Opera Company of Middlebury

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Town Hall Theater, Home of the Opera Company of Middlebury

Opera Company of Middlebury (OCM) is an American opera company in Middlebury, Vermont, founded in 2004. The company presents two operas per year at Town Hall Theater. All productions are presented in their original language, with surtitles projected over the stage. The June 2018 production was André Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire.^{[citation needed]} In October 2018 OCM toured its recent production of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore to three Vermont cities.^{[citation needed]} OCM also presents the Metropolitan Opera HD Broadcasts in conjunction with Town Hall Theater; each opera is preceded an hour ahead by a talk about it by an OCM board member.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

The company was established in 2004 by artists Douglas Anderson, Carol Christensen, Beth Thompson, Meredith Parsons McComb and Greg Vitercik.^{[citation needed]} The OCM’s first performance was Carmen, which was adapted by Douglas Anderson and featured Meredith Parsons McComb, Stephanie Weiss, Yonghoon Lee and Steven Marking. Yonghoon Lee returned the following year in the company's second production, Tosca, with Beth Thompson.^{[citation needed]} The Town Hall Theater underwent a $5 million renovation from 2005 to 2008.^{[citation needed]} During the renovation, the OCM shifted its performances to the Vergennes Opera House and artist Fran Bull's Brandon studio.^{[citation needed]} The Company returned to the Town Hall Theater in June 2008 with Puccini's La bohème .^{[citation needed]}

The company now annually presents two productions (June and October) under the artistic direction of Douglas Anderson. Production manager is Mary Longey. Recently the June productions have been conducted by Michael Sakir and the fall productions by Jeffrey Rink. The fall production features the chorus of Middlebury College under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Buettner.^{[citation needed]}

Productions[]

The most recent production (June 2018) was André Previn's Streetcar Named Desire:^{[citation needed]}

Cast^{[citation needed]}

• Blanche DuBois - Meredith Lustig
• Stanley Kowalski - Gregory Gerbrandt
• Stella Kowalski - Cree Carrico
• Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell - James Flora
• Eunice Hubbell - Olga Perez Flora
• Steve Hubbell - Joshua Collier
• Mexican Woman - Sara Petrocelli

Past productions[]

• Carmen, 2004 (adapted and abridged)
• Tosca, 2005 (adapted and abridged)
• A Dinner Engagement, 2006
• A Little Night Music, 2007
• La Bohème, 2008
• The Barber of Seville, 2009
• The Pearl Fishers, 2010
• La Rondine, 2011
• Thaïs, 2012
• Madama Butterfly, 2012
• Eugene Onegin, 2013
• The Italian Girl in Algiers, 2014
• La Traviata, 2014
• Turandot, 2015
• Dido and Aeneas, 2015
• Macbeth, 2016
• The Magic Flute, 2016
• Il Trittico, 2017
• L'Elisir d'Amore, 2017

Sources[]

• Directory of Area Theaters in or Near Addison County, Vermont
• Review of Opera Company of Middlebury 10th Anniversary by Vermont Public Radio
• Yonghoon Lee Set for Opera Company of Middlebury's 10th Anniversary Concert, 8/17, Broadwayworld.com

External links[]

• Official website of Opera Company of Middlebury