OPERA OMAHA FREE EVENT– Join Director James Darrah for this behind-the-scenes preview of Opera Omaha’s new production of Handel’s darkly comic opera, Semele. This free event will throw you into the creative process as Darrah explores the inspiration behind his upcoming production and shows the design elements that bring Handel’s iconic opera to life. An audience Q&A will follow this 45-minute program.
6:30 PM Complimentary Wine Reception
7:00 PM Program
LOCATION The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
724 South 12th Street
Walk-ins are welcome, but due to space limitations, reservations are encouraged. CLICK HERE to reserve.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Los Angeles based director and designer JAMES DARRAH made his Opera Omaha debut in 2014 with Agrippina, and returns after directing last season‘s new production of A Flowering Tree. As a co-founder of the LA-based production and design company Chromatic, he has worked to develop a collective of interdisciplinary artists who collaborate to create aesthetic, theatrical events across blurring mediums that include original productions of opera, theater, installations and events. He made his European debut earlier this year directing Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride with Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Portugal. This spring, he continues his ongoing collaboration with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas as director of Bernstein’s On the Town in a new staged production for the San Francisco Symphony and for a world premiere composed by Tilson Thomas with the New World Symphony in Miami.
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>p>>strong>OPERA OMAHA FREE EVENT>/strong>- Join Director James Darrah for this behind-the-scenes preview of Opera Omaha’s new production of Handel’s darkly comic opera, >em>Semele>/em>. This free event will throw you into the creative process as Darrah explores the inspiration behind his upcoming production and shows the design elements that bring Handel’s iconic opera to life. An audience Q&A will follow this 45-minute program.>br />>br />>strong>6:30 PM>/strong> Complimentary Wine Reception>br />>strong>7:00 PM >/strong>Program>br />>br />>strong>LOCATION >/strong>>a href=”http://www.bemiscenter.org/” target=”_blank”>The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts>/a> >/p>
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>p style=”text-align: justify;”>Walk-ins are welcome, but due to space limitations, reservations are encouraged. >a href=”https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opera-talk-semele-blurring-the-lines-wdirector-james-darrah-tickets-23838533696″ target=”_blank”>CLICK HERE >/a>to reserve.>/p>
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>p style=”text-align: justify;”>>strong>ABOUT THE ARTIST>br />>/strong>Los Angeles based director and designer >strong>JAMES DARRAH >/strong>made his Opera Omaha debut in 2014 with >em>Agrippina>/em>, and returns after directing last season‘s new production of>em> A Flowering Tree>/em>. As a co-founder of the LA-based production and design company Chromatic, he has worked to develop a collective of interdisciplinary artists who collaborate to create aesthetic, theatrical events across blurring mediums that include original productions of opera, theater, installations and events. He made his European debut earlier this year directing Gluck’s >em>Iphigénie en Tauride>/em> with Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Portugal. This spring, he continues his ongoing collaboration with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas as director of Bernstein’s >em>On the Town>/em> in a new staged production for the San Francisco Symphony and for a world premiere composed by Tilson Thomas with the New World Symphony in Miami.>/p>
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