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Welcome to Cape Cod's own opera company dedicated to the production of fully staged opera showcasing local and regional professional talent. "There's nothing more powerful than experiencing the majesty of opera performed live and in person in a small theatre."
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Elizabeth Canterbury as Gretel and Valerie Nicolosi as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, November 2006 |
Marie McCarville, Maria Ferrante and Lorna Jane Norris as The Three Little Maids from School in The Mikado August 2006 |
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A Letter from The President
Dear Readers,
Little did we realize just over a decade ago that a single operatic recital would evolve into a full production company named Cape Cod Opera devoted to the risks and thrills of live performances. We enhance our community's cultural lives through major productions, a touring company, concerts and recitals, free in-school outreach programs plus youth apprentice programs. Our company chorus consists of Cape wide opera devotees with ages ranging from fifteen to eighty four. Major singers are local, regional and worldwide artists of respected professional levels selected by competitive auditions.
As part of our progressive evolution we are happy to announce, as our new Artistic Director David McCarty, a multi- talented singer, teacher, designer and choreographer plus being a national and international stage director. Among his credits are Faust at Cleveland Opera, Madame Butterfly at Syracuse Opera, Elixir of Love for Indianapolis Opera and The Italian Girl in Algiers for Boston Lyric. He also directed our own Die Fledermaus, Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci and Carmen and choreographed Amahl and the Night Visitors. He's proved his administrative skills as Artistic Director of the Academy of Performing Arts School Orleans. David has big plans for CCO and we love his positive and always brilliant direction
Cape Cod Opera is busily anticipating our new season of fully staged productions of Tosca in August, a holiday reprise by popular request of Amahl in December and in February 2009, Cosi fan tutte.
We invite you to enjoy our productions and our company. We also invite you to support our endeavors to keep songs in all of our hearts.
Most Sincerely,
Ruthann Hellfach, President
A Letter from The Artistic Director
It is with great pride that I welcome my new position as Artistic Director of Cape Cod Opera. I am personally, first and foremost, a product of the Cape arts community. I've had the great pleasure of living my life in an environment rich with distinguished examples and mentors who have shared their talents and passion for creating works of theatre, dance, music and art which make this peninsula unique.
The mission of Cape Cod Opera is to enrich its community through operatic performances and educational outreach which provides opportunities for local and regional artists to share their talents with us as they share the joy of connecting with both audiences and colleagues. This process is for me, the greatest story imaginable.
With this in mind, I am pleased to announce our upcoming season which has something for everyone, singers and audiences alike with Tosca in August, Amahl in December and Cosi in February, 2009. We'll bring you Puccini for the heat of summer, Menotti for clear starlit evenings and ravishing Mozart to warm our hearts and minds for Valentines!
I look forward to welcoming you at our productions. We hope you will remain or become a supporter of opera, the most glorious form of story telling ever told.
Sincerely,
David McCarty
Artistic Director
2008/2009 SEASON
TOSCA
Puccini's Dramatic Masterpiece
FRIDAY AUGUST 15TH, 2008
SUNDAY AUGUST 17TH , 2008
The Tilden Arts Center, Cape Cod Community College, Rte 132, W. Barnstable, Massachusetts
Set in Rome during the political turmoil of the 19th century, the story of Tosca is a tale of passion, betrayal and, above all, love. It's love that turns Tosca, a diva of great beauty and talent, into a cold-blooded assassin. When her lover, the renowned painter Mario Cavaradossi, is taken prisoner for harboring an escaped rebel, Tosca makes a deal with Scarpia, chief of the secret police, that has tragic consequences. Puccini's music soars to match the drama and emotion of this opera, considered one of the composer's masterpieces.
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS by Gian-Carlo Menotti
December 2008/January 2009
COSI FAN TUTTE by Mozart
February, 2009 Venue TBA
Cape Cod Opera is pleased to be a part of The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Passport to the Arts.
Tickets must be reserved in advance and are not available on line for the Passport for the Arts.
Please call 508.398.1068 for details.
Mission Statement
The mission of Cape Cod Opera is to enrich the cultural lives of residents of and visitors to Cape Cod by presenting operatic programs engaging local and regional professional casts, directors and designers, and by bringing live operatic experiences to local schools and adults groups.
Our History
Cape Cod Opera evolved from a 1994 recital sponsored by Friends of Monomoy Theatre under the name of Afternoon at the Opera. Opera New England of Cape Cod joined in sponsoring the next year's concert, followed by concert productions of Carmen and Die Fledermaus. This collaboration grew into Cape Cod Opera, an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the production of staged opera showcasing professional local and regional talent. Cape Cod Opera's outreach programs take live classical vocal music to Cape schools at no cost. 2001 saw the expansion of these programs to the senior population. The organization is administered by an all volunteer board.
The Cape Cod Opera Chorus
The Cape Cod Opera Chorus was introduced to Cape audiences in August 2000. The chorus, with singers from all parts of Cape Cod, debuted with An Evening of Opera with Sigmund Romberg and have since accompanied principals in Cape Cod Opera productions of La Traviata, Madama Butterfly, Die Fledermaus, I Paglacci/Cavalleria Rusticana, The Mikado, Carmen and Amahl and The Night Visitors and have sung in most opera concerts. They appeared with Jonathan McPhee's Symphony by the Sea in July 2005 in a concert at The Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston. Members of the Cape Cod Opera Chorus also sing comprimario roles in productions. The chorus always welcomes new members.
Please email us at info@capecodopera.org.
Cape Cod Opera Productions
| 2007 | Amahl and The Night Visitors; Carmen; Masks and Merriment concert |
| 2006 | 2006 Amahl and The Night Visitors; The Mikado; An Evening of French Songs; Hansel and Gretel |
| 2005 | An Afternoon of Opera with Robert Honeysucker; CCO Chorus at The Hatch Shell in Boston, Gianni Schicchi/Trouble in Tahiti, Amahl and The Night Visitors |
| 2004 | I Pagliacci/Cavalleria Rusticana; A Summer Evening of Opera; Amahl and The Night Visitors |
| 2003 | Die Fledermaus; The Golden Age of Operetta |
| 2002 | Madama Butterfly; Echoes of Grand Opera |
| 2001 | La Traviata; An Evening with Gilbert and Sullivan |
| 2000 | Rigoletto; A Romantic Evening with Sigmund Romberg |
| 1999 | The Merry Widow; Fourth of July Musical Fireworks |
| 1998 | The Marriage of Figaro; Fifth of July Musical Fireworks |
| 1997 | Die Fledermaus; A Summer's Eve Opera Concert |
