Cascadia Chamber Opera
The CCO Chorus opens the festival with a special performance of opera favorites. Get ready for selections from Gilbert & Sullivan, Verdi, Gershwin, Purcell, and Puccini! The chorus will be joined by Minntah Haefker, Beth Hall, Bernie Robe, Bereniece Jones-Centeno, Andrea Patten, ChrisLynn Taylor, and Tom Gillies. Evan Paul, the pianist, will accompany the chorus…
Pint-Sized Opera at Fort George Brewery + Public House will feature the Don Giovanni artists sharing their favorite opera arias, duets, trios and more! Raise a pint and sing along! Support Fort George by purchasing food and drinks if you are able. We are pleased to offer you free admission to this event. Please help…
Gordon Getty’s new opera, reimagined for film, is based on the popular 1934 novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips and other stories by James Hilton. Goodbye, Mr. Chips tells the story of a teacher at Brookfield, an all-boys English boarding school to which “Chips” dedicates most of his adult life. The film chronicles Chips’ story of love,…
After a decades-long career in linguistics and a lifetime love for music, Ashley Hastings decided to take on the challenge of composing opera, and this event will feature two of his one-act chamber operas, fully staged. Free Men is set in the American South shortly after the end of the Civil War during the early…
Composer and Librettist: Ashley Hastings Free Men, a one-act chamber opera, takes place in the American South, shortly after the Civil War, in the early days of Reconstruction. Tom and Joe are gay and they quickly bond. This is their story. In one act, The Dream asks “What happens when an author’s main character shows…
Don Giovanni is truly the stuff of opera: love, lust, murder! This fully staged performance, entirely in English and in the intimate setting of the Larsen Center, gives the audience a unique opportunity to experience the story of Mozart and Da Ponte’s Don Giovanni, a comic reimagining of the famous libertine, Don Juan. The superb…
A discussion of the book Opera Sisters with the author, Marianne Monson. On the eve of a second world war, two unremarkable sisters will use their love of opera to attempt the daring rescue of dozens of Jewish refugees. We are pleased to offer you free admission to this event. Please help us out by…