Odyssey Opera: The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe
$30-$130 ($15 student)
- Peter Tantsits, tenor (Edgar Allen Poe)
- Gil Rose, conductor
Hailed by The New York Times as "one of the nation's most intriguing opera companies," Odyssey Opera - in partnership with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) – presents the New England premiere of Dominick Argento's opera The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe on Friday, April 5, 2024, in Poe's birthplace of Boston. In a one-night only, semi-staged production, Grammy Award-winning conductor Gil Rose leads a formidable cast including tenor Peter Tantsits playing the lead role of Poe, the Odyssey Opera Chorus, the acclaimed BMOP Orchestra, and more.
About Odyssey Opera
Odyssey Opera is an opera company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2013 by Artistic Director/Conductor Gil Rose, Odyssey Opera presents adventurous and eclectic works that affirm opera as a powerful expression of the human experience. Its world-class artists perform the operatic repertoire from its historic beginnings through lesser-known masterpieces to contemporary new works and commissions in a variety of formats and venues.
Odyssey Opera sets standards of high musical and theatrical excellence and innovative programming to advance the operatic genre beyond the familiar and into undiscovered territory. Odyssey Opera takes its audience on a journey to places they've never been before. It typically begins its season with a concert performance of a large, rarely heard opera in the fall, continuing the season with fully staged renditions of early, classical, and contemporary opera.
https://odysseyopera.org/About Peter Tantsits, tenor (Edgar Allen Poe)
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