Monday Roundup — 11/28

Freep gets to know Annie VanGelderen of the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Stategic Staffing Solution’s CEO, Cindy Pasky, was a ballat dancer — so  . . . the arts are important for future leaders?
Detroit Country Day student performs at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Detroit’s Poetry
The artistic legacy of Fred Meijer
Another deep loss to the arts: Patron of [...]

Review: La Bohème at the Detroit Opera House

La Vie Bohème!
Oops, wrong version.
Mark Stryker of the Detroit Free Press said of La Bohème that “there is no better starter opera for newcomers,” referencing the “across-the-board” appeal of Puccini’s emotionally nuanced compositions and the overall timelessness and universal accessibility of the opera’s core love story.  Both of these things are true, but I think [...]

DP2A Destination #1: Japan — The Mikado at the Detroit Opera House

For its 40th anniversary season, the Michigan Opera Theatre is once again presenting four full-scale operas (after scaling back to three last year — Nabucco; a very well-received Tosca, which I missed; and a lackluster, half-hearted Don Giovanni, which I almost regret to have seen), but surprisingly two of the four selections are slightly lighter [...]

BravoBravo 2010: Destination Fashion Reflections

All things evolve over time. For 11 years, BravoBravo! has been the premiere social event of the summer, attracting thousands of the metro area’s young, sexy professionals and arts supporters, raising nearly a million dollars since its inception for the Detroit Opera House and Michigan Opera Theatre.
In that time, the buzz caught on. Now it [...]

BravoBravo! 2010: The Fashionable Way to Fundraise

It’s almost time for the 11th annual benefit for the Detroit Opera House, BravoBravo! On Friday June 4, 2010, from 7:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m., the opulent Opera House will be transformed into a food and fashion wonderland for some 2,000 gorgeous revelers. For 11 years now, the young professionals group of the Michigan Opera [...]

“Loves and Lies” Opens With Verdi’s “Nabucco” at MOT

[ October 17, 2009 1:00 pm to October 24, 2009 1:00 pm. ]
October 17-24, 2009
At the Detroit Opera House

Michigan Opera Theatre opens its 39th opera season entitled “Loves and Lies” with Giuseppe Verdi’s exotic and heart-rending Nabucco in a limited three performance engagement October 17-24, 2009 at the Detroit Opera House. This will mark the first time in Michigan Opera Theatre history that the company will [...]

It’s Not Over Yet, the Music of the Night: The Phantom of the Opera at the Detroit Opera House

The Phantom of the Opera is the most popular and successful musical of all time. It has played in 125 cities in 25 countries to over 100 million people and has grossed over $5 billion in its lifetime. It has firmly situated itself as an emblem of Western popular culture, with songs and melodies more [...]

Nutcracker Pre-Sale at the Opera House

[ July 10, 2009 2:00 am to July 31, 2009 12:00 am. ] “CHRISTMAS IN JULY”
NUTCRACKER PRESALE!

July is the coolest time to get your Nutcracker tickets!

Order now to get the best seats available for the December 3-6 performance of the yuletide favorite, featuring the Cincinnati Ballet and the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra.

Tickets range in price from $29-$76. (Prices may increase when single tickets go on sale [...]

Writer’s Corner: Adult Poetry & Creative Writing

[ June 30, 2009 6:00 pm to July 21, 2009 8:00 pm. ] Dawn McDuffie

Detroit Public Library
Four Tuesdays: June 30, July 7, July 14, July 21
From 6:00 until 8:00 p.m.

All writers of poetry or prose, 18 years old or older

Cost $40–Make checks payable to the Detroit Opera House

Four sessions of writing starts, myths, metaphors, submission tips and more. Invite a friend who has always wanted to write.

Inner [...]

Bravo, and Encore!

Here in Michigan, and especially in metro Detroit, the sky is falling. This is the worst recession that the majority of us will have ever lived through, and could potentially be the worst recession in Michigan’s history. Things are bleak; there’s no denying it.
But if you were at last week’s 10th Annual BravoBravo! fundraiser, you’d [...]