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PACIFIC OVERTURES Extends at East West Players Through Early December (Nov 19, 2024)
Jon Jon Briones and Gedde Watanabe Lead PACIFIC OVERTURES At East West Players (Oct 1, 2024)
Mesopotamian Opera Company Presents THE ITALIAN LESSON By Peter Wing Healey (May 16, 2023)
PACIFIC OVERTURES Extends at East West Players Through Early December (Nov 19, 2024)
Jon Jon Briones and Gedde Watanabe Lead PACIFIC OVERTURES At East West Players (Oct 1, 2024)
Mesopotamian Opera Company Presents THE ITALIAN LESSON By Peter Wing Healey (May 16, 2023)
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PACIFIC OVERTURES Extends at East West Players Through Early December
East West Players has extended its revival of the acclaimed Tony-nominated musical Pacific Overtures. This production of Pacific Overtures continues the theater’s long-standing relationship with the work of Stephen Sondheim. Learn how to purchase tickets.
East West Players has extended its revival of the acclaimed Tony-nominated musical Pacific Overtures. This production of Pacific Overtures continues the theater’s long-standing relationship with the work of Stephen Sondheim. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Jon Jon Briones and Gedde Watanabe Lead PACIFIC OVERTURES At East West Players
East West Players announced the cast for the upcoming production of PACIFIC OVERTURES, set to return to the stage. The production will feature a talented ensemble bringing this classic musical to life.
East West Players announced the cast for the upcoming production of PACIFIC OVERTURES, set to return to the stage. The production will feature a talented ensemble bringing this classic musical to life.
Mesopotamian Opera Company Presents THE ITALIAN LESSON By Peter Wing Healey
The Mesopotamian Opera Company presents its new production, The Italian Lesson, with words and music by melodic composer Peter Wing Healey. The opera is scored for piano, violin, cello and percussion, with conductors James Lent and Milos Veljkovic alternating at the piano.
The Mesopotamian Opera Company presents its new production, The Italian Lesson, with words and music by melodic composer Peter Wing Healey. The opera is scored for piano, violin, cello and percussion, with conductors James Lent and Milos Veljkovic alternating at the piano.
Pacific Opera Project Presents Watch Party For First Ever Bilingual Production Of MADAMA BUTTERFLY
On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 5:00pm PST, Pacific Opera Project (POP) presents a watch party of their critically acclaimed production of Madama Butterfly, the first ever true-to-story bilingual production of the opera, performed in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo.
On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 5:00pm PST, Pacific Opera Project (POP) presents a watch party of their critically acclaimed production of Madama Butterfly, the first ever true-to-story bilingual production of the opera, performed in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo.
Photo Flash: Opera In The Heights Presents MADAMA BUTTERFLY In A New Japanese And English Adaptation
For its fourth and final production of the season, Opera in the Heights (OH), the opera company that provides a stage for emerging performers and affordable opera to the Greater Houston Area, presents Puccini's enduring classic Madama Butterfly - with a difference. This co-production of OH and the Los Angeles-based Pacific Opera Project actualizes the heart of the opera's tragic cross-cultural love story by translating its original Italian libretto into the two languages of the protagonists - Japanese and English - and featuring Japanese-American singers in the Japanese roles.
For its fourth and final production of the season, Opera in the Heights (OH), the opera company that provides a stage for emerging performers and affordable opera to the Greater Houston Area, presents Puccini's enduring classic Madama Butterfly - with a difference. This co-production of OH and the Los Angeles-based Pacific Opera Project actualizes the heart of the opera's tragic cross-cultural love story by translating its original Italian libretto into the two languages of the protagonists - Japanese and English - and featuring Japanese-American singers in the Japanese roles.
BWW Review: MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Aratani Theatre
On Sunday April 14 Pacific Opera Project (POP) presented Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera, Madama Butterfly, in Japanese and English in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo. The company also live-streamed it online. Did anyone ever think an American Navy officer would speak to a young Japanese lady in Italian? l'd expect him to speak English and the lady from Nagasaki to speak Japanese. That is what happened at the performance on Sunday. Despite translations from Goro, the marriage broker, and Sharpless, the American consul, Pinkerton and Butterfly had trouble understanding each other as they came from completely different cultures.
On Sunday April 14 Pacific Opera Project (POP) presented Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera, Madama Butterfly, in Japanese and English in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo. The company also live-streamed it online. Did anyone ever think an American Navy officer would speak to a young Japanese lady in Italian? l'd expect him to speak English and the lady from Nagasaki to speak Japanese. That is what happened at the performance on Sunday. Despite translations from Goro, the marriage broker, and Sharpless, the American consul, Pinkerton and Butterfly had trouble understanding each other as they came from completely different cultures.
BWW Interview: Josh Shaw, director of Pacific Opera Project Bilingual Production of Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY
This month, Pacific Opera Project (POP) is presenting its most ambitious production to date: the first ever true-to-story bilingual Madama Butterfly with a new libretto written by POP Artistic Director Josh Shaw, interviewed for this story, and Opera in the Heights Artistic Director Eiki Isomura. The production presents Puccini's story as if it actually happened and attempts to answer the question of how would Butterfly and Pinkerton have really communicated if neither spoke the other's native language?
This month, Pacific Opera Project (POP) is presenting its most ambitious production to date: the first ever true-to-story bilingual Madama Butterfly with a new libretto written by POP Artistic Director Josh Shaw, interviewed for this story, and Opera in the Heights Artistic Director Eiki Isomura. The production presents Puccini's story as if it actually happened and attempts to answer the question of how would Butterfly and Pinkerton have really communicated if neither spoke the other's native language?
Pacific Opera Project Presents First Ever True-to-Story Bilingual Production Of Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY
On April 6, 13 and 14, 2019 at the Aratani Theatre at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in LA's Little Tokyo, Pacific Opera Project (POP) presents its most ambitious production to date: the first ever true-to-story bilingual Madama Butterfly. With a new libretto written by POP Artistic Director Josh Shaw and Opera in the Heights Artistic Director Eiki Isomura, the production presents Puccini's story as if it actually happened and attempts to answer the question: How would Butterfly and Pinkerton communicate?
On April 6, 13 and 14, 2019 at the Aratani Theatre at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in LA's Little Tokyo, Pacific Opera Project (POP) presents its most ambitious production to date: the first ever true-to-story bilingual Madama Butterfly. With a new libretto written by POP Artistic Director Josh Shaw and Opera in the Heights Artistic Director Eiki Isomura, the production presents Puccini's story as if it actually happened and attempts to answer the question: How would Butterfly and Pinkerton communicate?
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