Opera Theater Oregon’s mission is to introduce opera to new audiences and offer a new angle on the art form for confirmed opera lovers. We perform at a bar (our home venue, Someday Lounge), usually in English and rarely for longer than the average Chuck Norris movie. Our productions are cast with brilliant local operatic and orchestral talent.
OTO is a 501c(3) tax exempt organization, IRS Section 170b(2)iii for both federal and state tax purposes.
RECENT PRODUCTIONS
"Muscle-Max": a bel canto masterpiece set down in the mall, circa 1985, with a lovelorn food court worker, an unscrupulous nutritional supplement salesman and (of course), a men’s competitive aerobics team. A new English-language production based on Gaetano Donizetti’s "The Elixir of Love."
"Opera Cinema": An ongoing series presenting silent film with a live soundtrack. Recent offerings have included a gin-soaked, sin-soaked night of Dada, and Cecil B. DeMille’s 1915 classic, Carmen, paired with music from the opera of the same name by Georges Bizet.
"Will Kill for Vaudeville": A dark comic tribute to end-era vaudeville, filtered through the demented perspective of aging former child star Baby Ethel Million. Featured arias and ensembles from French lyric opera, music by vaudeville greats like Victor Herbert, A. Baldwin Sloane and Albert von Tilzer, and a bit of AC/DC, for flavoring.
