Radio Lady Previews: Rossini's Opera "Cinderella" on stage in Portland (Ore.) November 2 - 10, 2007

[Radio_Lady]

The role of Cinderella will be sung by Angela Niederloh (pictured above)

She’s sweet. She’s tender. She’s gracious beyond belief.

Cinderella will steal your heart. And you won’t mind one bit.

Love knows no class boundaries in this delightful romp. Forced into servitude by her jealous step-sisters, Cinderella falls in love with . . . well, you know the story. In the end, she finds it totally bewildering. There she is. At the Royal Ball. And on her Prince’s arm! But does she banish her cruel family? Ah, she’s far too nice for that, and besides, it’s a fairy tale and everyone gets to live happily ever after.

Music to make you smile! Dazzling vocal fireworks. Voices soaring into astonishing ensembles. All at a spirited, sparkling pace that adds a quicksilver magic to this favorite tale.

Composed by Gioachino Rossini and sung in Italian with projected English translations.

Schedule
(All performances at the Keller Auditorium, SW 3rd Avenue and Clay.)

Nov 2, 2007
Friday 7:30 pm

Nov 4, 2007
Sunday 2:00 pm

Nov 8, 2007
Thursday 7:30 pm

Nov 10, 2007
Saturday 7:30 pm



Tickets

Purchase right now! Go to: www.ticketmaster.com or call 503-790-790-ARTS

Get your tickets through the Portland Opera! Please call 503-241-1802, M-F, 9a-5p.
Portland Opera Box office is located at 211 SE Caruthers Street, Portland, OR (Just south of OMSI, off Water Avenue).

Groups: 10 or more save up to 20% by calling Group Sales at 503-321-5251

6:30 PM Rush: Students/Seniors/Military, $10 per ticket, 1 hour prior to show only, all available seats, 1 ticket per person, valid ID required.

(Crossposted to Oregon and Washington forums.)

[Fran Kubelik]

1. Oh cool!

Do you work for Portland Opera? I see you wrote their press release. Very cool!

on edit: they have a great site. http://www.portlandopera.org/operas/2007-2008/cinderella

[Radio_Lady]

2. I love opera, ballet, Broadway musicals and other theater events!

However, I'm retired, Fran -- but still volunteering at Oregon Public Broadcasting. I didn't write the information on the Portland Opera site, but I do broadcast and publicize the opera and Broadway musicals, along with other theatrical events, films, and books, on OPB's Accessible Information Network. You can read more about my activities at OPB by going to my journal, and reading the information in the right hand column.

The original press releases come from their publicist, Julia Sheridan.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Radio_Lady

Thanks for your comments, Fran.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. Hey - Rafal Olbinski - my poster design teacher did that poster

You might want to use quotation marks to not plagiarize other people's writing. That's what we do in LBN.

[Radio_Lady]

5. Chavez, please see my PM.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. please don't send me any more PMs

thank you

[Audio_Al]

7. This was done this morning, Chavez.

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[ironflange]

9. I don't need to see it, I know how it ends (SPOILER!!)

They all live happily ever after. :rofl:

[Radio_Lady]

17. Who even knew there was an on-line 25 page bibliography of Cinderella stories around the world?

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/15/f4/93.pdf

:rofl:

[Radio_Lady]

10. Has anyone here seen this opera performed? Do you plan to see it?

[Radio_Lady]

11. UPDATE: The young girl I was supposed to take to Camelot may end up going to see Cinderella!

I hope she is able to go... have to contact her mother when I get back to Oregon.

CU@theDU....

Audio_Al and Radio_Lady

[Radio_Lady]

16. Can't wait to see this next Friday, November 2nd.

I'm taking Angela, a sweet ten-year-old girl at our fellowship to dinner and then the opera. She was thrilled to be invited. I just love seeing youngsters who want to perform. There aren't any in our family, but many other kids go to school in our community -- we have a music and performance high school here.

[Parche]

12. Thats 3Blocks From My Office

:bounce: :bounce: :hi:

[Radio_Lady]

13. Hi again, Parche. OT: Did the rain finally stop?

Thanks for all the jumping frogs and the wave.

Respectfully,

Radio_Lady and Audio_Al

[Radio_Lady]

14. Kicked for any OR or WA residents who would like to know about this.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

[Radio_Lady]

15. Maybe a visitor or two in here -- who knows?