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I’ve been raving about the badass opera party crashers that are Opera Theater Oregon for at least two years now – their film-with-live-music tour de force “Carmen” has become the stuff of local legend – so if you haven’t seen them yet, well, you’re missing out in a major way.
Artistic director Katie Taylor’s troupe just opened their 2008-09 last night with what was by all accounts a smashing performance of queer composer Gian Carlo Menotti’s high camp melodrama – with a quick shot of spooky adrenaline - “The Medium.” Beloved PSU opera department director and mezzo-about-town Christine Meadows takes on the title role of spirit-divining Madame Flora, with stellar locals like baritone Kevin Walsh (as Mr. Gobineau) in the supporting cast.
OTO’s “The Medium” plays a handful of performances through October 31 at the Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Avenue in Chinatown. Tickets ($15-$50) are available online here.
Oh… and always ahead of the curve, OTO has even released a quickie YouTube promo clip for their production – and it’s kind of effing spooky!
4 responses so far ↓
1 Katie Taylor // Oct 24, 2008 at 12:30 am
Rrrrawrr, Stephen! Thanks for the kind words, and for the plug.
Katie Taylor
OTO
2 Georgette Dashiell // Oct 24, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Stephen
Thanks so much for the great plug! We are grateful!
Georgette
OTO PR gal
3 Bre Gregg // Oct 26, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Thanks Stephen – you are wonderful. The show is amazing, and we truly appreciate you doing your part to get people there!
Bre
Board Member, Opera Theater Oregon
4 Kristi Krueger // Oct 26, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Agreed, the Medium performance was totally awesome, and the commercial by Fountain Films was totally creepy!
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