OperaCréole

Opera Creole sings to a sold out house....with a waiting list!. The music was part of the annual THNOC Bill Russell Lecture series.

Left to right: Walter Harris, Narrator, Samuel Legeion, pianist from France, and Opera Creole singers with our pianist WIlfred Delphin far right.

OperaCréole

Presents

A celebration of Afro-British composer

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

(1875-1912)

On the centennial ofhis death

with scenes from hislong lost opera,

Thelma

and scenes from

Scott Joplin's

Treemonisha

With special Guests

The BlackChorale  

Sunday,September 23, 2012

5:00pm,

Trinity Artist Series,

Trinity Episcopal Church

1329 Jackson Avenue, NewOrleans. LA

Admission is free                                                                          www.operacreole.com

Ms Joseph, founder, was honored with an in-depth interview on WWNO Radio on July 19th.

It was a fun show with Gwen Thompkins, a great interviewer! The show will focus on people they feel are the "standard bearers" for New Orleans culture.

The replay is available at http://wwno.org/post/music-inside-out-givonna-joseph-and-operacr-ole

Music Inside Out with Givonna Joseph and OperaCréole | WWNO

wwno.org

Ms. Joseph, OperaCreole founder had the opportunity to tape " Talk It Out with Phyllis Boudreaux", a NOA-TV show, today with Cedric Ellsworth of LA Creole! The subject was LA Creole's conference coming up in October! OperaCreole will perform!

The show will air tomorrow 2am, 7:30 am, 4 and 4:30pm. and Thursday at 430 Channel 76.

For more info on the conference and LA Creole go to www.lacreole.org

John Boutté 's CD "All About Everything" featuring OperaCreole has been released!

It is in the stores locally and on CDbaby. OperaCreole is on track 11, but you won;t hear us on the sampling though. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/johnboutte3

Come hear us sing it at Jazz Fest. on John's set at the WWOZ Jazz tent on May 5 at 2:45-3:40

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEATRE

OperaCreole just returned from a wonderful residency in Ilinois.

Our offerings included:

Thursday March 29, 2012

11:00 – Lecture/Demonstration: Opera as Therapy

   Cook Hall 308

1:00 – OperaCréole MASTER CLASS

             Kemp Recital Hall

5:00 - Concert at Illinois Weslayan University

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Saturday March 31, 2012

5:00 – Concert with OperaCréole and Community Choirs

  ISU Center for Performing Arts Concert Hall

6:00 – Reception hosted by the Black Actors Guild

 ISU Center for Performing Arts Lobby

Sponsored by

Illinois State University:

   Office of the President

   Office of the Provost/Sage Fund

   College of Fine Arts

   MECCPAC, A Dean of Students Diversity Initiative

   Schools of Music and Theatre

Ilinois Wesleyan University School of Music

Yesterday January 27, 2012, OperaCreole had the opportunity to record "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen for John Boutte's new CD to be released soon! Not sure who John Boutte is? If you watch HBO's "Treme" you hear his voice on the title song. Go to http://www.johnboutte.com.

Other musicians on the recording are John Cleary on organ and piano, Raymond Weber on drums, and Nobi Ozaki on upright bass!!! The song combination of sounds, jazz, r&b and opera was amazing!!!

The album producer is Blake Leyh (music coordintor for "Treme")

More Info to come. Stay tuned!