Interested in having a little food and wine with your opera? No problem.
The 鈥� Opera Tastings pair music with food and wine samples.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an opportunity for people who maybe haven鈥檛 been in direct contact with opera singers to experience it for the first time in a very intimate and very sort of delicious setting,鈥� conductor Ryan McAdams told 鈥淐ityscape鈥� host Steve Potter on Friday. 鈥淚鈥檓 still glowing from the indecent amount of fun we had last night.鈥�
Opera Tastings continue today and Saturday; both events are sold-out.
鈥淚 always tell people who come to the opera and maybe it鈥檚 their first time, you know, I didn鈥檛 love it at first glance either,鈥� soprano Sydney Mancasola said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 something that can be kind of ostracizing about it, but one of those things that the more you invest in it, the more it opens up to you. There鈥檚 no end to what you can discover from opera.鈥�
Performing for a more intimate crowd has its advantages, Mancasola said.
鈥淚 get really excited about events like this because it鈥檚 a chance for me to have a direct response from the audience and to see, very viscerally, how they鈥檙e responding to me as a performer.鈥�
The Opera Theatre of St. Louis鈥� 40th season starts May 23. McAdams, a St. Louis native, also will conduct the Opera Theatre鈥檚 Mancasola will perform in
Related events
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Opera Tasting
- When: 7 p.m. Friday, March 27, 2015
- Where: Moulin, 2017 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Opera Tasting
- When: 7 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2015
- Where: The Dark Room, 615 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis
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