Click HERE and HERE to see the fireworks build in the Marriage Contract scene from Lucia di Lammermoor -- inventively reimagined as a boardroom negotiation between the Lammermoor siblings over the future of their distressed family business. How far will Henry go in his efforts to force Lucy to agree to his merger plan? **
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May 14 & 16, 2010
Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley
Kensington, CA
If they were writing today, would Verdi and Donezetti set their dramas on Wall Street? Opera Frontier thinks so! In grand operatic style, Lammermoor, Inc. tells the contemporary tale of a business deal gone spectacularly awry. Opera Frontier’s reverent mash-up of glamorous characters and glorious music from your favorite operas, delivers the "story behind the headlines". Told by the baffled investment banker, we once again see how greed, ambition, deceit, passion, naiveté, love and twists of fate lead our characters to the inevitable tragic -- and in this case, heart-breakingly tuneful -- finale.
** Clips from the March 2008 production of ReMiX8.
Opera Frontier will take you on a heart-stopping, eye-popping and musically reverent romp through some of the most delicious vocal music in the Western World. Each production revisits life’s compelling themes of love and hate, valor and greed, seduction and power -- in grand operatic style, but with more than a few twists. Through inventive staging, choreography, and some liberal interpretations, the troupe re-imagines familiar operatic repertoire for contemporary audiences, making them newly accessible for the opera fan, as well as the opera-phobe! Whether you already love Verdi and Donizetti or wonder why this is your grandpa’s favorite music, you will leave smiling and humming old tunes with fresh delight in the human condition.
What audiences say about Opera Frontier. . .
"What
a clever re-imagining of some of my favorite operas, done with panache
and artistry. I wish I'd brought more friends to enjoy the evening."
"What a rich trove of voices .. a creative, irreverent, fun and immensely
pleasing show!!"
"I had a great time. I don't know opera very well - I loved the fun
staging of tunes I recognized. But there were people around me who
were in stitches at times, clearly appreciating opera 'insider' humor
that I didn't get!!"
"Great fun. Can't wait to see more of it. Way to go, Opera Frontier!!"