Hello to all two of the people who visit this page!

I am your new webmaster, here to fulfill all of your webby, mastery, and webmastery needs (only the ones related to the BOP website - sorry). There are a few orders of business, some more pressing than others.

First of all, I have heard complaints about the color scheme that my predecessor gave the site. So, I am open to suggestions for new color schemes. These can come in the form of other websites whose color scheme you think I should steal (in which case, give me a link), or simple descriptions (numerical color values are helpful here!), or anything in between.

The other thing that comes to mind at this random hour of the night is news updates, and generally keeping the information up-to-date and correct. The website is accessible 24/7/365/1000/etc but not so much use there if the info on it is wrong or grossly outdated. SO, please do what you can to update (old) or add (new) information to the site and the news feed. If you have admin access, you know who you are; if you can't edit the page yourself, talk to me about it. How to do this:

The two best ways to contact me about the BOP site and news blog are, and will be: (1) you can leave your feedback in a comment to this post, or (2) email me at ball AT brown DOT ee dee you. And, let me know how I'm doing - I like to hear comments, concerns, complaints... feedback, best wishes - you get the picture. (Also, I have yet to figure out how to indent the beginning of each paragraph. Let me know if you know how to do this, but I am lazy and tired.)

Au revoir for now!

Love,

Matt

Reserve ticket holders can enter the house 15 minutes in advance of the general populace. To get your tickets, click the link at left and follow the instructions on the page.

Doors open:
Friday - 7:45PM (7:30 for ticket holders)
Saturday - 7:45PM (7:30 for ticket holders)
Sunday - 1:45PM (1:30 for ticket holders)

BOP is delighted to announce its upcoming production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice the weekend of March 14-16! The production brings together leading singers, instrumentalists, dancers, designers, and artists at Brown and RISD in a stunning contemporary take on Gluck's masterpiece.

Revolutionary in its time for its noble simplicity and dramatic pathos, the opera is presented by director Masumi Hayashi-Smith '10 in a sleek, forceful modern interpretation featuring original choreography. Under the baton of Vinay Parameswaran '09, Sarah Hersman '10 sings the role of the grief-stricken Orfeo, Nadine Pardee '10 portrays the lost beloved Euridice, and Alex Bachorik '10 enchants as divine Amore.

Performances are free and open to the public. All performances will take place in Brown's Alumnae Hall, at 194 Meeting St at the following times:

March 14 8 PM
March 15 8 PM
March 16 2 PM

Doors open 15 minutes before the show. Doors open for reserve ticket holders half an hour before the show.


*TO RESERVE YOUR FREE TICKETS*

Please click on the "Reservations" link on the left sidebar of this page. After specifying the performance(s) you would like to attend and the number of tickets you would like to reserve, you will be sent an email confirmation.

Questions about the performance may be addressed to brownoperaproductions@gmail.com.

Five opera scenes. Five directors. One night of passion, hilarity, and fake blood.

On December 14 and 15, BOP presented its second annual scenes concert to overflow audiences in the PW Upstairs Space. This year's program, entitled "Beethoven to Bernstein: An Evening of Scenes," brought together a rich diversity of musical and dramatic selections with excerpts from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Beethoven's Fidelio, Bernstein's Candide, Copland's The Tender Land, and Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict. Each scene was directed by a different student director and featured a different cast.

From hysterical winos to political prisoners, corporate man-eaters to long-lost mistresses -- BOP celebrated the operatic experience in its entirety. Join us in the spring for the fully staged production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice!

BOP is pleased to announce its 2008 spring opera: Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice. First performed in 1762, the opera recounts the distraught Orpheus' journey to the underworld to recover his beloved Eurydice. With this work, Gluck singlehandedly heralded the arrival of a new age in operatic history. Departing from ornamental vocal writing in favor of a radical new musical and dramatic expressiveness, Gluck imbued the operatic art form with unprecedented power and depth. BOP is delighted to present this, his most celebrated masterpiece.

Orfeo ed Euridice will be performed March 14-16, 2008, in Alumnae Hall.

Interested in directing for BOP? Stage director applications and music director applications are now available.

Applications are due on Wednesday, November 7. Please send completed applications to BrownOperaProductions@gmail.com.

This Saturday, BOP presents an afternoon concert of arias and duets by Mozart, Puccini, Strauss, Rossini, and more -- featuring Brown's most enchanting divas. The event is free and open to the public.

Saturday, October 20
List 120
3:00 PM