A tale of young artists, pursuing their creative dreams, consumed by love, loss, heartache, jealousy – and oh yes, typically lacking the rent money. How contemporary! The seeds of an upcoming TV “dramedy,” perhaps? Not quite. We open on roommates Rodolfo and Marcello, one a poet, the other a painter. It’s Christmas Eve in 19th […]
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“Vía Láctea” Opera Branches Out to Eugene
It’s not every day that Central Oregon sees its very own, locally-written opera hit the stage, so when it happened last June, it was a pretty big deal. “Vía Láctea, A New Opera in English” debuted at the Tower Theatre June 10, 2016 , after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Now the opera is spreading its […]
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OperaBend World Premiere
“Vía Láctea” will debut in June
“Vía Láctea," a new opera in English, is coming to life in Bend, transformed from the page by an ensemble of prodigious music, literary and theater professionals from across the country. The original opera will premiere June 10 at the Tower Theatre, where audiences will be the first in the world to see the two-hour […]
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Mozart and Mystery
OperaBend unveils its new season
Bend has an opera company! Which hopefully is not news since OperaBend has been around since 2013, and already has mounted a few handsome productions such as Love: The Bitter and the Sweet and Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief. Executive Director Jason Stein also had a large part not only shaping the vocal […]
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Steal Me, Sweet Thief
OperaBend and Cascadia Opera present The Old Maid and The Thief
For those interested in piercingly beautiful falsettos, earth shaking baritones and storylines so ridiculous they are only rivaled by daytime soaps, but intimidated by the occasional massive running time or the Italian language synonymous with traditional opera, OperaBend presents The Old Maid and the Thief, a one-act performance with an English libretto performed by Eugene’s […]