Upcoming Events
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2024 Season
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Winter Cabaret - Music of the 70's! February 10, 2024
Join us for a cabaret evening of songs, stories, and lots of fun! With a concert, raffle items, a silent auction, and complimentary snacks, there's a little something for everyone at our popular Winter Cabaret. $10 admission at the door; raffle tickets sold separately. 7:00 PM, 65 Briarwood Circle (Loring Auditorium), Worcester, MA 01606
(To donate items for our event, please email us at: contact@greaterworcesteropera.org). |
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A Little Night Music, June 6-9, 2024 GWO presents our fully staged production of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. Four performances (June 6, 7 and 8 at 7:30 PM, June 9 at 2:00 PM) at Calliope Theatre in Boylston, MA. Tickets available soon on our ticket page.
A Little Night Music is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. Mtishows.com |
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Summer Concert Series July 10-31
Join us in air-conditioned comfort at Loring Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle, Worcester. Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM, July 10 through July 31. A different theme and singers each night - all spectacular! |
Recent Events
July 12 - August 2, 2023: GWO's Summer Concert Series
June 8-11, 2023 - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder at Calliope Productions, Boylston
March 18, 2023 - 20th Anniversary Alumni Concert at the JMAC BrickBox Theatre, Worcester, MA
February 4, 2023: Winter Cabaret Fundraiser - Broadway Upside Down!
2022 Summer Concert Series (July, August 2022) sponsored by the West Boylston Cultural Council and the Mass State Cultural Council
Puccini Double-Bill : Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica
Puccini Double Bill - Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica was performed at Calliope Productions in Boylston, MA in June of 2022, with Gianni Schicchi also performed in August at the Briarwood Community. Winner of the EMACT 2022 Consultant's Choice "The Show Must Go On" award. Emily Baker (Suor Angelica) also nominated for Best Actress in a Musical. This program was supported in part by grants from the Bolton, Boylston and Lancaster Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. See our program here.
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (May 2021) Filmed live onstage. Special congratulations to our EMACT Consultant's Choice Award winners Taylor Lawton (Excellence in Musical Theater Performance) and Charles Crane (Excellence in Sound Engineering.)
Read our 4/25/2021 article by Richard Duckett in the Telegram and Gazette: online link here. Pdf here.
Review by METRMag here
Review by Tony's Corner here
Review by METRMag here
Review by Tony's Corner here
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder was presented through special arrangement with Music Theater International (MTI). Streaming is presented through special arrangement with MTI. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. Mtishows.com. All covid protocols were followed during this production and filming.
See one of our "pandemic projects" - featuring Todd Yard & Elaine Crane
Concerts, programs and other ongoing events
The ABC's of Opera
This multi-media introduction to opera includes an engaging talk about the nuts and bolts of this beautiful art form, and live examples. Perfect for a library series or community center, our artists and lecturer unpack the mysteries and highlight the joys of opera in an informative and fun presentation!
Concerts
GWO has a variety of travelling concerts to fit every need and budget. Our professional artists can create concerts specific to your needs, or you can book one of our current selections:
Italian Concert - regional songs, art songs and arias from Italy, featuring voice and mandolin
Broadway Concert - a wide array of songs from the Great White Way
Great American Songbook Concert - featuring standards made popular by Sinatra, Fitzgerald and more
Opera Concert - arias and ensembles to delight, move and entertain
Bernstein on Broadway - a narrated concert of some of this treasured composer's works
Italian Concert - regional songs, art songs and arias from Italy, featuring voice and mandolin
Broadway Concert - a wide array of songs from the Great White Way
Great American Songbook Concert - featuring standards made popular by Sinatra, Fitzgerald and more
Opera Concert - arias and ensembles to delight, move and entertain
Bernstein on Broadway - a narrated concert of some of this treasured composer's works
For more information about concerts, please fill out the form below, or email contact@greaterworcesteropera.org
Touring Opera for Students
For a fact sheet including prices, click here
Diamonds and ToadsGreater Worcester Opera is pleased to offer an original production for elementary age students. Diamonds and Toads is based on the French fairy tale by Perrault and tells the tale of two sisters, and how by way of a Fairy they learn the value of kind speech, and empathy. This tale has a valuable lesson, and is also an excellent introduction to the music of Mozart. The cast features Sandy Fritze as the Fairy, Erin Conley/Christine Petkus as Rose and Elaine Crane as Grace, with storybook sets and costumes. The production gave its first performance on January 30, 2009 in Worcester and has been delighting schools and communities throughout Massachusetts ever since.
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Hansel and Gretel
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