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Longwood Opera

22nd Consecutive Season

 

Our mission


Spring

Summer

Fall

A Tribute To Gioachino Rossini

18th Annual
Concert Series

Joint
Longwood/NEGASS
The Mikado
sing-through

Donizetti's DON PASQUALE

Longwood in Spring


LONGWOOD OPERA

presents

A Tribute To Gioachino Rossini

Concerted selections from:

Stabat Mater, Petite Messe Solenelle

And additional Sacred, Secular and Operatic selections

with a

Fully costumed, staged production of Rossini's 1st opera composed at age 18!

THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT

Featuring:
Stephanie Mann, Rebecca Saslow, Korland Simmons, Colin Levin, Fred Furnari, J. Scott Brumit
Jeffrey Brody, Musical Director

Friday June 6, Saturday June 7 at 8:00pm
Sunday June 8 at 2:30pm
Christ Episcopal Church
1132 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA


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Longwood in the Summer

18th Annual Summer Concert Series

Tuesdays at 7:30 pm Christ Episcopal Church
 1132 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA

July 1: An Evening of Opera   July 8: Broadway Melodies   July 15: An Evening of Opera Scenes
July 22: Presenting Rising Stars   July 29: TBD   August 5: An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan
August 12: More Operatic Scenes   August 19: More Broadway Melodies   August 26: A Gala Night of Opera

Special FREE concert:

August 24 from 2:00-5:00pm:
NEGASS & Longwood Opera
will present an unrehearsed sing-through of a Gilbert & Sullivan opera
The Mikado
Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Avenue, Needham

The audience is the chorus, so bring your score!

Music is free but dinner is pot-luck. Please bring something to share if you'd like to stay for dinner.

Ticket prices for our 18th Annual Summer Concert Series

Summer Season Passes:
""Adults - $50.00
""Seniors, Students and Children 10 and under - $35.00

Single admission tickets
(available only at the door on the night of the performance):
""Adults - $8
""Seniors, Students and Children 10 and under - $6

Tickets for the rest of the season

Tickets may be purchased at the door for all performances.

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Longwood in the Fall

To close its 22nd season, Longwood opera is proud to present

DON PASQUALE

by Gaetano Donizetti

in English, in a fully staged performance with piano accompaniment

Music Director: Jeffrey Brody

Stage Director: Scott Brumit

October 17 & 18 at 8pm
October 19 at 2:30pm
Christ Episcopal Church
1132 Highland Avenue
Needham, MA

October 24 at 8:00pm
Acton Congregational Church
12 Concord Road
Acton, MA

October 25th at 8pm
Park Avenue Congregational Church
50 Paul Revere Road
Arlington Heights, MA

October 26 at 2:30pm
Congregation Shirat Hayam of the North Shore
55 Atlantic Avenue
Swampscott, MA

 

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Sing to Cure MS

The 6th Annual Sing to Cure MS Halloween concert to benefit the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis, a non-profit organization dedicated to curing MS by determing its causes, will be held:

Sunday, October 26, 2008, 3-5 pm
Pleasant Street Congregational Church
75 Pleasant Street, Arlington, MA

Featuring artists from Longwood Opera and other local companies.
More information
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This year's concert is supported in part by a grant from the Arlington Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

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Ticket Information

Ticket prices for the fall 2008 season

Adults - $23.00

Students - $15.00

Seniors - $18.00

Children 10 and under - $13.00

See special prices for our 17th Annual Summer Concert Series

Tickets may be purchased at the door for all performances.

Tickets may be purchased in advance by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope with payment for the tickets or passes desired to:

Longwood Opera
42 Hawthorn Avenue
Needham, MA 02492-3806

Repeatseat, the on-line ticket system, is not available for this production.

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Auditions

2008 annual auditions:

Longwood Opera will have attended the April 5th and April 26th Boston Singers Resource auditions. If you sang then, there is no need to re-audition for us. We will contact you if we want to hear you again.

Longwood Opera will be holding annual auditions for local, Boston based singers only on:
Saturday May 17 (4-7pm) and Sunday May 18 (1-5pm). We will not be able to schedule other days or times at this point.

Singers will be heard by appointment only.

For audition information and requirements call: 781-455-0960

Please MAIL resume and photo and cover letter
All e-mail requests with attachments will be deleted.


Please call (781) 455-0960 for further details.

Longwood Opera exists to showcase talent nurtured in New England, in conservatories and privately. We do not consider resumes or applications from singers based outside this area.

Longwood Opera
42 Hawthorn Avenue
Needham, Massachusetts 02492-3806

For more information call (781) 455-0960 or send e-mail to Encore@LongwoodOpera.org

Last updated on May 5, 2008te --> by Marion Leeds Carroll  
(longwood at leedscarroll.com)