Join New Opera West for this one of a kind, immersive performance experience, in our upcoming “Fright Festival,” featuring three new mini-operas by different composers. Upon arrival, be transported into three different Halloween horror stories– come in costume and you may even be wondering who is a guest and who is a performer! In addition to presenting these three chilling operas, New Opera West will be serving tamales and wine/beer by local Los Angeles area chefs. Get your tickets today!
When:
Friday, October 28th 8 PM
Performance begins at 8:30 Pm (Enjoy food and drink prior to performance)
Where:
Mimoda Studio
5774 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles
What:
Food, drink & 3 new mini-operas!
Tickets:
General Admission: $17
Artist & Students: $12
At a dinner party in the early 20th century, Mr. More, a man with a scientific interest in the afterlife, invites his sister and her new husband to take part in a ritual to call on the dead. What begins as a form of after-dinner entertainment becomes eerie when the spirits of the dead respond in unexpected and disturbing ways. The Séance takes place in an era when Spiritualism was in vogue and the wealthy enjoyed innocent experimentation with the occult, and imagines what would happen if the truly voiceless dead answered their call.
Composer: Timothy Peterson
Librettist: Sara Fetherolf
Pianist: Younghwa Ha
Director: Christopher Halsted
Mr. More : Anthony Moreno, Baritone
Mrs. Foster : Janet Szepei Todd, Soprano
Mr. Foster: Daniel Voigt, Tenor
Medium: Christine Li, Mezzo-soprano
Voice of the Dead: Graycen Gardner, Soprano
Have you ever heard of the New Jersey Devil?
If you grew up anywhere in or around southern NJ, you have. The Garden State’s ‘official state demon’ is said to reside in the wide mysterious swath of forest known as the Pine ‘Barrens’… so named because the soil is inhospitable to farming. Every year, the Barrens draws 'dark tourists' eager to visit the Devil’s supposed birthplace in the town of Leeds Point. In 1735, legend has it, the Devil was born human, the 13th child of a woman named Mrs. Leeds. When she uttered a fateful curse, however, her baby transformed, killing her… and haunting the woods forever.
‘the barren(s)’ takes a closer look at the woman who supposedly started it all, asking who Deborah Leeds might have been… and how her story might echo in the lives of women today.
Composer: Amber Vistein
Librettist: Rebecca Hart
Pianist: Younghwa Ha
Director: Christopher Halsted
The Internet: Alec Fore, Tenor & Adrian Melendrez, Baritone
The Ranger: Anthony Moreno, Baritone
Debbie Leeds: Graycen Gardner, Soprano
Amanda Shroud: Christine Li, Mezzo-soprano
Having Guests for Dinner follows a young couple, Marcus and Laura, who are invited to a friend of a friend’s house for dinner. When they arrive, they meet their odd host, Christoph. Something seems off – their friends Scott and Andrew never arrive, and Christoph’s demeanor betrays that perhaps there’s more on the menu than just beef and lamb...
Composer: Nick Bentz
Librettist: Robert Feng
Pianist: Younghwa Ha
Director: Christopher Halsted
Laura: Janet Szepei Todd, Soprano
Marcus: Edmond Rodriguez, Tenor
Christoph: Anthony Moreno, Baritone