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OUR PROFILE |
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Founded in 1996 in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, Opera de las Américas is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to promote opera in all its
manifestations from the production of repertoire opera to
contemporary and commissioned works to the development of new
singers and new audiences in the Caribbean.
Opera de las Américas' first production, HOMENAJE A VERDI was
awarded the coveted CASANDRA prize for best production of the
year 1997 and our first TALLER PARA JOVENES CANTANTES (Opera
Studio) followed with the same success and acclaim from all
sectors of the Dominican Republic and abroad.
1998 saw our first BAILE DE LA OPERA (Opera Ball) take place and
was credited as the best spectacle ever presented in the 25
years of existence of our Teatro Nacional: a production
including a "collage" of staged opera, operetta and
zarzuela numbers, preceded the opening of the stage and
back-stage areas, decorated as a grand ballroom, where the
audience was then ushered to these areas. A Grand Dinner was
served followed by the Grand Ball of the Opera. The melodies of
Viennese waltzes opened the ball in which the famous dominican
"Merengue" was also heard.
The 2nd TALLER PARA JOVENES CANTANTES Y DIRECTORES DE ORQUESTA
completed our 1998 season.
In August of 1999 our production of the opera AIDA, by Giuseppe
Verdi was presented. AIDA obtained the CASANDRA award as Best
Production of the Year 1999. It also gained public and critical acclaim
and established a model of quality and excellence by which all future presentations of opera in our country will be
judged.
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OPERA
DE LAS AMERICAS Copyright 1998-2000 |
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