In 1993, when I was 18 and pretending to be an adult, I figured it was about time I consumed some culture with a capital C — and that meant going to the opera. The Barber of Seville by Rossini was playing at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Cedar Rapids, and I scored two tickets […]
cmetq Riverside Theatre — Monday, Feb. 29 at 7:30 p.m. A brand new opera will receive its Iowa City premiere tonight, Feb. 29. Written by current University of Iowa Grant Wood Art Colony Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Christopher Jette, cmetq (which refers to “communication etiquette”) is an exploration of the changing understanding […]
Mozart’s Così fan tutte Locations, dates and times of performance vary (see below) Iowa City Concert Opera, one of eastern Iowa’s newest performing groups, will present their inaugural production this weekend: a concert version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s well-known opera Così fan tutte. The plot of the show — who’s title translates roughly to “So […]
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