One question I get asked a lot is what is up with the name change from ‘Opera to Go’ to the ‘Orpheus Project’. Perhaps starting at the beginning is the best way to make it clear! 1996 – Joyce Parry Moore founded Opera to Go as an opera outreach project to take opera into the […]
Our Saxophone Showcase is back! After missing last summer, the Aurora Saxophone Quartet and the Alaska Saxophone Choir have a concert tonight, Saturday June 17 at Northern Light Church at 8pm. Tickets are $10 at the door. Music we are playing ranges from the brand-new to Bach, some written specifically for saxophones, and some transcriptions. […]
Congratulations to composer Emerson Eads on the release of “Mass for the Oppressed” on CD and digital formats! From www.massfortheoppressed.com : Mass For The Oppressed was composed as a response to the release from prison of George Frese, Eugene Vent, Marvin Roberts, and Kevin Pease–Native Alaskans, collectively known as The Fairbanks Four, who were […]
March 2017 Greetings from cold and snowy Juneau, Alaska! Orpheus Project (formerly known as Opera to Go) has been delivering meaningful musical performances to Alaskan audiences for over 20 years. We have always valued collaborations and outreach as fundamental components of our productions. Several years ago, Nancy DeCherney of the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council, […]
Letter: Go see ‘West Side Story’ Juneau Empire – February 28, 2017 I am writing to alert the Juneau community about West Side Story, one of the best theater productions that I have seen in Juneau in over 31 years of living here. A production of the Orpheus Project and Juneau Dance Theater, they pulled […]
Review: La favola d’Orfeo By John D’armand | For the Capital City Weekly Decades ago, I received a postcard from a student who was a Wagner aficionado. It read, “Last night, I went to Bayreuth. Now I have nothing to live for.” That’s similar to my experience with our local production of “L’Orfeo” by composer Claudio […]
John D’Armand was kind enough to write us a review from last Sunday’s performance of Cunning Little Vixen. Read it here! http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2015-03-06/my-turn-review-cunning-little-vixen#gsc.tab=0 photo by Brian Wallace Review of ‘The cunning little vixen’ Posted: March 6, 2015 – 1:05am By JOHN D’ARMAND FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE If you ever have been transported into Never Never Land by “The […]
After countless hours of preparation, we are opening our new production of The Cunning Little Vixen this weekend at the Thunder Mountain High School Auditorium. The Juneau Empire/Capital City Weekly were nice enough to make a great write up of the piece. http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/022515/ae_1239844273.shtml So many wonderful people involved in this production like some familiar opera […]
OTG presents 2014/2015 Fund drive! And Calamity Jane – in cooperation with Theater at Latitude 58 This weekend! Friday at 7pm Saturday at 2pm and 7pm Sunday at 2pm Thunder Mountain High School Auditorium Please look us up in Pick.Click.Give after applying for your PFD! if you are not on our mailing list, sign up by […]
Hello all, Seussical the Musical is underway and almost ready for launch! This has been a first time collaborative effort between Theater at Latitude 58 and Opera to Go. It has been a very fun experience working with a combined cast of both children and adults. The show is a high energy musical experience chock […]