[Capdist-announce] OPERA FOR CHILDREN at Schenectady Civic Playhouse

[jwmhickman at nycap.rr.com]

Schenectady Civic Players
12 South Church Street, Schenectady, NY 12305

THE BILLY GOATS GRUFF ….
An Opera for Children
Saturday, March 8 at 2:30 pm
at Schenectady Civic Playhouse


SCHENECTADY – Children and families of all ages are invited to Opera Saratoga’s Opera to Go production of The Billy Goats Gruff at the Schenectady Civic Playhouse, 12 So. Church Street, Schenectady, on Saturday, March 8, at 2:30 p.m.

The Billy Goats Gruff, a short, one-act opera for children of all ages, is free of charge and open to the public. This performance is underwritten by Schenectady Civic Players’ Gwen E. Fraser Memorial Fund to give back to the community and to excite young people on the magic of the arts.

Based on the familiar classic fairy tale The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Opera Saratoga’s Opera to Go production presents a charming and humorous anti-bullying story told in operatic style. Featured are arias, duets, ensembles and choruses from operas by Mozart, Donizetti, and Rossini. Arrangement is by John Davies who also did the same for last year’s full-house, heart-warming production of Pinocchio at the Schenectady Civic Playhouse.

The Billy Goats Gruff features a talented cast of young professionals chosen from hundreds of singers across the country who audition for Opera Saratoga’s Young Artist Program. They are: soprano Chelsea Friedlander, baritone Nicholas Wiggins(*), baritone Christopher Brandon Morales, and tenor Christopher Hodson, accompanied on the piano by 2014 Opera to Go musical director Valarie Pool.

FREE ADMISSION: A cookies and punch reception follows. Open seating. No advance reservations. Just walk in. 382-2081. 

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(*) NOTE: Nicholas Wiggins, performing in this production at the Schenectady Civic Playhouse, is a professional opera singer who hails from Clifton Park, NY. He performs for opera companies throughout the country, but is known locally for having made it as a finalist on the popular TV show "The Sing Off" with the group The Yellow Jackets.

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