Opera Outdoors

Opera Outdoors

Friday, August 19
Turner Park
Park opens at 5:30pm
Kid’s Zone and Lawn Games 5:30 – 7:30pm
Concert begins at 7:00pm

Opera Outdoors is a FREE, family-friendly outdoor concert featuring a sampling of opera’s greatest hits and previews of Opera Omaha’s upcoming 22-23 season.

The concert is open to the public; no tickets are necessary, and this year’s event will be hosted in English and Spanish.
In addition to spectacular singing, the evening will include pre-concert activities in the popular FREE Kid’s Zone, featuring balloon animals, arts and crafts station and lawn games for all ages.

Opera Outdoors will feature live performances by Opera Omaha’s Holland Community Opera Fellow, Jaime Marie Webb, as well as special guests mezzo Soprano Hilary Ginther, tenor Taylor Stayton, bass Kevin Thompson and the Opera Omaha Chorus, comprised of local artists. Opera Outdoors will be conducted by Opera Omaha’s Head of Music, Sean Kelly and directed by Frances Rabalais with lighting by Aaron Craig, and will be hosted again by Holland Community Opera Fellow, Fernando Antonio Montejano.

The opera program will include selections composed by opera greats Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito, Pietro Mascagni, Jerome Kern, and Leonard Bernstein. Lawn chairs, blankets and refreshments are encouraged.

A rain date of Sat. Aug. 20th is also scheduled.

Opera Omaha’s free live outdoor concerts are part of Opera Omaha’s mission to share opera with the broader community and make its events accessible and welcoming. They have drawn more than 15,000 people of all ages since 2013.

 

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