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Metroplex Opera Company
presents
A Double
Bill
La
Serva Padrona & The Impresario
Pergolesi and Mozart
June 11 and
13,
2010
The
Courtyard Theater of Plano
This summer, the
Metroplex Opera Company with present its production of two famous
comic operas, Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona in Italian, and
Mozart's The Impresario in English
This charming double
bill will be presented on June 11 and June 13 at the Courtyard
Theatre of Plano. The performances will be fully staged, in
costume, and accompanied by a live orchestra.
 The
Courtyard Theater is a performing arts venue in the Haggard Park
Historic District. Built in 1938 as a project of the Works Project
Administration, the Courtyard Theater was formerly known as the Cox
Gymnasium. The Courtyard Theater is located at 1509 H Avenue, Plano,
TX 75074 - (972) 941-5600.
Call for Singers: Auditions will be
held on Friday, April 9, Saturday, April 10, and Sunday April 11, in
the afternoon.
The second soprano
lead in The Impresario has already been cast, but all other
roles are open. All singers will receive contracts for honoraria,
the amount of which will be determined by our ongoing fundraising
efforts. However, the company has enough funds on hand to
underwrite the minimum amount needed to mount this production.
If you are
interested in auditioning, please contact
us through this website.
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About the Metroplex Opera
Company
The Metroplex Opera
Company was founded to perform operas and operettas to enlighten and
entertain the general public.
The Metroplex Opera Company will afford
trained opera singers, actors, and instrumentalists in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area the experience and exposure necessary for a musical career.
To help young people appreciate opera, it will present short operas in
area schools. A long-range goal is to present operas and operettas in
towns without access to opera so that more people can appreciate this
unique art form.
Members of the Company have presented
Christmas concerts at Valley View Mall in Dallas, fundraising concerts
at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, and concerts of patriotic music at
retirement homes. It has performed 2 concerts for the Italian Club of
Dallas, and has given two very successful fundraising concerts at the
home of a patron.
The Metroplex Opera Company performed its
first staged work, Puccini's Suor Angelica, on March 17 and 19,
2006, at El Centro Community College.
The Company presented its second
staged production with orchestra, Sigmund Romberg's The Student
Prince, on April 11, 12, and 13, 2008, at the Lakewood Theater in
Dallas.
There are also fundraising concerts
held from time to time.
All singers who perform with the
Metroplex Opera Company are given honoraria.
The Metroplex Opera
Company, Inc. is a Texas non-profit organization with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status
granted by the Internal Revenue Service. Contributions to the opera
company are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Presenting an
opera is costly. We appreciate all donations. Make your check payable
and mail to:
The Metroplex Opera Company, Inc.
3436 Lovers Lane,
Dallas, TX 75225-7630
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