Join the LVO Chorus

Illustration by Jen Mayhew

Would you like to sing in the chorus on stage at the Bankhead Theater?

LVO will be presenting Die Fledermaus, sung in English, in March 2010.

Monday, January 25, 2010 - First Chorus rehearsal
Saturday, January 30, 2010 - Second Chorus rehearsal

Note: Chorus rehearsals will be on Mondays, 7:30-10 PM

Audition and Rehearsal location: Bothwell Performing Center, 2466 8th St., (corner of H and 8th), Livermore, CA 94550

If interested, please contact: Pat Goard (Chorus Coordinator) Email: goardp@att.net

Goal: 24 singers - SATB - Greatly needed are Tenors and Basses. Prospective chorus members will have audition. Come prepared to sing your favorite song.

Black Violin

Wow, saw this group live today at the Bankhead Theater. They performed to an audience of school children and they really connected with them.

I am showing this to our opera board at the meeting tonight.

Black Violin shows us beauty, in picture and sound, of blended micro-cultures in the performing arts world, much the same way the Star Trek series showed viewers a vision of a more perfect future. This is what's next!

Team Opera @ Pillars of the Tri-Valley

Special thanks to volunteers Sara Nealy and Bill Rabe for helping our opera company with this wonderful public outreach display at the first annual Pillars of the Tri-Valley event that was held this week. Bill retrofitted the set piece from our Pagliacci production to be a stand-alone feature and it looks great as our back drop. We had our dvd of Carmen playing on the monitor and put the original artwork for our upcoming production of Die Fledermaus (March 2009) in a nice frame on the easel.

We made contact with 14 individuals who expressed interest in our organization, if not as board members, as direct volunteers.

Photo: L to R, Sara, Teri Tith, Stephanie Petermeier, Raquel Holt, and Jim Schmidt.

Call for Board Members

Nonprofit Board Member Recruiting Event

October 21, 2009
4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
CarrAmerica Cafe
4400 Rosewood Drive
Pleasanton 94588

Champion your local opera company to greatness. Artistic values are at an all-time high now, and we are especially fortunate to call the Bankhead Theater our home. The economy is challenging, but together, we can surmount that hurdle, right? If this sounds like a role you would like to play, please consider registering and attending Pillars of the Tri-Valley, a first annual event designed specifically to encourage professionals and business executives to engage at the board member level with nonprofits within their community. There is no fee to attend. To learn more about this initiative brought to you by the Communities of Character Collaboration in Pleasanton: Learn More & Register.

Or, simply send us an email and let us know you are interested!

Photo: Roberto Perlas Gomez, baritone, who plays roles in both "Cav and Pag", with LVO board member Teri Tith at the artist's reception that immediately follows the each final curtain.

ACE Rail Promotion

LVO is thrilled to have the support of ACE rail as a marketing collaborator for our upcoming production of Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci, opening October 10th. We only do one performance mid-week, and that would be our Frugal Friday. This is our truly accessible, affordable opera night, as we discount every seat in the house by $10.

Yes, students and youth (age 18 or under) may combine it with their additional discount. No reason not to give opera a try!

The ACE folks are putting our posters up in the trains that bring residents who work in Silicon Valley to the Great America station and back each work day. They have also posted about our opera on their official blog. Feel free to leave a comment for ACE commuters who are reading about it!

Special thank you to Hubert Hanrahan at ACE for jumping on board with this idea to promote opera!

Please tell a friend who commutes. The parking lot that serves ACE rail is the same one that serves the Bankhead Theater, the home of Livermore Valley Opera.

A good opera is something nice to look forward to at the end of the work week.