Will The Dead Answer? Find Out as Opera Returns to Peabody with a Special Halloween Production of Menotti's ‘The Medium’
Boston, Sep 19, 2019 (Issuewire.com) - Corsara Artists, a Peabody MA-based non-profit music ensemble, will present a reimagined staging of Gian Carlo Menotti's opera 'The Medium' as part of a spectacular Halloween event at Frank L Wiggin Auditorium in Peabody's City Hall on October 30 & 31.
This production marks the grand return of a world-class opera to Wiggin Auditorium for the city, space originally built as an Opera House 1883. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, the Auditorium regularly hosts city and community events. In 2018, a nearly quarter-million-dollar restoration project was completed which saw the Auditorium's decorative ceiling reclaim its former Opera House glory, as well as the installation of new sound and video projection systems.
For both nights, there will be plenty of Halloween scares and guest entertainment leading up to the presentation of this classic 1940's opera (with a running time of approximately one-hour ten-minutes). Guests include Salem's faerie-themed entertainment company 'Moonrise Fae;' whose troupe of musicians, storytellers, artists, dancers, fire spinners, and flow artists have created a chilling pre-opera performance that warns of the dangers when lifting the veil of the spirit world. Whether this will be an audience member's first opera or they are a long-time fan of opera, Corsara promises "an experience and a night unlike any other. One which you won't want to miss." Topping off the Oct 31 performance, a Halloween Party with the cast and crew sponsored by Rumson's Rum of Salem will take place at Peabody's Black Box Theater from 9 pm-11:30 pm.
'The Medium' features New York City Soprano Sara Law (Miami Music Festival and Hawaii Performing Arts Festival ) in the role of Monica, Peabody's own Mezzo-Soprano Natalja Sticco (Latvian National Opera & Ballet) as Madame Flora, and Mezzo Sarah Klopfenstein-Weir (St. Petersburg & Cincinnati Opera) as Mrs Nolan, a mother desperate to reconnect with her deceased daughter during a seance conducted by Madame Flora. Conductor Ismael Sandoval of Cambridge MA leads the orchestra as Musical Director, and special-effects makeup artist Leila Rogers from Bristol, United Kingdom, has been commissioned to craft original concepts which will enhance the already eerie atmosphere of the production.
Tickets are available by phone at (978) 326-9788, online at bit.ly/TheMedium2019 and through Corsara's website at www.CorsaraArtists.com Prices range from $25-$45.
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