MIDDAY MUSIC @ Opera Omaha’s Rehearsal Room

THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST (Giacomo Puccini)
FREE EVENT – Friday, February 5, 2016, 12:15 -12:45 p.m.


(left to right: Andrew Bisantz, Lillian Groag and Michael Mayes)

Join Opera Omaha for this FREE 30-minute crash course into Puccini’s romantic opera, The Girl of the Golden West (La fanciulla del West). Director Lillian Groag and Conductor Andrew Bisantz will provide the audience with a quick taste of the story and music behind Puccini’s “spaghetti western,” and give some behind-the-scenes insight into Ms. Groag’s production, which first premiered at The Glimmerglass Festival in 2004. Featuring a performance by one of Opera Omaha’s principal artists: baritone Michael Mayes. An audience Q&A will follow this half-hour program. 

Tables will be set, so bring a meal and make the most of your lunch hour.

Lunchtime just got a little easier. Pre-order your lunch from Kitchen Table’s special Midday Music menu, and it will be available for pick-up at the event before the start of the program (see below for more information).

CLICK HERE TO RSVP. Walk-ins are welcome, but due to space limitations, reservations are encouraged.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER LUNCH by

Please note: Lunch orders made after Thursday, February 4th at 12:00 P.M. will not be accepted. Pre-ordered lunches from Kitchen Table for Midday Music are only available from the event’s specialized menu. Orders processed through Kitchen Table’s full website will not be delivered for the event. 


Location: Opera Omaha Rehearsal Room
1850 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 68102
(Entrance located on S.19th Street between Farnam & Douglas Streets)

For a complete schedule for Midday Music, click here.

If you have any questions, please contact the Opera Omaha Administrative Office at 402-346-4398.

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>p>Join >a href=”http://www.operaomaha.org/”>Opera Omaha>/a> for this >strong>FREE>/strong> 30-minute crash course into Puccini’s romantic opera, >a href=”http://www.operaomaha.org/operas/la-fanciulla-del-west”>>em>The Girl of the Golden West>/em> >/a>(>em>La fanciulla del West>/em>). Director Lillian Groag and Conductor Andrew Bisantz will provide the audience with a quick taste of the story and music behind Puccini’s “spaghetti western,” and give some behind-the-scenes insight into Ms. Groag’s production, which first premiered at The Glimmerglass Festival in 2004. Featuring a performance by one of Opera Omaha’s principal artists: baritone Michael Mayes. An audience Q&A will follow this half-hour program. >/p>
>p>Tables will be set, so bring a meal and make the most of your lunch hour.>/p>
>p>>strong>Lunchtime just got a little easier. >/strong>Pre-order your lunch from Kitchen Table’s special Midday Music menu, and it will be available for pick-up at the event before the start of the program >em>(see below for more information).>/em>>em>>br />>/em>>/p>
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>p>>a href=”https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-order-opera-omahas-midday-music-the-girl-of-the-golden-west-tickets-20817187769″ target=”_blank”>CLICK HERE TO ORDER LUNCH>/a> by >img src=”http://www.operaomaha.org/app/webroot/files/editor/KitchenTableLogo.png” border=”0″ alt=”” width=”100″ height=”13″ />>/p>
>p>>em>Please note: Lunch orders made after Thursday, February 4th at 12:00 P.M. will not be accepted.>/em> >em>Pre-ordered lunches from Kitchen Table for Midday Music are only available from the event’s specialized menu. Orders processed through Kitchen Table’s full website will not be delivered for the event. >/em>>/p>
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>p>>strong>Location: Opera Omaha Rehearsal Room>/strong>>br />>strong>1850 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 68102>br />>/strong>>em>(Entrance located on S.19th Street between Farnam & Douglas Streets)>/em>>/p>
>p>For a complete schedule for >em>Midday Music>/em>, >a href=”http://www.operaomaha.org/content_pages/opera-in-the-community” target=”_blank” title=”MIDDAY MUSIC”>click here>/a>.>br />>br />>strong>If you have any questions, please contact the Opera Omaha Administrative Office at 402-346-4398.>/strong>>/p>
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