2024-2025 Season Fundraiser Productions - Our 18th season!
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NEW! Opera51 announces June 2025 Sweeney Todd production, holds auditions for singers
Auditions for Opera51's newly-announced production of Sweeney Todd are being held on Saturday and Sunday November 23 and 24 in Concord, Mass. There are openings for leads, covers, and chorus members. The production will be semi-staged with performances on June 7 and 8, 2025. See the audition notice here.
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Don Giovanni - December 21 and 22, 2024
This is one of Mozart's most popular and enduring operas, presented in our continuing tradition of offering non-holiday fare during the holidays to enrich your season. Performed in concert version with full orchestra, sung in Italian with projected English titles. Saturday December 21, 7:30 PM |
Audience Praise for Opera51 Productions
Comments received from Turandot attendees match the palpable audience enthusiasm felt in the hall:
"Congrats on a splendid, compelling production of Turandot! The Princess and Calaf were first rate, the 3 Ps delightful, and the rest of the cast and orchestra fully up to the task. The semi-staging and use of the space and its features were totally convincing. Two months ago we went to New York to see the Met’s luscious Zeffirelli production before it is retired. In all sincerity, we enjoyed Opera51’s production just as much and in some respects even more."
"My wife and I went to Friday night’s performance. We had no expectations, but it was GREAT! We were really impressed with the quality of the singing and the orchestra. We are very used to the Met’s Zeffirrelli production, but the intimacy of Opera51 allowed us to focus more on the music and not the grandiosity."
Fundraisers for 51 Walden
Opera51 performances are benefit fundraisers to support operation of The Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden. Almost all performers and staff are either unpaid or paid small stipends. Proceeds contribute valuable funds to the maintenance and operation of the facility, a community resource supporting hundreds of local residents each week throughout the year.
Significant funds for 51 Walden are raised each year by Opera51 through ticket sales, individual donations, program ads, corporate sponsorships, and through special events like Opera Favorites.
Donations to support 51 Walden can be made directly here, by sending a check payable to "51 Walden" to P O Box 251, Concord, MA 01742, or by calling 978-369-7911. 51 Walden is a 501(c)3 organization.
Last updated 10/2/2024
