Cincinnati Opera Center Stage, a social group comprising young operaphiles age 40 and under, helps the Opera launch its 2008 summer festival with a kick-off party from 8 p.m. to
midnight June 14 at the
The party will have a rain forest theme highlighting Mexican
composer Daniel Catan's "Florencia en el Amazonas,"
to be given its
regional premiere by Cincinnati Opera July 10 and 12 at Music Hall. There will be music,
dancing, a tapas buffet and full cash bar.
Special guests will be members of concert:nova, the versatile new chamber ensemble
comprising members of the CSO and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestras, who will
perform Brazilian and Cuban music. Learn about the group and their
mission at www.concertnova.com.
Cincinnati Opera young artists will also weigh in during the evening,
and there will be Latin cuts for dancing by DJ/VJ Will Benson.
Tickets are $10, available online at www.cincinnatiopera.org, at the
Cincinnati Opera box office in Music Hall, 1241 Elm St. downtown, or call (513) 241-2742.
For $25, you get admission to the party and Center Stage membership
for one year (application can be made online). Members enjoy discounted tickets to the Opera and invitations to
special events including post-performance parties, Opera Raps, wine tastings and so on, year-round.
Ticket discounts are structured according to a five-year plan
whereby members are entitled to 50% off up to two Cincinnati Opera
season subscriptions during the first three years, tapering to 33% in
the fourth year and regular price in the fifth.
Discounts for single tickets are 50% off up to two
tickets per production in the first two years, 25% off in the third and
fourth years and regular price in the fifth.
For further information call (513) 768-5500 or contact Julie
Bergantino at jbergantino@cincinnatiopera.org.