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31st Consecutive Season

Auditions

Ticket information

Spring:
Yeomen of the Guard

Summer:
Summer Concert Series
Now air conditioned!

Fall:
Hansel and Gretel

Music to Cure MS

Award!

New Year's Eve

Print a flyer listing this year's programs!

Best Opera Company Award, Needham
Longwood Opera has been selected for the 2017 Best of Needham Award
in the Opera Company category by the Needham Award Program (read more)

New Years Eve

To complete our 31st consecutive season,
Longwood Opera is pleased to again be part of
New Years Needham

Join Longwood Opera at

The Congregational Church
1154 Great Plain Avenue
Needham, MA
6:00pm-7:00pm, Sunday, December 31st

to celebrate the end of 2017 and ring in the New Year - 2018.

We will present a concert of operatic selections that will delight all ages.
J. Scott Brumit (General Director and Needham resident) will preside as the master of ceremonies.
Jeffrey Brody (Musical Director) will accompany
some of the finest Boston based singers for your enjoyment:
Margaret Felice, Giliana Norkunas, Adam Russell and Gary Thies.

For more information on what is going on that day in Needham,
as well as how to purchase a button to all the events:
http://www.newyearsneedham.org

 

Many thanks to all of you who have already sent in a tax-deductible
2017 contribution to Longwood Opera!

It's not too late to help us out:
http://longwoodopera.org/grants.html

or mail a check in any amount to:
Longwood Opera
42 Hawthorn Avenue
Needham, MA 02492

Spring 2017

Yeomen of the Guard poster

 

This concert is dedicated to the memory of
Bob Jolly

 

Sing-through of Gilbert & Sullivan’s opera

The Yeomen of the Guard

In collaboration with the
New England Gilbert And Sullivan Society

June 18 at 2:30pm
Fellowship Hall, Christ Episcopal Church
1132 Highland Avenue, Needham

Conductor: Phil Lauriat | Pianist: Jim Hay

Cast:

Sir Richard Cholmondeley: Ben Morse
Colonel Fairfax: Ethan Butler (cover Ed Fell)
Sergeant Meryll of the Yeomen of the Guard: Tony Parkes
Leonard Meryll, his son: Peter Boettcher
Jack Point, a strolling jester: Bill Remmers (cover Stuart Cabral)
Wilfred Shadbolt, Head Jailer and Assistant Tormentor: Lonnie Powell
The Headsman: Larry Millner
Elsie Maynard, a strolling singer: Kim Lamoureux (cover Alyssa Koogler Hicks)
Phœbe Meryll, Sergeant Meryll's daughter: Linda Barbieri (cover Angela Jajko)
Dame Carruthers, Housekeeper to the Tower: Lisa Pierce-Goldstein
Kate, her niece: Lindsey Soboleski (cover Lyndie Laramore)

Free Admission -
Sing along with the choruses!

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Summer 2017

Summer Concert Series

Summer concerts
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Tuesdays at 7:30pm
July 11– August 29
Christ Episcopal Church
1132 Highland Avenue, Needham

July 11 An Evening of Opera

August 8 An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan

July 18 Broadway Melodies

August 15 Opera, the Art of Emotions

July 25 Opera on the Lighter Side

August 22 An Evening of Stage & Screen

August 1 Love Is in the Air

August 29 A Gala Night of Opera

Now Air Conditioned!

Ticket prices for the summer concerts have not changed:

Single admission at the door (cash, checks or credit cards):
Adults $8; Senior/Students/Children $6
Summer Season Pass: Adults $50; Senior/Students/Children $35
Order on-line through PayPal!

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Fall 2017

Hansel, Gretel, & witch

Hansel & Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck

November 3 @ 7:30pm
November 4 @ 2:30pm
November 5 @ 2:30pm

Fellowship Hall,
Christ Episcopal Church
1132 Highland Avenue, Needham

Musical Director Jeffrey Brody
Stage Director Scott Brumit
Costumes/Chorus Charlotte Brumit
Choreographer Emily Hrones Umland

Hansel & Gretel
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watch a video!

Hansel & Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck

November 3 @ 7:30pm / November 4 @ 2:30pm / November 5 @ 2:30pm

Fellowship Hall,
Christ Episcopal Church
1132 Highland Avenue, Needham

Musical Director Jeffrey Brody | Stage Director Scott Brumit
Costumes/Chorus Charlotte Brumit | Choreographer Emily Hrones Umland


Hansel... Rosie Osser

Gretel... Erin Merceruio Nelson

Father... Tim Passetto

Mother... Karen Amlaw

Sandman... Margaret Felice

Dew Fairy... Grace Allendorf

Witch... Stanley Wilson

Angels... Charles River Ballet Academy

Gingerbread Children... TBD

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15th Annual
Music to Cure MS

Sunday, October 22, 2017
3-5 pm
Park Avenue Congregational Church
50 Paul Revere Rd, Arlington, MA

Opera, songs, chamber music
to support the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis

Featuring Karen Amlaw, Marion Leeds Carroll, Ben Morse,
and other Longwood Opera favorites.

 

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2018 Annual Auditions

Longwood Opera will next hold auditions in the spring of 2018.

 

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Ticket Information

Tickets for all full opera performances may be purchased at the door with credit card, cash or check.

General Admission:

$23

Seniors:

$18

Students:

$15

Children 10 and under:

$13

Ticket prices for summer concerts:
Single admission at the door (cash, checks, or credit cards):
Adults $8; Senior/Students/Children $6
Summer Season Pass: Adults $50; Senior/Students/Children $35

Tickets may be purchased in advance by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope with payment for the tickets or passes desired to:

Longwood Opera
42 Hawthorn Avenue
Needham, MA 02492-3806

Or order on-line through PayPal!

Season Pass

For admission to concert

Show receipt @ Box Office

Donate on line through PayPal!


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Longwood Opera
42 Hawthorn Avenue
Needham, Massachusetts 02492-3806

For more information call (781) 455-0960 or send e-mail to Longwood.Opera@Gmail.com
Last updated on April 22, 2018 --> by Marion Leeds Carroll
(longwood at leedscarroll.com)