CINCINNATI OPERA AND CINCINNATI ZOO PRESENT
“BACK TO THE ZOO,” A FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY CONCERT
AT CINCINNATI ZOO ON JUNE 1st
The public is invited to a delightful evening of arias, animals, and nostalgia, hosted by Evans Mirageas of Cincinnati Opera and Thane Maynard of Cincinnati Zoo.
One night only—June 1, 2011
Sponsored by The Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation
CINCINNATI—Back by popular demand! On Wednesday, June 1, Cincinnati Opera celebrates its historic roots at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden with the second annual “Back to the Zoo” Concert, presented at the Wings of Wonder Theater. Opera fans, Zoo lovers, and people of all ages are invited for a fun, family-friendly program of opera delights, memories from the Zoo days, and close encounters with animals. The celebration, generously sponsored by The Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation, will open with a convivial reception featuring heavy hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets are free, but reservations are required.
Hosted by Cincinnati Opera’s The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director Evans Mirageas and Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Executive Director Thane Maynard, the concert will commemorate the Opera’s most celebrated memories from the Zoo with some of opera’s best-loved songs. And, just as in the past, the beautiful music will be mingled with exciting visits from furry, scaly, and feathered Zoo friends.
On June 27, 1920, Cincinnati Opera presented its first opera, a production of Martha, in an outdoor pavilion at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. For the next half-century, performances at the Cincinnati Zoo Pavilion filled a 10-week season that regularly featured some of the most legendary singers of the 20th century—Plácido Domingo, Norman Treigle, Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Montserrat Caballé, James Morris, and Roberta Peters, to name a few. Cincinnati Opera moved to Music Hall in 1972, but the partnership between the Opera and the Zoo continues to the present day.
Tickets are available through the Cincinnati Opera Box Office at (513) 241-2742. For more information, please visit www.cincinnatiopera.org.
Cincinnati Opera and Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden present
“Back to the Zoo” Concert
Sponsored by The Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Time:
6:00 Reception
7:00 Concert
Location:
Wings of Wonder Theater, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220
Parking and admission are free after 5:00 p.m. Park in the Vine Street Lot and enter the Historic Vine Street Plaza. Complimentary Safari Shuttle available past the entrance turnstiles.
Tickets: FREE, but reservations are required. To reserve, please call the Cincinnati Opera Box Office at (513) 241-2742.
“Back to the Zoo” Concert is sponsored by The Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation. Cincinnati Opera’s 2011 Season Presenting Sponsor is PNC. The 2011 season is also made possible with support from ArtsWave, Ohio Arts Council, The Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund, and many generous individuals, corporations, and foundations. Cincinnati Opera’s 2011 Summer Festival runs June 16 through July 31 and features Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, John Adams’s A Flowering Tree, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute.
www.cincinnatiopera.org
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