An internationally recognized festival opera company which will present four productions from May 22 to June 27, 2010.
Information
- Location:
- Webster Groves, MO, 63119
- Phone:
- (314) 961-0644
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- Quotes from the Press 2009! 9:03am May 29
- John Corigliano's essay on the return of The Ghosts of Versailles 11:48am May 21
- Opera Theatre Announces the 2009 Season 12:26pm Feb 19
Events
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- Brundibar-first public perform...
Touhill Center -- University of Mis...
Thursday, November 19 at 7:00pm - Brundibar-second public perfor...
Touhill Center -- University of Mis...
Saturday, November 21 at 10:00am
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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis The Wall Street Journal on David Robertson and our wonderful partners at the SLSO -- best wishes for the Carnegie Hall concert tonight!
David Robertson, Saint Louis Symphony Music Director, in Cultural Conversation With David Mermelstei
Source: online.wsj.com
The Saint Louis Symphony's music director, David Robertson, holds a mirror to the talent around him.
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Yesterday a visitor to our Brundibar rehearsals was blown away by the voices, acting, and maturity of the kids in the show -- they are so sensitive to the material they are performing and look at this as an opportunity to honor the original cast members, many of whom did not survive the Holocaust. Tickets available now for 11/19 and 11/21 public performances at the Touhill.
Source: touhillpac.umsl.edu
A $3.00 per ticket convenience fee will be added to all online orders. Online sales end 3 hours prior to a performance. Tickets purchased within 8 days of performance will be held at the Ticket Office. ...
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
A good time was had by all on the OTSL patron trip to the Wexford Festival. Check out the review of our co-production of The Ghosts of Versailles in the Irish Independent! "Fantastically staged by James Robinson and with James Schuette's
wonderful costumes..Ghosts is
a veritable feast for the eyes."
Source: www.independent.ie
Coming in a co-production with St Louis and Vancouver, the first of this year's Wexford Festival operas -- John Corigliano's 'The Ghosts of Versailles' -- is a European premiere.
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This opera was performed 55 times by camp inmates in the
Nazi-occupied ghetto Therensienstadt during World War II. Ela Weissberger, a m...ember of the original cast, will share her story after each performance.
Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under. Call (314) 516-4949 or (866) 516-4949 (toll-free)... or visit www.touhill.org.
This production of Brundibar is possible with a generous leadership gift from Dana Brown Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank Trustee and generous support from Michael & Carol Staenberg in conjunction with THF Realty, Inc. with special thanks to Pi Beta Phi Alumnae of St. Louis and Target.Read More
Nazi-occupied ghetto Therensienstadt during World War II. Ela Weissberger, a m...ember of the original cast, will share her story after each performance.
Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under. Call (314) 516-4949 or (866) 516-4949 (toll-free)... or visit www.touhill.org.
This production of Brundibar is possible with a generous leadership gift from Dana Brown Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank Trustee and generous support from Michael & Carol Staenberg in conjunction with THF Realty, Inc. with special thanks to Pi Beta Phi Alumnae of St. Louis and Target.Read More
Hans Krasa's opera for young people
Time:10:00AM Saturday, November 21st
Location:Touhill Center -- University of Missiouri-St. Louis
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Opera Theatre will present two public performances of Hans Krasa's Brundibar in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at the University of Missouri-St. Louis's Touhill Center.
This opera was performed 55 times by camp inmates in the
Nazi-occupied ghetto Therensienstadt during World War II. Ela Weissberger, a member of t...he original cast, will share her story after each performance.
Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under. Call (314) 516-4949 or (866) 516-4949 (toll-free) or visit www.touhill.org.
This production of Brundibar is possible with a generous leadership gift from Dana Brown Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank Trustee and generous support from Michael & Carol Staenberg in conjunction with THF Realty, Inc. with special thanks to Pi Beta Phi Alumnae of St. Louis and Target.
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This opera was performed 55 times by camp inmates in the
Nazi-occupied ghetto Therensienstadt during World War II. Ela Weissberger, a member of t...he original cast, will share her story after each performance.
Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under. Call (314) 516-4949 or (866) 516-4949 (toll-free) or visit www.touhill.org.
This production of Brundibar is possible with a generous leadership gift from Dana Brown Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank Trustee and generous support from Michael & Carol Staenberg in conjunction with THF Realty, Inc. with special thanks to Pi Beta Phi Alumnae of St. Louis and Target.
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Hans Krasa's opera for young people
Time:7:00PM Thursday, November 19th
Location:Touhill Center -- University of Missiouri-St. Louis
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Tickets are onsale for our production of Hans Krasa's youth opera BRUNDIBAR, which we are presenting at the Touhill Center. Public performances are Thursday, November 19 (7 p.m.) and Saturday, November 21 (10 a.m.).
Source: www.touhill.org
Thursday,November 19 8 p.m.Saturday ,November 21 10 a.m. The cruel bully is a mythic figure for children everywhere, so it's no wonder that Hans Krasa's fairytale opera Brundibar strikes a chord with youthful audiences. ...
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis NY Times says "the gifted young tenor Sean Panikkar was a standout as a hotheaded yet soldierly Cassio" in the Dallas Opera's opening production of Otello at their new theater. You may remember Sean as Almaviva in The Ghosts of Versailles -- we're delighted he's returning next season as Lenski in Eugene Onegin!
Source: www.nytimes.com
On Friday night, the Dallas Opera opened its 53rd season and its new Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House with a new production of Verdi’s “Otello.”
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis We had a successful and exciting weekend of meetings with the production teams for next season -- can't wait until May 22nd!
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis We're getting great reports from the OTSL group on the London-Wexford trip! Tonight they visited Roald Dahl's former residence, Gipsy House, in anticipation of our production of The Golden Ticket, based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Tomorrow they hear Stephen Lord conduct former GYA Katherine Whyte in Jonathan Miller's Rigoletto at the ENO (JM made his American debut at OTSL in 1982).
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Happy opening to our friends at the Wexford Festival in Ireland, where our co-production of The Ghosts of Versailles opens tonight!
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Missing great choral music since we're between opera seasons? Go to the SLSO on Friday (or Thursday if you're a student) and hear OTSL favorites Kate Lindsey and Paul Groves with the SLSO and In Unison choruses, conducted by David Robertson.
Source: www.slso.org
Explore the complete list of performances scheduled for our 2009-2010 Season including the Wells Fargo Advisors Orchestral Series.
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis And one more review of our Salome from the Examniner, which describes the "stunning opening" of our production at the San Francisco Opera.
Source: www.examiner.com
Salome’s stunning opening this Sunday afternoon at San Francisco Opera attracted the usual, an audience of white hair, so I had to wonder how they were going to accept this sexy and lithe Princess Salome in her long blond curls and her indulgence, a lingering necrophilia. ...
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis NY Times calls our Salome in San Francisco a "bravely and marvelously macabre production"
Source: artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
The new production of "Salome" at the San Francisco Opera, directed by Sean Curran and conducted by the opera's new music director, Nicola Luisotti, has all the zesty blood lust of a good vampire movie.
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Review of our Salome production which is now at the San Francisco Opera, a " fluid and wonderfully kinetic production" with " a superb degree of dramatic vitality"
Source: www.sfgate.com
Performers who undertake the demanding title role of Richard Strauss' "Salome" come in three categories, the great Austrian soprano Leonie Rysanek once said: Those who can sing it, those who can dance it and those who should be shot.
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Great review of Christine Brewer's recital in the New York Times! "Brewer was in radiant voice from the start, with glorious high notes and rich, resonant lows."
Source: www.nytimes.com
The soprano was in radiant voice from the start, with strong performances of works by Wagner, Britten and John Carter among others at Zankel Hall on Wednesday.
