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VIP "Roaring 20's" Costume Party Introducing 2017-2018 Season
BELLEVUE, WA Gangsters, Lovers and Verdi! Friday night VIP "Roaring 20's" costume party announcing the CITY OPERA BALLET 2017-2018 season in Bellevue's finest performance hall. Refreshed by delicious food and drink, party guests will experience not only a preview of the rarely seen stunning ballet, La Sylphide (coming in March 2018) but also the COB building of Verdi's La Traviata (set in the 1920's) coming in August 2018. In addition, two all new ballets on the horizon, including Jennifer Porter's The Great Gatsby, will show the very first sneak peek of what's being built from scratch for 2019! Previews are all to live music under the sure hand of the company's long-time music director and conductor, Philip Tschopp. All costumes are created by Tina Evans, celebrating her 20th year with the company!
For La Traviata, the American 1920s was chosen by guest director, Russell Wustenberg, to bring special charm and relevance to his first full-length opera. We chose to set our Traviata in a 1920s Speakeasy, a place and time when Prohibition forced people from all levels of society into one place. The Haves delighted in the risk of sitting next to the Have-Nots, in a shared adventure of sipping illegal liquor provided by an industry of opportunists from all walks of life. In the middle are the entertainers, the voyeurs, the musicians and their friends. This show will resonate immediately and easily with modern audiences, yet still retain its classic sensibility.. (The McGill Savoy Society, Opera 5, McGill Opera). The full production will be performed with Orchestra Bellevue on August 24th and 26th 2018 at The Theatre at Meydenbauer Center.
On March 24 - 25, 2018 Ballet Bellevue with Orchestra Bellevue presents the full ballet of La Sylphide staged by Ballet Bellevue ballerina, Christina Stockdale, and ballet master Kyle Johnson to the classic original music of Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer.
Wrapped in some of the most beautiful music ever to grace the stage in downtown Bellevue, the August 25, 2017 VIP Preview Party for La Traviata and La Sylphide is not to be missed!
Gangsters, Lovers and Verdi!
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave in Italian
La Sylphide
Music by Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer
Staging by Chistina Stockdale
Ballet Master: Kyle Johnson
presented by CITY OPERA BALLET
The Theatre at Meydenbauer
11100 NE 6th Street
Bellevue, WA 98004
VIP Preview Party announcing 2017-2018 Season: August 25 ,2017
Conductor Philip Tschopp
Opera Guest Director Russell Wustenberg
Resident Choreographer Jennifer Porter
Stage Manager Jenna Kearns
Costume Design Tina Evans
Titles/Captions Shawn Stendevad
Executive Director Mary Ellen Hundley
Bellevue City Opera, Ballet Bellevue and Orchestra Bellevue are the opera, ballet and orchestra divisions of Bellevues new CITY OPERA BALLET, a non-profit organization based in downtown Bellevue dedicated to bringing the finest professional arts to the region through performances of opera and ballet with live orchestra.
CITY OPERA BALLET combines a passion for excellence with a dedication to present outstanding regional talent and the commitment to fully live musical presentation of classical works, contemporary masterpieces and new works by Northwest artists. Recent projects include Stravinskys Firebird (2014, 2017), Nutcracker (2014), Opera + Ballet (2015, 2016), Mozarts Marriage of Figaro (2015), Handels Messiah: Ballet/Oratorio (November 2015), Mozarts Cosi Fan Tutte (August 2016), Romeo and Juliet (October, 2016), and The Snowman (December 2016).
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LocationThe Theater at Meydenbauer Center (View)
11100 NE 6th St
Bellevue, WA 98004
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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