Canciones del Corazón: Opera Company of Middlebury shows love for community

No bad luck here. This Friday the 13th spend your evening listening to love songs that benefit the Open Door Clinic and Opera Company of Middlebury.

Opera Company of Middlebury’s Youth Opera Company will present “Cabaret on 46th” in Middlebury on Saturday, Nov. 29.

The romantic tale of a sleepwalking bride-to-be will come to the Town Hall Theater on Oct. 25, for this month’s MET: Live in HD screening.

Christopher Ross offers a recap of the incredible “Bernstein Festival” hosted by the Opera Company of Middlebury.

A two-week exploration of Bernstein is coming our way Sept. 24-Oct. 5, thanks to Opera Company of Middlebury.

Last night we attended OCM La Bohème opera and we were blown away.

Back in 2008, the brave and unlikely start-up Opera Company of Middlebury unveiled its first fully staged production in the renovated Town Hall Theater, Puccini’s “La Bohème.”

Enjoy the opera as performed by students from Vergennes, Middlebury and Mount Abraham union high schools in a pair of performances this weekend at the Mount Abe auditorium.

What do you suppose teens these days think about opera? 

America is painfully divided, politically and socially. The nightly news is full of violence and turmoil. But Derrick Wang’s opera “Scalia/Ginsburg” offers a ray of hope, featuring two real-life leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum, a man … (read more)

Opera Company of Middlebury (OCM), Vermont’s leading opera company, has appointed Robin Allen LaPlante to the role of managing director, effective immediately.

Young singers from the Opera Company of Middlebury’s Youth Opera Company will present free concerts at senior residences and community centers around the state.

Virtuosic voices, fantastic acting, outstanding orchestra, flamboyant costumes, beautiful music, and humor!

Gymnasts and ballerinas can go world-class in their teens, but an opera singer is a different kind of athlete. According to Sarah Cullins, Opera Company of Middlebury (OCM) director of Young Artist Programs, it’s all about the vocal cords. 

It begins the way all rom-coms do: Two single people “meet cute.” Picking flowers on a mountainside in the Tyrolean Alps, Marie topples off a cliff, but has the good luck to fall safely into the arms of Tonio, a local peasant.