Ellis Island. ELLIS runs for two performances only on Saturday and Sunday, October 2 & 3, 2021 at 7:00PM in the Old South Meeting House, Boston's National Historic Landmark known for being the spark of the American Revolution.
Guerilla Opera to Open 15th Anniversary Season With World Premiere of ELLIS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 10, 2021
At the opening of their 15th Anniversary Season, Guerilla Opera will present a live production of ELLIS, a world premiere multimedia and immersive opera, composed and with electronic sound design by Gabriele Vanoni, libretto by Ewa Chrusciel, and with video installation and stage direction by Laine Rettmer.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 10, 2021
At the opening of their 15th Anniversary Season, Guerilla Opera will present a live production of ELLIS, a world premiere multimedia and immersive opera, composed and with electronic sound design by Gabriele Vanoni, libretto by Ewa Chrusciel, and with video installation and stage direction by Laine Rettmer.
The Guerillas Present An Encore Presentation Of GIVER OF LIGHT
by Stephi Wild - Feb 9, 2021
Join Guerilla Opera at a watch party on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 7:00PM EDT on Sparrow Live for an encore viewing of the world premiere of Giver of Light, a new chamber opera based on the life of 13th-century Sufi poet, Rumi.
by Stephi Wild - Feb 9, 2021
Join Guerilla Opera at a watch party on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 7:00PM EDT on Sparrow Live for an encore viewing of the world premiere of Giver of Light, a new chamber opera based on the life of 13th-century Sufi poet, Rumi.
The Guerillas Launch an Underground Virtual Speakeasy
by Stephi Wild - Nov 11, 2020
As the world prepares for further quarantining, Guerilla Opera, in anticipation, developed the Guerilla Underground, an on-demand virtual speakeasy where you can explore the ensemble's latest COVID Experiments, short projects that pack a punch with small casts of your favorite Guerillas and that expand the definition of opera in surprising ways!
by Stephi Wild - Nov 11, 2020
As the world prepares for further quarantining, Guerilla Opera, in anticipation, developed the Guerilla Underground, an on-demand virtual speakeasy where you can explore the ensemble's latest COVID Experiments, short projects that pack a punch with small casts of your favorite Guerillas and that expand the definition of opera in surprising ways!
BPT's THE ROSENBERGS Selected For International Online Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 17, 2020
The North American premiere of The Rosenbergs has been selected for the second annual IOTF: The International Online Theatre Festival. The opera was produced by Boston University and Brandeis University, and presented by Boston Playwrights' Theatre (BPT) in 2018.
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 17, 2020
The North American premiere of The Rosenbergs has been selected for the second annual IOTF: The International Online Theatre Festival. The opera was produced by Boston University and Brandeis University, and presented by Boston Playwrights' Theatre (BPT) in 2018.
Guerilla Opera to Showcase Five Cutting-Edge Composers at Brandeis University
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 24, 2020
Guerilla Opera's season starts Saturday, March 14, 2020! Experience a showcase of five world premiere one-act operas written by composers from Guerilla Opera's inaugural Emergence Composer Fellowship in Slosberg Recital Hall at Brandeis University in Waltham. Featured composers and librettists include: Leah Reid, Caroline Louise Miller, Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei (دانیال رضا سبزقبایی) and Mina Salehpour (librettist), Jeremy Rapaport-Stein, and Niko Yamamoto and Athanasia Giannetos (librettist).
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 24, 2020
Guerilla Opera's season starts Saturday, March 14, 2020! Experience a showcase of five world premiere one-act operas written by composers from Guerilla Opera's inaugural Emergence Composer Fellowship in Slosberg Recital Hall at Brandeis University in Waltham. Featured composers and librettists include: Leah Reid, Caroline Louise Miller, Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei (دانیال رضا سبزقبایی) and Mina Salehpour (librettist), Jeremy Rapaport-Stein, and Niko Yamamoto and Athanasia Giannetos (librettist).
Guerillas Present Seven World Premieres In Their 13th Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2020
Guerilla Opera, known for all things new, intimate, and experiential, gives you more new works, more composers, fabulous All Stars, and more events in their 13th season with performances in Boston and Washington D.C.!
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2020
Guerilla Opera, known for all things new, intimate, and experiential, gives you more new works, more composers, fabulous All Stars, and more events in their 13th season with performances in Boston and Washington D.C.!
Cantata Singers Celebrates The Holiday Season With A CANTATA SINGERS CHRISTMAS
by BWW News Desk - Dec 7, 2018
Cantata Singers celebrates the holiday season with two opportunities to hear "A Cantata Singers Christmas"- today, December 7th at 8pm, and on Sunday, December 9th at 3pm, both at First Lutheran Church in the heart of Boston's Back Bay.
by BWW News Desk - Dec 7, 2018
Cantata Singers celebrates the holiday season with two opportunities to hear "A Cantata Singers Christmas"- today, December 7th at 8pm, and on Sunday, December 9th at 3pm, both at First Lutheran Church in the heart of Boston's Back Bay.
Cantata Singers Celebrates The Holiday Season With A CANTATA SINGERS CHRISTMAS
by Julie Musbach - Nov 8, 2018
Cantata Singers celebrates the holiday season with two opportunities to hear "A Cantata Singers Christmas"- on Friday, December 7th at 8pm, and on Sunday, December 9th at 3pm, both at First Lutheran Church in the heart of Boston's Back Bay.
by Julie Musbach - Nov 8, 2018
Cantata Singers celebrates the holiday season with two opportunities to hear "A Cantata Singers Christmas"- on Friday, December 7th at 8pm, and on Sunday, December 9th at 3pm, both at First Lutheran Church in the heart of Boston's Back Bay.
Cantata Singers Opens 55th Anniversary Season With 'Bach And Harbison'
by Julie Musbach - Sep 19, 2018
Cantata Singers 55th season begins on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 8pm in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall with J.S. Bach's cantata BWV 140, "Wachet auf," and the first complete performance of John Harbison's Sacred Trilogy.
by Julie Musbach - Sep 19, 2018
Cantata Singers 55th season begins on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 8pm in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall with J.S. Bach's cantata BWV 140, "Wachet auf," and the first complete performance of John Harbison's Sacred Trilogy.
Guerilla Opera Looks To The Future In Their Season Finale
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2018
Whet your appetite for the "enterprising" (Opera News) Guerilla Opera's productions and recordings to come at "Emergence I," a concert presentation featuring a first-listen to new music from Mischa Salkind-Pearl's A Dead Body based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, libretto by Franny Zhang, as well as beloved revivals of Marti Epstein's magical Rumpelstiltskin and Per Bloland's dark and brilliant Pedr Solis with libretto by Paul Schick."Emergence I" plays on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 8:00PM in the OBERON at 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Admission is $20.00 and tickets can be purchased online at cluboberon.com, by phone at 617-547-8300 and at-the-door one hour before curtain at the OBERON.
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2018
Whet your appetite for the "enterprising" (Opera News) Guerilla Opera's productions and recordings to come at "Emergence I," a concert presentation featuring a first-listen to new music from Mischa Salkind-Pearl's A Dead Body based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, libretto by Franny Zhang, as well as beloved revivals of Marti Epstein's magical Rumpelstiltskin and Per Bloland's dark and brilliant Pedr Solis with libretto by Paul Schick."Emergence I" plays on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 8:00PM in the OBERON at 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Admission is $20.00 and tickets can be purchased online at cluboberon.com, by phone at 617-547-8300 and at-the-door one hour before curtain at the OBERON.
BWW Review: THE ROSENBERGS (AN OPERA) at Brandeis University Next Weekend
by Nancy Grossman - Apr 23, 2018
Boston Playwrights' Theatre hosted the North American premiere of THE ROSENBERGS (AN OPERA) the past two weekends. It moves to Spingold Theater Center at Brandeis University for three performances next weekend. A co-production of Boston University and Brandeis, the opera features music by Joachim Holbek, libretto by Rhea Leman, and is directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky. Moving performances by Brian Church and Christie Lee Gibson breathe life into Julius and Ethel Rosenberg as real people who lived a tragic love story.
by Nancy Grossman - Apr 23, 2018
Boston Playwrights' Theatre hosted the North American premiere of THE ROSENBERGS (AN OPERA) the past two weekends. It moves to Spingold Theater Center at Brandeis University for three performances next weekend. A co-production of Boston University and Brandeis, the opera features music by Joachim Holbek, libretto by Rhea Leman, and is directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky. Moving performances by Brian Church and Christie Lee Gibson breathe life into Julius and Ethel Rosenberg as real people who lived a tragic love story.
THE ROSENBERGS (AN OPERA) Opens At Boston Playwrights' 4/14
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 10, 2018
Performances of the North American premiere of The Rosenbergs (An Opera) begin this week. The special event is produced by Boston University and Brandeis University, and presented by Boston Playwrights' Theatre (BPT).
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 10, 2018
Performances of the North American premiere of The Rosenbergs (An Opera) begin this week. The special event is produced by Boston University and Brandeis University, and presented by Boston Playwrights' Theatre (BPT).
Photo Flash: Guerilla Opera's CHRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS Makes World Premiere
by Julie Musbach - Nov 5, 2017
Guerilla Opera, having completed a decade's worth of world premiere operas, will premiere a new farce entitled Chrononhotonthologos by long-time collaborator Andy Vores, with stage direction by Nick O'Leary tonight!
by Julie Musbach - Nov 5, 2017
Guerilla Opera, having completed a decade's worth of world premiere operas, will premiere a new farce entitled Chrononhotonthologos by long-time collaborator Andy Vores, with stage direction by Nick O'Leary tonight!
Guerilla Opera Opens 11th Season with New Farce by Andy Vores
by BWW News Desk - Oct 2, 2017
Guerilla Opera, having completed a decade's worth of world premiere operas, is still going strong.
by BWW News Desk - Oct 2, 2017
Guerilla Opera, having completed a decade's worth of world premiere operas, is still going strong.
Guerilla Opera Announces 10th Anniversary Concert in OBERON, 5/31
by Christina Mancuso - Apr 18, 2017
Guerilla Opera plays its greatest hits and looks forward on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at its 10th Anniversary Celebration concert in the OBERON at 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA! Join host Allegra Libonati and familiar members of Guerilla Opera's “relentlessly inventive” ensemble at 6:00pm for mingling, appetizers and a cash bar. General admission for this event is $20.00 and can be purchased online at cluboberon.com, by phone at 617-547-8300 and at-the-door 1 hour before curtain at the OBERON.
by Christina Mancuso - Apr 18, 2017
Guerilla Opera plays its greatest hits and looks forward on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at its 10th Anniversary Celebration concert in the OBERON at 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA! Join host Allegra Libonati and familiar members of Guerilla Opera's “relentlessly inventive” ensemble at 6:00pm for mingling, appetizers and a cash bar. General admission for this event is $20.00 and can be purchased online at cluboberon.com, by phone at 617-547-8300 and at-the-door 1 hour before curtain at the OBERON.
Guerilla Opera To Play Greatest Hits In Honor Of 10th Anniversary, 4/18
by Molly Tracy - Mar 28, 2017
Guerilla Opera plays its greatest hits on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at its 10th Anniversary Celebration in the OBERON at 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138! Join your host Allegra Libonati, Stage Director of upcoming “Play: the Game—or—Game: the Play” and Boston Lyric Opera's recent “The Rakes Progress,” at 6:00pm for mingling, appetizers and a cash bar, and mezmerizing performances from Guerilla Opera's “relentlesly inventive” ensemble.
by Molly Tracy - Mar 28, 2017
Guerilla Opera plays its greatest hits on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at its 10th Anniversary Celebration in the OBERON at 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138! Join your host Allegra Libonati, Stage Director of upcoming “Play: the Game—or—Game: the Play” and Boston Lyric Opera's recent “The Rakes Progress,” at 6:00pm for mingling, appetizers and a cash bar, and mezmerizing performances from Guerilla Opera's “relentlesly inventive” ensemble.
Guerilla Opera Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Greatest Hits, Experimental Opera
by Julie Musbach - Mar 27, 2017
Guerilla Opera plays its greatest hits on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at its 10th Anniversary Celebration in the OBERON at 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138! Join your host Allegra Libonati, Stage Director of upcoming "Play: the Game-or-Game: the Play" and Boston Lyric Opera's recent "The Rakes Progress," at 6:00pm for mingling, appetizers and a cash bar, and mezmerizing performances from Guerilla Opera's "relentlesly inventive" ensemble. General admission for this event is $20.00 and can be purchased online at cluboberon.com, by phone at 617-547-8300 and at-the-door 1 hour before curtain at the OBERON.
by Julie Musbach - Mar 27, 2017
Guerilla Opera plays its greatest hits on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at its 10th Anniversary Celebration in the OBERON at 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138! Join your host Allegra Libonati, Stage Director of upcoming "Play: the Game-or-Game: the Play" and Boston Lyric Opera's recent "The Rakes Progress," at 6:00pm for mingling, appetizers and a cash bar, and mezmerizing performances from Guerilla Opera's "relentlesly inventive" ensemble. General admission for this event is $20.00 and can be purchased online at cluboberon.com, by phone at 617-547-8300 and at-the-door 1 hour before curtain at the OBERON.
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