Guerilla Opera

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1 Mission:
2 2008-2009 Season
3 Guerilla Opera Ensemble
4 Members (Past and Present)
5 Guest Artists
6 Board of Directors and Administration
7 Past Performances
8 Media
9 Reviews

[edit] Mission:

To revitalize opera by commissioning and performing newly composed chamber operas which required the highest level virtuosity and musicianship equally from vocalists and instrumentalists, while simultaneously creating and championing an accessible and artistically progressive repertoire. All of this is accomplished without the use of a conductor, in the true style of chamber music.

While other chamber opera companies exist, the unique goal of Guerilla Opera is to promote the work of living composers. Each work is commissioned for the specific performing forces Guerilla Opera commands. A premium has been places on intimate, dramatic experiences exploring socially relevant subject matter. Two important components to achieving this goal are performing in small black box style theatres with limited sets and lights and by maintaining a maximum duration of one hour per work.

[edit] 2008-2009 Season

'We Are Sons, by Rudolf Rojahn
September 2008

The Unnamed, by Sam Nichols
February 2009

Rumpelstiltskin, by Marti Epstein
May 2009

[edit] Guerilla Opera Ensemble

Aliana de la Guardia, Soprano
Leslie Ann Leytham, Mezzo-Soprano
Mike Williams, Percussion
Kent O'Doherty, Saxophone

[edit] Members (Past and Present)

Aliana de la Guardia, Soprano
Leslie Ann Leytham, Mezzo-Soprano
Peter D. Weathers, Baritone
Rudolf Rojahn, Composer
Mike Williams, Percussion
Kent O'Doherty, Saxophone
Eliza Jacques, Cello
Beth Holub, Viola

[edit] Guest Artists

Sally Stunkel, Stage Director
Allison Choat, Production Designer
Neal Ferreira, Tenor (Heart of a Dog)
Michael Rausch, Tenor (No Exit)

[edit] Board of Directors and Administration

Mike Williams, President and Artistic Director
Rudolf Rojahn, Vice-President and Artistic Director
Aliana de la Guardia, Secretary and General Manager
Andy Vores, Board of Directors
Sanford Sylvan, Board of Directors

[edit] Past Performances

Heart of a Dog, by Rudolf Rojahn
The Boston Conservatory, Zack Box Theater
September 2007

No Exit, by Andy Vores
The Boston Conservatory, Zack Box Theater
April 2008

[edit] Media

Guerilla Opera: An Introduction (film by Brady Hall) [1]

Short Trailer: [2]

Short Trailer: [3]

[edit] Reviews

On (and off) track: Boston Lyric Opera’s Seraglio, BU’s Barbiere di Siviglia, Andy Vores’s No Exit, the BPO’s Bartók and Brahms, By LLOYD SCHWARTZ, The Phoenix, April 29, 2008.[4] ^[1]