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Hipster haven Williamsburg is about to get a new venue, but it won't be for the skinny jean set...unless they ironically attend? Oh, who can keep up anymore! This is pretty interesting news though, Opera Oggi New York will be reopening MacCaddin Memorial Hall Theater at 288 Berry Street (between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets). The 600 seat theater has a "50 foot proscenium arch raked stage and a balcony, plenty of fly space with classic brick and wood and plaster construction has been found." Rehearsals are already underway, with performances of L'Oracolo by Leone on November 6th and 7th. More details here. [via Williamsburg is Dead]
Opera Comes to the Burg
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Bravo!
It sure looks like a fly space! I would attend, ironically.
lol#2
yeah, opera is, like, so bad it's good.
What a waste of a classical artform on these disgusting, self-important ironic hipster mass. Pavarotti is rolling in his grave!
L'Oracolo? Wow, talk about obscure. My New Grove doesn't even have an entry for it. It seems an odd choice to inaugurate an opera hall, let alone revive interest in verismo opera.
Odd choice of opera indeed. I think to attract new fans they'd be better off starting with one of the time tested crowd pleasers by Verdi or Puccini.
hopefully it'll feature some modern and contemporary works considering its location. Verdi and Puccini can stay on the Upper West Side.
I'm the Artistic Director/Founder of OperaOggiNY and the one who is privileged enough to find the theater and to be bringing it back to life. I"m also a contemporary composer, I have written 3 operas and I"m about to write 2 more. One will be using a male soprano!(if any one cares to listen to any examples of my work -thomaslawrencetoscano.com)
We are not your traditional opera company, just go to our website and see.operaogginy.com We choose what best fits our cast. Yes, its a verismo opera, but, we are not going to give you a traditional experience. We never do. Point in fact: We presented Massenet's Sapho last spring ( Judson Memorial Church and also uptown
90th and Amsterdam). We took the opera, changed all the male roles to female roles and performed it as a lesbian opera. With real female relationships,marriage, adoption, child rearing, and yes the kiss in the love duet was real. No faking... It was so successful, artistically, that a lesbian author approached me after the performances and we are collaborating on a new opera, same subject.
Hipsters? why can't they attend? Something wrong with their souls and hearts and minds? I don't exclude anyone. If I continue producing here, there will be, Legit Theater, Contemporary Theater, Chamber Music, ( both traditional and contemporary), Chamber Orchestra ( if I can find the funding), and of course, more OPeraOggiNY performances. Oh, btw...I am already planning a Messiah Sing-In on Sunday Dec. 14th. With refreshments...come one come all, of course, please sing only if you know the music, I don't think we will have any rehearsals! Thanks to the Gothamist for providing this forum. PS. There are not only hipsters in Billyburg, can't we all get along?
I'm looking forward to going and seeing what it's all about.