22-23 SEASON
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L'ELISIR D'AMORE (THE ELIXIR OF LOVE)
By G. Donizetti
Fri Sept 9 8pm
Sat Sept 10 7pm
Sun Sept 11 3pm
Fri Sept 16 8pm
Sat Sept 17 7pm
Sun Sept 18 3pm
El Portal Theater
5269 Lankershim Blvd.,
North Hollywood, CA 91601
A reprisal of our 2017 smash hit production, set in the 1950s, L’elisir d’amore will be sung in Italian with supertitles sourced from classic 1950s song lyrics, and set in a diner, a la Happy Days or Grease. Of the production, Stage and Cinema wrote, “It’s a shame that we don’t see this type of acting in big opera productions. This astoundingly enjoyable production easily proves why Donizetti’s opera was one of the most frequently performed of its time. This fab outing will not only cement its reputation among devotees, but will gain new admirers. This is a nifty way to introduce opera to the cats in your life” and LOL-LA raved, “Once again Josh Shaw… has a huge hit on his hands, this time set in the world of 1950s Americana.”
ERCOLE S'UL TERMODONTE
By Antonio Vivaldi
Fri Jan 6 8pm
Sat Jan 7 7pm
Thu Jan 12 8pm
Sat Jan 14 2pm
Sat Jan 14 7pm
Fri Jan 20 8pm
Sat Jan 21 2pm
Sat Jan 21 7pm
The Highland Park Ebell Club
131 S. Avenue 57
Los Angeles, CA 90042
POP presents the U.S. premiere production of a rare Vivaldi opera based on the ninth Labor of Hercules, where Hercules is tasked with capturing the sword of Antiope, the queen of the Amazons. Recently rediscovered hiding in libraries in Münster, Paris, and Turino, Ercole su’l Termodonte is Vivaldi’s 16th opera, written in 1723 and premiered in Rome, during the Pope’s ban on women in opera. The original cast featured seven castrati (many en travesti) and one tenor. POP will employ a mix of countertenors, mezzos, tenors, and sopranos performing these roles with a period orchestra. The Ebell Club will be transformed into a baroque opera house, complete with box seating. This is not just an opera, but an experience not to be missed.
THE MAGIC FLUTE AKA #SUPERFLUTE
By W.A Mozart
New English Book and Lyrics
by Josh Shaw and E. Scott Levin
Fri Mar 17 8pm
Sat Mar 18 7pm
Sun Mar 19 3pm
Fri Mar 24 8pm
Sat Mar 25 3pm
Sun Mar 26 3pm
El Portal Theater
5269 Lankershim Blvd.,
North Hollywood, CA 91601
POP brings back its 2019 season-opening tour-de-force production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute AKA #Superflute, set in classic video games from the early 1990s. The “super” production transports Papageno, Tamino, and the gang to the land of video games resembling Mario Bros. and Zelda with a new English libretto by Artistic Director Josh Shaw and E. Scott Levin. Opera Magazine wrote that the new production "could bring in a new generation of opera-goers” and Opera Today raved “Pacific Opera Project’s rollicking new take on The Magic Flute is as much endearing fun as a box full of puppies. And as ingenious Artistic Director Josh Shaw has reimagined the piece (marketed as #Superflute), the staging is also just about as relentlessly and adorably rambunctious, all the while proving to be commendably musically refined… I loved it. I think Mozart would have loved it. If not, to hell with him!”
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
What better setting could there be for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, than Heritage Square Museum with its quaint Victorian Homes and buildings? Come in Victorian costume, come dressed as a Pirate, come in shorts and t-shirt, but please do not come in Caractacus' uniform. Gates will open an hour before the show and picnicking is highly encouraged. Beer and wine allowed. Table, regular, and bring your own chair options available.
By W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan
Fri May 19 8pm
Sat May 20 8pm
Sun May 21 8pm
Fri May 26 8pm
Sat May 27 8pm
Sun May 28 8pm
Outdoors at Heritage Square Museum
3800 Homer Street
Los Angeles, CA 90031