Thank you to the wonderful artists who brought this cabaret to life!
I Wanna Fly: An old-fashioned cabaret with a new-fashioned MOT angle
I Wanna Fly: An old-fashioned cabaret with a new-fashioned MOT angle
Featuring Lynette Knapp Ryan and David Bonofiglio
With special guests Diane Lane, and Jim and Max Ryan
Premiering the newly commissioned song "Leaving Again" by Gwen Rice and Matt Zembrowski
Direction: Jill Anna Ponasik
Lighting: Jim Padovano
Sound: John Webber
Location: The Florentine Opera Center, 930 E Burleigh St, Milwaukee, WI 53212
Dates:
Thursday, Feb 29 - 7:30 PM
Friday, March 1 - 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 2 - 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 3 - 2:00 PM
Saturday, March 9 - 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 10 - 2:00 PM
With special guests Diane Lane, and Jim and Max Ryan
Premiering the newly commissioned song "Leaving Again" by Gwen Rice and Matt Zembrowski
Direction: Jill Anna Ponasik
Lighting: Jim Padovano
Sound: John Webber
Location: The Florentine Opera Center, 930 E Burleigh St, Milwaukee, WI 53212
Dates:
Thursday, Feb 29 - 7:30 PM
Friday, March 1 - 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 2 - 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 3 - 2:00 PM
Saturday, March 9 - 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 10 - 2:00 PM
Explore the rest of our 23-24 Season!
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Voice Lab
September 2023 through June 2024
Voice Lab will take place at various TBA venues across the city Voice Lab is back! After taking a short break last season, we're bringing back a full slate of the Labs that you've come to know and love. Come belt out your favorite aria, art song, musical theater piece,
pop song...it's all up to you! Get the feedback you've always wanted, learn and grow with us, or just sit back and enjoy twelve of your peers singing their hearts out once a month throughout the season. Learn more about Voice Lab here!
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Script & Score
Spring 2024
Parkside School for the Arts We continue our longtime educational initiative as MOT Teaching Artist Nathan Wesselowski returns to Parkside School for the Arts to work with sixth graders to create an original musical based on their
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Supreme Creativity Studio
Spring 2024
Neeskara Elementary School After the success of our pilot Studio this past May, we're teaming up with dedicated MPS Music Teacher Meaghan Heinrich to teach songwriting and collaborative skills to two classes of fifth graders at Neeskara Elementary again next spring.
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Meet Our New Staff!
We're so excited to welcome two new staff members to our team for the 23-24 Season!
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Danielle Gedemer, Company Manager
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Kaisa Herrmann, Marketing Manager
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Danielle Gedemer, soprano, is thrilled to join the MOT staff, after having performed in Night of the Living Opera and L'Orfeo in recent seasons. Since graduating from UW-Milwaukee with a BFA in Vocal Performance, she has enjoyed working with the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in their Connections program, writing a libretto for the Florentine Opera Company’s children's show, Cinderella, singing at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and annually composing songs with her mother for West Bend Parks and Rec Department's summer theatre show. In her free time, she loves spending time with her incredible family and friends.
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After recently completing an MM in Vocal Performance at CU Boulder, Kaisa is excitedly building her career and takes a special interest in early and new music. Having started a love for early music ensemble singing in high school through madrigals, she was a founding member of the Milwaukee-based ensemble Aperi Animam and later sang with the CU Boulder Early Music Ensemble. Recent roles with MOT include “La Musica” and “Euridice” in the concert reading of L'Orfeo in 2021, “Euridice” in the fully-staged production in 2022, and “Judy” in Night of the Living Opera. Kaisa’s heart is fully steeped in the performing world, and she is so thankful for this company that truly works for the artists of Milwaukee.
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If you're as jazzed about our 23-24 Season as we are, please consider helping us out
with a tax deductible donation in any amount.
with a tax deductible donation in any amount.
Your support is greatly appreciated!
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.
MOT is a proud United Performing Arts Fund Affiliate and appreciates the generous support received annually thanks to your UPAF donation.
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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.
