Thank you for a great season!
Created by Tim Rebers, Brian Rott, Jeffrey Mosser, Anja Notanja Sieger and Jill Anna Ponasik
Some operas are so challenging, they’re considered practically impossible.
With our friends at Quasimondo Physical Theatre, we’re going to present seven of them…in a row.
With our friends at Quasimondo Physical Theatre, we’re going to present seven of them…in a row.
Studio Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center
158 N Broadway, 53202
158 N Broadway, 53202
Featuring the music of
Handel, Mozart, Bellini, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Bartók, Prokofiev, and Poulenc
Handel, Mozart, Bellini, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Bartók, Prokofiev, and Poulenc
Creative Team
Stage Directors: Jill Anna Ponasik, Jeffrey Mosser, and Brian Rott
Music Director: Janna Ernst
Musical Arrangements: Tim Rebers
Lighting Designer: Ellie Rabinowitz
Shadow Puppetry: Anja Notanja Sieger
Shadow Puppetry Design Assistant: Sedra Bee Thomas
Music Director: Janna Ernst
Musical Arrangements: Tim Rebers
Lighting Designer: Ellie Rabinowitz
Shadow Puppetry: Anja Notanja Sieger
Shadow Puppetry Design Assistant: Sedra Bee Thomas
Cast
Bluebeard: Kirk Thomsen
Judith: Jessi Miller
Judith: Jessi Miller
Singers
Cecilia Davis, Soprano
Kathy Pyeatt, Soprano
Allison Hull, Mezzo-Soprano
Emily Bergeron, Mezzo-Soprano
Tim Rebers, Tenor
Nathan Wesselowski, Tenor
David Guzmán, Bass
Cecilia Davis, Soprano
Kathy Pyeatt, Soprano
Allison Hull, Mezzo-Soprano
Emily Bergeron, Mezzo-Soprano
Tim Rebers, Tenor
Nathan Wesselowski, Tenor
David Guzmán, Bass
Shadow Puppeteers
Anja Notanja Sieger
Sedra Bee Thomas
Anja Notanja Sieger
Sedra Bee Thomas
Learn more!
"Omnia Vincit Amor: Dreaming New Possibilities for Opera"
~Mike Fischer, World Premiere Wisconsin
"A Fourth State of Opera"
~Jeff Grygny, PlayOnMKE
"Snuggly Operatic Shadows"
~Russ Bickerstaff, The Small Stage
"MOT and Quasimondo Attempt the Impossible Through Opera"
~Gwen Rice, GwendolynRice.com
Tuning in with Randy O
~Randy Otto
"Doing the Impossible"
An interview with Impossible Operas creator Jeffrey Mosser
"Milwaukee Opera And Quasimondo Tackle Impossible Operas"
A radio interview with the Creative Team, courtesy of 89.9 WORT in Madison
Impossible Operas How-To Guide
As part of our process, Company Manager Danny Brylow assembled this How-To Guide for each of the operas profiled in Impossible Operas, including what’s so gosh-darn impossible about each of them.
Read Cast and Creative Team Biographies!
~Mike Fischer, World Premiere Wisconsin
"A Fourth State of Opera"
~Jeff Grygny, PlayOnMKE
"Snuggly Operatic Shadows"
~Russ Bickerstaff, The Small Stage
"MOT and Quasimondo Attempt the Impossible Through Opera"
~Gwen Rice, GwendolynRice.com
Tuning in with Randy O
~Randy Otto
"Doing the Impossible"
An interview with Impossible Operas creator Jeffrey Mosser
"Milwaukee Opera And Quasimondo Tackle Impossible Operas"
A radio interview with the Creative Team, courtesy of 89.9 WORT in Madison
Impossible Operas How-To Guide
As part of our process, Company Manager Danny Brylow assembled this How-To Guide for each of the operas profiled in Impossible Operas, including what’s so gosh-darn impossible about each of them.
Read Cast and Creative Team Biographies!
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Magnificent Bird
May 31 & June 1, 2023 - 7:30 PM
Jan Serr Studio 2155 N Prospect Ave, 53202 We join forces with Present Music to co-present composer/singer/songwriter and multi-genre phenom
Gabriel Kahane as he performs a live version of his introspective album Magnificent Bird, backed by Present Music musicians. The work chronicles the final month of a year the composer spent off the internet. Shuttling between the quotidian mundane and a series of overlapping global crises, he sings of grief, nostalgia, shame, and salvation: a portrait of daily life in the roiling chaos of the 21st century. |
Help us continue our mission to serve as
Milwaukee's Microbrewery for Opera
with a tax-deductible donation in any amount!
Milwaukee's Microbrewery for Opera
with a tax-deductible donation in any amount!
Your support is greatly appreciated!
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Graphic Design: Andrea Klohn
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Impossible Operas Artwork: Anja Notanja Sieger
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Our season was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board
with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Our Mission
We are Milwaukee’s micro-brewery for opera, proudly producing small batches of high quality, local lyric theatre.
We tell stories through music...unconventionally.
We tell stories through music...unconventionally.
Milwaukee Opera Theatre is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.