Event

OPERA CAFE - Allegra Italia

OPERA CAFE --- Allegra Italia
When:
Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007
Time: 7:00pm
Doors open at 6:00pm

Where:
Place: Columbia City Theater
4916 Rainer Ave S.
Seattle , WA 98118
ColumbiaCityTheater.com

Timeless Columbia City Theater will host OPERA CAF, presenting our 3rd show dedicated to the history of coffee.
The show features soprano Alicia Murillo with pianist Alex Chadsey and is directed & produced by Eduardo Khawam.
In the shows powerful opening, Alicia appears in her costume made of coffee beans singing the aria, "Casta Diva" by Bellini with special performance by Aerialist Kari Podgorsky

Murillo will also sing Rossini Cruda Sorte from LItaliana in Algeri, Coffee Cantata" written by J.S. Bach, in which a daughter begs her father, "Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine! I must have my coffee, and if anyone wishes to please me, let him present me with- coffee!"
Each of the four events will highlight: Opera, World Music, Copla, Jazz, puppets and more. The shows features compositions by Bellini, Puccini, Rossini, Velazquez, Quiroja, Carosone, Buscaglione, Weill.

Reservations:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19704
Reservations:
Opera Cafe: 206-329-2410
$25
operacafeseattle@yahoo.com

Venice 's first coffeehouse opened in 1683. Named for the drink it served, the caffe (spelled Cafe elsewhere in Europe ).