Opera Shorts at Carnegie Hall/October 1st

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Remarkable Theater Brigade’s (RTB) upcoming October 1st Carnegie Hall Season Opening of Opera Shorts: 10-minute Operas. Under the Musical Direction of Christian McLeer and Noby Ishida with Monica Harte, Julia Amisano, Jamin Flabiano, Scott Roche, Elizabeth Bell, Laura Federici, Kevin Ginter, Olga Shyp, Jocelyn O'Toole, Sara Dougherty and many more, the RTB will present a variety of short little operas to be enjoyed by the entire family. Some of the composers writing for RTB include Seymour Barab, Tom Cipullo, Patrick Soluri, Rob Voisey, Anne Phillips, George Brunner, Ben Bierman and of course, Christian McLeer.

Remarkable Theater Brigade is dedicated to creating and presenting new works for theatrical performances in New York City. They exist as a not for profit company founded in 2002, and its team has created and produced exciting and impressive new musical productions including orchestral works, operas, ballets, musicals and electro-acoustic works as well as taking children’s versions of its productions to special-needs and at risk children for free.

Tickets start at $30. Go to carnegiehall.org, call CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800 or visit the Box Office at 57th Street and 7th Avenue.

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