Cascadia Chamber Opera
Nemorino, a not-so-clever guy, has fallen for Adina, a guesthouse owner. He desires her attention but doesn’t feel worthy. Fortunately, he meets Dr. Dulcamara (most certainly a quack) who sells him a “magic elixir” that can make his dreams come true.
Nemorino, a not-so-clever guy, has fallen for Adina, a guesthouse owner. He desires her attention but doesn’t feel worthy. Fortunately, he meets Dr. Dulcamara (most certainly a quack) who sells him a “magic elixir” that can make his dreams come true.
Susan Kander and Roberta Gumbel’s dwb (driving while black) tackles what it means to be a parent of a black child who starts driving. In its swift 45 minutes, the listener spends 16 years with a black mother, feeling her growing fear as her black son moves towards adulthood in America.
Susan Kander and Roberta Gumbel’s dwb (driving while black) tackles what it means to be a parent of a black child who starts driving. In its swift 45 minutes, the listener spends 16 years with a black mother, feeling her growing fear as her black son moves towards adulthood in America.
A double-bill featuring Ashley Hastings' When Dragons Come to Play and Sarah Cohen directing the Grimm Tales' Little Red Riding Hood
A double-bill featuring Ashley Hastings' When Dragons Come to Play and Sarah Cohen directing the Grimm Tales' Little Red Riding Hood
Oregon's own internationally acclaimed, award-winning pianist Andrei Andreev will be performing his favorite pieces from the classical piano repertoire. This event is a fundraiser supporting the Cascadia Chamber Opera's Festival 2024, which will be held in August. To learn more about Andrei Andreev, visit his website: Andrei Andreev Homepage Andrei Andreev performing Frederic…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This Celebration of the famous British, Victorian-era duo, W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, will feature the CCO Chorus in a full afternoon of sing along-worthy choruses from The Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, Ruddigore, and The Mikado, all under the leadership of Dr. Vincent D. Centeno.
