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Replenished Reptertoire

The National Opera Center
New York, NY

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Think you've exhausted your favorite composers' catalogues of works? We'll make you think again, and throw in a few pieces from the standard repertoire for good measure.

In May of 2012, three opera singers and an accompanist set forth to have as much fun as possible through an entire rehearsal and performance process. After many hours of rehearsal, aided along the way by a knife, a fez, a peacock, and yards of fabric, "Replenished Repertoire" was created.

"Replenished Repertoire" is a concert of fully-staged opera scenes ranging from the familiar to the unfamiliar, the light to the dramatic, the fast to the not-quite-so-fast, the (very) high to the (very) low, and the lovely to the deadly and back again, by some of the most well-known composers of opera.

Most pieces on the program are lesser-known works by better-known composers, chosen specifically to integrate repertoire that isn't standard without alienating audiences who know and love the standard fare.
There are thousands of hours of beautiful music in the operatic repertoire alone, and only a minuscule portion of that is performed on a regular basis. We hope that, after attending this concert, our audience will be inspired to explore the dustier corners of their local music libraries.

Performed by:
Allegra Durante, soprano
Hayden DeWitt, mezzo-soprano
Nathan Baer, bass
Aaron Butler, piano

Composed by:
G. Donizetti
C. Floyd
C. Gounod
G. F. Händel
S. Mercadante
W. A. Mozart
J. Offenbach
R. Strauss
G. Verdi

Director: See "Performed by", above
Producer: Allegra Durante
Everything else: See "Performed by", above

Producer's note: Our first performance (in August) went so well that we're bringing the show back for a second round, and we're hoping to outdo ourselves! We're still playing with the staging and the music (it's too fun to resist), so it'll be worth revisiting even if you've seen it before.

NOTE: Only advance-sale tickets, through BPT, are available for $20.00.
At the door, tickets will be $25.00.