OTO seeking chorus singers (Tenors and Basses) and volunteers for “The Cunning Little Vixen”

We are seeking experienced chorus singers (tenors and basses) and volunteers for our July 2013 production of “The Cunning Little Vixen” at Wild Goose Farm on Sauvie Island. Please see our auditions page for more information. If you are interested in volunteering, we are looking for ushers, stage hands, parking assistants, bar servers, dressers and backstage assistants. Contact Erica Melton (em@operatheateroregon.com) if you would like more information.

Interested in supporting our production? Any size donation is greatly appreciated, and helps us support local artists and continue Making Opera Safe for America by offering innovative and entertaining productions in comfortable, intimate and exciting venues. For more information about sponsorship and donations, click here. Thank you for your support!

OTO Seeks Costume Designer for “The Cunning Little Vixen”

OTO is seeking a Costume Designer for our July 2013 production of  “The Cunning
Little Vixen” by Leoš Janáček.

“The Cunning Little Vixen” is a richly passionate opera celebrating the cycles of birth, love, death, and rebirth from the perspectives of both human and animal character. Performances will take place in a barn at Wild Goose Farm on Sauvie Island, Portland, July 19-27, with musical direction by Erica Melton, stage direction by Clara Weishahn, choreography by Agnieszka Laska, and set design by Brian Melton.With a cast including both singers and dancers, and featuring a wide array of animal characters, this production offers a very exciting and creative design opportunity.

The position of Costume Designer position is paid. Please send resumes and letters of interest to Erica Melton at em@operatheateroregon.com

Thanks for tuning in!

Hope you enjoyed the broadcast of  The Old Maid and the Thief on All Classical 89.9  - recorded live at the Mission Theater last month! If you missed the show or the broadcast, you can visit All Classical’s Archives and listen to the November 24  ”Saturday Matinee with Ed Goldberg.”

Lisa Mooyman as Miss Pinkerton and Christine Meadows as Miss Todd

Robert Hill as Wally Willamette

Erik Hundtoft as Bob

Christine Meadows as Miss Todd and Audrey Sackett as Laetitia 

STAY TUNED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR “Opera Jukebox” event, a fundraiser for our July 2013 production of “The Cunning Little Vixen” at Wild Goose farm on Sauvie Island!

The Barn at Wild Goose Farm

“The Old Maid and the Thief” is coming to the airwaves today at NOON!

Wondering what to do this weekend now that you’re stuffed with turkey and gravy  (and whatever root vegetable is all the rage…) ?

Gather the family around the radio today at NOON for a pastime as old-fashioned as Black Friday!

Tune in to All Classical 89.9 wherever you are from the Cascades to the Coast and beyond for OTO’s production of  The Old Maid and the Thief, recorded live this past October from the Mission Theater stage. Menotti’s witty and poignant one-act radio opera about gossip, temptation, jealousy (and other small-town pastimes) is sure to entertain the whole family! And don’t worry:  if you’re a football fan, we’ve calibrated our performance to sync up exactly with today’s Civil War game– it’s just like “Dark Side of the Moon” and “The Wizard of Oz!” Enjoy!

Lisa Mooyman as Miss Pinkerton and Christine Meadows as Miss Todd

“The Old Maid and the Thief” airs today at NOON on All Classical 89.9!

Robert Hill as Wally Willamette

Erik Hundtoft as Bob

Christine Meadows as Miss Todd and Audrey Sackett as Laetitia

 

Don’t miss our scintillating exposé “Behind the Velvet Curtain,” an original short film by OTO Film Director Jen Wechsler. Before you tune in to the radio show, you can learn everything you want to know (and more!) about the stars of our program…

 starring:

Christine Meadows as Miss Todd

Audrey Sackett as Laetitia

Erik Hundtoft as Bob

Lisa Mooyman as Miss Pinkerton

Ian Timmons as the Assistant to the Production Assistant

and…

Robert Hill as your narrator, Wally Willamette

vintage foley effects from…

Unchained Production’s David Ian and Dino DeAElfweald

featuring…

the merrie melodies of the “KQAC Radio Band”:

Tylor Neist, snazzy fiddle

Robert Hill as Wally Willamette and Ashley Barton as the Cigarette Girl

Betsy Goy, lefty cello

Barbara Heilmair, licorice stick

Kim Reece, Ma and Pa gobblepipe

conducted by Erica Melton

sponsor jingles by Justin Ralls

and script adaptation by Robert Hill

directed by Kristin Heller

recorded live at the Mission Theater by Neil Blake

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS!

“The Old Maid and the Thief” is generously sponsored by

Regional Arts & Culture Council | Work for Art

Multnomah County Cultural Coalition

The Mission Theater

All Classical FM

Tip-Top Cleaners

with additional significant support by

Kevin Migneault Graphic Design

Sam Mowry and Willamette Radio Workshop

Tapestry Theater and Judy Straalsund

The Someday Lounge

First Christian Church, Portland

Portland State University Department of Music

Robert Goss at Portland State University

Hippo Hardware

Hope you enjoyed “The Old Maid and the Thief!”

Thanks to all who attended our performances of “The Old Maid and the Thief” at the Mission Theater! We’d love to hear any feedback you’d like to share about the show and your experience as an audience member. Contact artistic director Erica Melton at em@operatheateroregon.com . 

“The Old Maid and the Thief” is coming to Portland’s airwaves!  

Tune in to All Classical 89.9 ’s “Saturday Matinee with Ed Goldberg” for a broadcast of our live performance on November 24 (the Saturday after Thanksgiving). Gather the family around your giant radio, computer, or smart phone and spend some quality time together, just like in the good ol’ days of yore! 

In other news, we are busily and excitedly preparing our next main stage production, “The Cunning Little Vixen,” to be performed at Wild Goose Farm in Sauvie Island in July 2013. Stay tuned for more news, and for information about our “Aria Jukebox” fundraiser in February 2013!

We need your help! Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Opera Theater Oregon to support our main stage productions. Here are some examples of what your donation to Opera Theater Oregon can provide:

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$2000: Artist fees

$1250:  Chamber Ensemble

$700: Theatrical lighting equipment rental

$500: Piano delivery and tuning

$350: Costumes, makeup and wigs

$200: Rehearsal space

$100: Advertisement in weekly newspapers

$40: Program printing

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If you are unable to donate at this time, but still want to help, we are always in need of volunteers of various skill sets and interests. Please contact us for more information.

At OTO, we strive to bring innovative and affordable productions to Portland audiences. It’s part of our mission ! Your contributions make this possible. Thank you for your support!

Don’t miss the final performance of “The Old Maid and the Thief” tonight! Decode our secret message for a free bumper sticker!

Be sure to join us tonight at the Mission Theater for closing night of  The Old Maid and the Thief !

Purchase tickets today!

Check out this  review  by  The  Oregonian’s  James  McQuillen!

Read James Bash’s Oregon Music News review here! 

Feeling nostalgic? Decode our secret message and receive a “support the arts” bumper sticker at the show!

Set your ring to “A=12″ (er, guess it’s already set…) and start decoding! Decode from the inner circle letters to the outer circle letters (example: “QOH” translates as “CAT”)

The secret code is…

D S B B W S G T F C A V S O J S B

Visit the OTO table at our show,  tell us the secret message (shhh!!) and get a free bumper sticker!

Looking forward to seeing you at the show!

Friday, October 12 at 7:30 pm (doors 6:30 pm)

Don’t delay, purchase your  tickets  today!

What can you do to keep Opera Safe for America?

Autumn is in the air, and  we are in a frenzy of activity preparing our season’s offerings, including our October main stage production of  Gian Carlo Menotti’s brilliant, witty and poignant 1930′s radio opera “The Old Maid and the Thief” at the Mission Theater and on Portland’s air waves!

We need your help! Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Opera Theater Oregon to support our main stage productions. Here are some examples of what your donation to Opera Theater Oregon can provide:

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$2000: Artist fees

$1250:  Chamber Ensemble

$700: Theatrical lighting equipment rental

$500: Piano delivery and tuning

$350: Costumes, makeup and wigs

$200: Rehearsal space

$100: Advertisement in weekly newspapers

$40: Program printing

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If you are unable to donate at this time, but still want to help, we are always in need of volunteers of various skill sets and interests. Please contact us for more information.

At OTO, we strive to bring innovative and affordable productions to Portland audiences. It’s part of our mission ! Your contributions make this possible. Thank you for your support!

Final performances this weekend!

MAY 31 | JUNE 1, 8, 9 | 7:30 pm

THE MISSION THEATER

“You’re Still as Beautiful”

 …a new adaptation of Claude Debussy’s masterpiece “Pelléas et Mélisande”                 

 Debussy’s sumptuous and evocative legend is recast as a web of flashbacks, delusions and fantasies:

what if Pelléas merely imagined his love affair with Mélisande?

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CAST

Matthew Hayward as Pelléas/ “X”

Jena Viemeister as Mélisande/”A”

Ben Bell as Golaud/ “M”

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Directed by Clara Weishahn

Musical Direction by Erica Melton

Lighting design by Peter West

Set design by Brian Melton

sung in French with English surtitles

courtesy of Aralani Photography

May 31, June 1, 8, 9, 2012 (all shows at 7:30 pm)

The Mission Theater
1624 NW Glisan St. Portland

**All ages welcome **

Tickets on sale now- click here to buy your tickets today!

OR Purchase tickets in person at the Crystal Ballroom, Bagdad Theater or the East 19th Street Pub (Eugene) for a low $1/ticket convenience fee!

 

courtesy of Aralani Photography

Would you like to help support this production? No donation is too small (or too large!), and sponsorship opportunities are available.  Click here for more information about donations and sponsorship, and thank you for helping the arts continue to thrive by supporting artists from our community! This production is 100% local.

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 Raffle de France!

In honor of our upcoming production, local businesses are contributing all  kinds of exciting prizes for OTO’s raffle contest to be conducted throughoutthe run of the show.  On closing night we will draw the winning names and award such tantalizing prizes as:

Gift certificates to St. Honoré Bakery  and  Nuvrei Fine Cakes & Pastries 

 a French decor furniture painting workshop from  The Purple Pear

a yearlong membership to the  Alliance Française de Portland

a 60-minute massage from Compass Rose Bodywork

and more!

Each raffle ticket you purchase will go directly to support OTO and You’re Still as Beautiful. $5 per ticket, or 3 for $10.  Bring an extra five dollar bill (or more) to the show! 

DON”T MISS THE CHANCE TO WIN THESE GREAT PRIZES !

PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS TODAY!

1 Raffle Ticket ($5)

3 Raffle Tickets ($10)

 you do not need to attend a performance to win a prize (but we’d love to see you there!)

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This production is made possible by the generous support of

THE AUTZEN FOUNDATION

and season sponsor

KAREN WERNER PETAK

Additional support by

Robert J. McGaughey, Attorney

ROBERT GOSS at

BUILDING MATERIAL RESOURCES, INC.

Jake’s Catering at

And the winners are…

Thank you to those who filled out our audience survey at our last show and online! The prize winners are…

“Doctor Atomic” DVD: Keeley Hammond

2 Tickets to our main stage show, “You’re still as Beautiful:” Mary Fehrs

OTO “Opera Made me a Man” t-shirt or onesie: Ayal Alves

We will contact winners individually to arrange for prize delivery. Congratulations!

Help us keep opera “Safe for America!”

For the past year, we have been busy preparing for our 15th main stage production: “You’re Still as Beautiful,” an original adaptation of Claude Debussy’s stunning and achingly beautiful opera “Pelléas et Mélisande.” We need your help! Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to OTO in support of this production. You can specify “main stage” on your check memo or in the Paypal special instructions to ensure that your donation will be earmarked for this project. Here are some examples of what your donation can provide:

$2000: Artist fees

$1000:  Chamber Ensemble (quartet)

$700: Theatrical lighting equipment rental

$500: Piano delivery and tuning

$350: Costumes, makeup and wigs

$200: Rehearsal space

$100: Advertisement in weekly newspapers

$40: Program printing

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If you are unable to donate at this time, but still want to help, we are always in need of volunteers of various skill sets and interests. Please contact us for more information.

Are you a business owner? For more information about corporate sponsorship opportunities, which include program ads, logo presence and recognition in our website and social media sites, please download our sponsorship brochure .

At OTO, we strive to bring innovative and affordable productions to Portland audiences. It’s part of our mission! Your contributions make this possible. Thank you for your support!