Opera
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Opera visits schools
LARRY MAYER/Gazette Staff Pat Torney plays Queen of the Night in Mozart's "The Magic Flute" performed by the Rimrock Opera Company at Canyon Creek School Wednesday. "The Magic Flute." opera was performed for all 300 students at Canyon Creek School. Doug Nagel introduces the actors and explains the costumes to students in the school gymnasium.
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Opera group offers 'Tosca' this weekend
LARRY MAYER/Gazette Staff Conductor Robert Ashens and assistant director Dorinda Doolittle are both Oregonians, working behind the scenes in Billings on the upcoming "Tosca" opera production. They find many similarities in the Oregon and Montana arts scenes.
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Music, masks on tapfor Rimrock Opera
Bob Zellar/Gazette staff Two of the Irish dancers who will kick up their heels during this weekend's Celtic celebration. Dancers Laurel Eaton Struck and Taryn Eaton, will be on hand during Saturday's street fair. Last year's parade participants included Scots pipers. A variety of activities unfolds for the wearing of the green, beginning with Friday night's pub tour. Bob Zellar/Gazette staff Carol Willis, left, and Bonnie Daniels pose with bird houses to be sold at the Rimrock Opera Masked Ball.
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'Girl of the Golden West' took opera to new frontiers
Stage director Doug Nagel and conductor Andy Anderson go over the book for the opera "The Girl of the Golden West."
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Billings native to 'show her stuff' in opera
JOHN WARNER/Gazette StaffIn the opera footlights, or romancing off stage, Kiel Klaphake and Cassandra Norville find music a fun way to connect. The two met at the University of Montana while studying music and are both cast in leading roles in “The Magic Flute.”
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'The Magic Flute' hits Rimrock Opera stage
JOHN WARNER/Gazette staff Angela Nelson and Paul Houghtaling play Papagena and Papageno in 'The Magic Flute,' which will be performed by the Rimrock Opera Company. JOHN WARNER/Gazette staff From left, Nancy Downing, Melissa Hamilton and Leslie Mauldin draw their spears on the Monster (Kevin Schweigert). JOHN WARNER/Gazette staff The challenging role of Queen of the Night is being sung by Lisa Lombardy, right, here with Kiel Klaphake as Tamino.
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Opera's writer charms 200 with poetry
Award-winning poet Dana Gioia is also head of the National Endowment for the Arts. Saturday night, he tipped his hat to the written word at MSU-Billings. He read from his own work, fielded questions and discussed the mechanics of poetry before an audience of more than 200.
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Honor choir youngsters given opera opportunity
BOB ZELLAR/Gazette Staff Young singer and actor Harrison Cooper and Rimrock Opera Company artistic director Douglas Nagel confer during a recent rehearsal, with other young singers in the background. Cooper is one of 10 area student singers in the cast of “Tosca.”
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Singer takes opera show to local schools
JAMES WOODCOCK/Gazette staff Rimrock Opera artistic director Doug Nagel performs in front of Canyon Creek Elementary students last week.
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Rimrock Opera hopes for 300 boosters at Saturday fete
John Warner/Gazette Staff Above, opera boosters Bonnie Daniels and Brian Bross prepare to dance. Below, an array of masks awaits wearers at Rimrock Opera Company's "Phantom of the Opera Ball."
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ROC attracts top talent for opera 'Don Giovanni'
Photos by LARRY MAYER/Gazette Staff Deborah Longino plays Lady Elvira. Photos by LARRY MAYER/Gazette Staff Don Giovanni (Craig Hart), struggles with Donna Anna (Sandra Rubalcava) in a scene from the show.
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Tosca: Rimrock Opera Company presents challenging fare
Larry Mayer/Gazette Staff Randolphe Locke and Deborah Longino are Tosca and her lover. Rimrock Opera Company's final dress performance is next Wednesday then "Tosca" plays the ABT next Friday and next Sunday. ROC artistic director Douglas Nagel plays Scarpia, pictured with Longino. Nagel rehearses the cast.
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Rimrock Opera to stage 'Carmen' on March 28-29
Music and dance from around the world will be featured when the BYU International Folk Ensemble performs at the Alberta Bair Theater at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Tickets are $22 and $25 for adults and $15 for students. Call 256-6052.
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Rimrock Opera stages classic tale of tragic love
Micaela, portrayed by Carolyn Coefield, tries to win back her childhood love Don Jose (Jeff Kitto), but he has eyes only for Carmen. Coefield and Kitto are two of the performers in the upcoming Rimrock Opera production of "Carmen."
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Rimrock Opera stages classic tale of tragic love
The sensuous gypsy Carmen, portrayed by Heidi Rae, tempts her captor Don Jose, sung by Jeffrey Kitto, in Rimrock Opera's production of Bizet's "Carmen," which runs March 28 and 29 at the Alberta Bair Theater.
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Rimrock Opera stages classic tale of tragic love
Mezzo-soprano and Montana native Heidi Rae performs the title role in the Rimrock Opera production of "Carmen," coming to the ABT.
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Rising voices: Six opera hopefuls to vie for top honors in inaugural Kimball opera competition
Rising voices: Six opera hopefuls to vie for top honors in inaugural Kimball opera competition
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'Don Giovanni' a sophisticated turn for Rimrock Opera Co.
LARRY MAYER/Gazette StaffCraig Hart plays Don Giovanni, the licentious nobleman and title character, and Douglas Nagel is his showy sidekick and servant, Leporello. The two are seen here in rehearsal for Rimrock Opera Company’s “Don Giovanni,” which opened Friday. The two are minus the wigs that enhance the noble tone and establish the period of 1600s Seville.
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Rimrock Opera director finds way for eager actors to participate in 'Magic Flute'
JOHN WARNER/Gazette Staff Maestro Robert Wood of the San Francisco and Santa Fe operas, enjoys working with an enthusiastic group of young spirits, all Billings students. With him are, from left, Julie Gayvert, Rachel Nielson, Eric Homer, Karen Evanson and Paul Elias, the 'Knaben' in 'The Magic Flute.' Student enthusiasm was so great that Rimrock Opera artistic director Douglas Nagel invented ways to involve more. The final performance is Sunday.
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ABT gives students taste of opera
Jeffrey Grant Kitto, as Don Jose and Heidi Rae, as Carmen, sing a duet in Rimrock Opera Company's Carmen at the Alberta Bair Theater on Thursday.
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Billings native is surprise recipient opera award
Tenor Brandon Jovanovich has performed extensively in Europe and the United States.
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After late introduction to opera, Billings' Johnson follows the call
Billings singer Chris Johnson attends Indiana University in pursuit of opera training. Johnson will be the baritone soloist at The Messiah Festival, which begins at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the ABT.
