ROCopera is back and ready to bring the rage, torment, and ecstasy virtually with Opera is MAD!, an on demand, virtual performance streaming exclusively via rochesterfringe.com throughout the 12-day 2021 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival, September 14 through 25. Tickets are now on sale for $10 at rochesterfringe.com, where more information is also available.
It’s been a heck of a year for artists and audiences alike. What better way to experience catharsis than to sing about it. ROCopera’s Opera is MAD! is an evening of the best the genre has to offer – rage arias, “mad” scenes, torment, and ecstasy. The roster of local, professional opera singers will channel their own pandemic experiences, creating moving interpretations of popular favorites and hidden gems. Highlighting well-known composers like Mozart, Handel, Verdi and more, Opera is MAD! will take the audience on a stylistic and emotional journey. And hopefully, by the end, everyone will feel a bit better.
Opera is MAD! will feature singers Pablo Bustos, Mark Daniels, Elisabeth Halliday Quan, Heather Holmquest, Nicholas Kilkenny, Joelle LaChance, Sara Noble, Kerri Lynn Slominski, and Yvonne Trobe accompanied by pianist Yoshiko Arahata.
ROCopera is dedicated to creating opera that is with, by, and for the people of Rochester by re-imagining and reinterpreting existing classical vocal music through a contemporary lens; by promoting new works for the classical voice; and by bringing opera out of the concert hall and into community spaces. ROCopera’s debut performance was one year ago at last year’s Virtual Fringe, and they are excited to celebrate this anniversary with their new show. For information, visit rocopera.org.
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