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Beautiful weather, beautiful location, beautiful music. Need we say more?? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️ Okay, we will. 🤣🤣🤣 This production is totally family friendly, sung in English and only 70 minutes long with puppets, dancers, live orchestra AND you can bring your picnic blanket and snacks if you want or use or folding cushioned chairs and complimentary water station. Oh! And did we mention this cast is absolutely on 🔥🔥🔥 Read the delightful Children's book THE SECRET RIVER with your fam then come see it come to life Mead Botanical Garden for a true Florida original. Secure your seats now for THE SECRET RIVER - the perfect opera for the whole family - March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Tickets start at just $29 at link in bio. General Admission tickets do include a chair on the lawn in front of the Grove Stage and a bottle of water. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket and lawn chairs as well if you would like to. 🧺🧺🧺 AND the weather forecast is predicting clear skies in the 70s for both performances. Woohoo!!! 🌞😎
Beautiful weather, beautiful location, beautiful music. Need we say more?? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️ Okay, we will. 🤣🤣🤣 This production is totally family friendly, sung in English and only 70 minutes long with puppets, dancers, live orchestra AND you can bring your picnic blanket and snacks if you want or use or folding cushioned chairs and complimentary water station. Oh! And did we mention this cast is absolutely on 🔥🔥🔥 Read the delightful Children's book THE SECRET RIVER with your fam then come see it come to life Mead Botanical Garden for a true Florida original. Secure your seats now for THE SECRET RIVER - the perfect opera for the whole family - March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Tickets start at just $29 at link in bio. General Admission tickets do include a chair on the lawn in front of the Grove Stage and a bottle of water. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket and lawn chairs as well if you would like to. 🧺🧺🧺 AND the weather forecast is predicting clear skies in the 70s for both performances. Woohoo!!! 🌞😎
Tickets are going fast for THE SECRET RIVER!!! 2 performances only this Friday and Saturday at the enchanting and magical Mead Botanical Garden. 🐟🦉🌳 Kids under 3 are FREE and feel free to bring your picnic blanket and snacks to enjoy OPERA OUTDOORS with a true Florida original based on the Newbery Award winning book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Enjoy a live orchestra, dancers, puppets, and amazing voices. Chairs and water provided for all guests. Tickets are $29 for general admission AND the weather forecast is predicting clear skies in the 70s for both performances.🌞🌞🌞 A few VIP seats still available for both performances. Secure your seats here: https://operaorlando.org/river26
Tickets are going fast for THE SECRET RIVER!!! 2 performances only this Friday and Saturday at the enchanting and magical Mead Botanical Garden. 🐟🦉🌳 Kids under 3 are FREE and feel free to bring your picnic blanket and snacks to enjoy OPERA OUTDOORS with a true Florida original based on the Newbery Award winning book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Enjoy a live orchestra, dancers, puppets, and amazing voices. Chairs and water provided for all guests. Tickets are $29 for general admission AND the weather forecast is predicting clear skies in the 70s for both performances.🌞🌞🌞 A few VIP seats still available for both performances. Secure your seats here: https://operaorlando.org/river26
So proud of our YOUTH COMPANY who will be featured in THE SECRET RIVER this weekend!!! 🎶🎵🎼 Speaking of kids, did you know kids 3 and under are free for our performances this weekend at Mead Garden?!?! So bring the whole family. Chairs provided but feel free to bring a picnic blanket and your own snacks and enjoy opera outdoors with puppets, dancers, and live orchestra. Tickets start at $29 at the link below. https://operaorlando.org/river26
So proud of our YOUTH COMPANY who will be featured in THE SECRET RIVER this weekend!!! 🎶🎵🎼 Speaking of kids, did you know kids 3 and under are free for our performances this weekend at Mead Garden?!?! So bring the whole family. Chairs provided but feel free to bring a picnic blanket and your own snacks and enjoy opera outdoors with puppets, dancers, and live orchestra. Tickets start at $29 at the link below. https://operaorlando.org/river26
Clear skies guaranteed for THE SECRET RIVER this weekend!! 2 performances only this Friday and Saturday at the enchanting and magical Mead Botanical Garden. 🐟🦉🌳 Kids under 3 are FREE and feel free to bring your picnic blanket and snacks to enjoy OPERA OUTDOORS with a true Florida original based on the Newbery Award winning book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Enjoy a live orchestra, dancers, puppets, and amazing voices. Chairs and water provided for all guests. Tickets are $29 for general admission AND the weather forecast is predicting clear skies in the 70s for both performances. 🌞🌞🌞 A few VIP seats still available for both performances. Secure your seats at link in bio. Photos courtesy of Ashleigh Ann Gardner
Clear skies guaranteed for THE SECRET RIVER this weekend!! 2 performances only this Friday and Saturday at the enchanting and magical Mead Botanical Garden. 🐟🦉🌳 Kids under 3 are FREE and feel free to bring your picnic blanket and snacks to enjoy OPERA OUTDOORS with a true Florida original based on the Newbery Award winning book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Enjoy a live orchestra, dancers, puppets, and amazing voices. Chairs and water provided for all guests. Tickets are $29 for general admission AND the weather forecast is predicting clear skies in the 70s for both performances. 🌞🌞🌞 A few VIP seats still available for both performances. Secure your seats at link in bio. Photos courtesy of Ashleigh Ann Gardner
Enjoy highlights from our first Orchestra sing thru for THE SECRET RIVER. This cast is on 🔥🔥🔥 Jump into THE SECRET RIVER with us NEXT WEEKEND at Mead Botanical Garden!! 🏞️🦦🎣🎏 Two performances only on March 6 & 7 at 7:30pm. VIP and General Admission seats still available for both performances. Secure your seats here at link in bio. General Admission tickets are only $29 and include a chair on the lawn in front of the Grove Stage and a bottle of water. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket, lawn chairs, and your own snacks if you would like to. 🧺🧺🧺 AND the weather forecast is predicting clear skies in the 70s for both performances. Woohoo!!! 🌞😎 CAST Sabrina Langlois as Calpurnia Renée Richardson as Cassandra Lloyd Reshard as Augustus Kimberly Hernández as Mother Albirtha Amy Cofield as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings AND the Opera Orlando Youth Company
Enjoy highlights from our first Orchestra sing thru for THE SECRET RIVER. This cast is on 🔥🔥🔥 Jump into THE SECRET RIVER with us NEXT WEEKEND at Mead Botanical Garden!! 🏞️🦦🎣🎏 Two performances only on March 6 & 7 at 7:30pm. VIP and General Admission seats still available for both performances. Secure your seats here at link in bio. General Admission tickets are only $29 and include a chair on the lawn in front of the Grove Stage and a bottle of water. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket, lawn chairs, and your own snacks if you would like to. 🧺🧺🧺 AND the weather forecast is predicting clear skies in the 70s for both performances. Woohoo!!! 🌞😎 CAST Sabrina Langlois as Calpurnia Renée Richardson as Cassandra Lloyd Reshard as Augustus Kimberly Hernández as Mother Albirtha Amy Cofield as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings AND the Opera Orlando Youth Company
A true Florida original comes to MEAD BOTANICAL GARDEN!! 🌷💐🌻🥀 Enjoy OPERA OUTDOORS with the whole family on the lawn of the Grove Stage next month with an immersive, site-specific production of THE SECRET RIVER with live orchestra, dancers, original puppets, a dynamite cast, and the OPERA ORLANDO YOUTH COMPANY. Tickets start at just $29 for general admission which includes chairs and bottles of water, but guests are more than welcome to bring their own blankets, lawn chairs, and snacks to best enjoy the grassy lawn in front of the Grove Stage. So what makes this a Florida original? Well, thank you for asking!! 😁 1) THE SECRET RIVER is based on the Newbery Award winning book by famed Florida author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings who lived in Florida for many years and is know for her Florida stories The Yearling and Cross Creek. Learn more about Marjorie in the video below featuring Florence Turcotte - the official archivist for Rawlings. 2) THE SECRET RIVER is set in the backwoods of Florida during the Great Depression. 3) Opera Orlando commissioned the operatic version of THE SECRET RIVER with music composed by native Floridian Stella Sung - UCF Pegasus Professor and acclaimed composer. Join us for the perfect opera for the whole family THE SECRET RIVER | March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Purchase tickets at link in bio.
A true Florida original comes to MEAD BOTANICAL GARDEN!! 🌷💐🌻🥀 Enjoy OPERA OUTDOORS with the whole family on the lawn of the Grove Stage next month with an immersive, site-specific production of THE SECRET RIVER with live orchestra, dancers, original puppets, a dynamite cast, and the OPERA ORLANDO YOUTH COMPANY. Tickets start at just $29 for general admission which includes chairs and bottles of water, but guests are more than welcome to bring their own blankets, lawn chairs, and snacks to best enjoy the grassy lawn in front of the Grove Stage. So what makes this a Florida original? Well, thank you for asking!! 😁 1) THE SECRET RIVER is based on the Newbery Award winning book by famed Florida author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings who lived in Florida for many years and is know for her Florida stories The Yearling and Cross Creek. Learn more about Marjorie in the video below featuring Florence Turcotte - the official archivist for Rawlings. 2) THE SECRET RIVER is set in the backwoods of Florida during the Great Depression. 3) Opera Orlando commissioned the operatic version of THE SECRET RIVER with music composed by native Floridian Stella Sung - UCF Pegasus Professor and acclaimed composer. Join us for the perfect opera for the whole family THE SECRET RIVER | March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Purchase tickets at link in bio.
#Didyouknow that THE SECRET RIVER was Opera Orlando's first commissioned opera?? Meaning, Opera Orlando selected the composer, librettist team to create this opera from scratch. 🥯🧁👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 Check out a special preview to the making of THE SECRET RIVER which we produced prior to the world premiere back in 2021 AND join us next month at Mead Botanical Garden for opera outdoors with the whole family. Picnic blankets and lawn chairs encouraged. 🧺🧺🧺 VIP and $29 general admission tickets now available for purchase at link in bio. Check out the full 20 minute version of our special making of THE SECRET RIVER on our Youtube channel. Featured in this film are our creative team composer Stella Sung, librettist Mark Campell, 2021 stage director Dennis Whitehead Darling (in memoriam), and conductor Everett McCorvey. The upcoming remount of THE SECRET RIVER is dediated in memory to Dennis who passed away unexpectedly last year.
#Didyouknow that THE SECRET RIVER was Opera Orlando's first commissioned opera?? Meaning, Opera Orlando selected the composer, librettist team to create this opera from scratch. 🥯🧁👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 Check out a special preview to the making of THE SECRET RIVER which we produced prior to the world premiere back in 2021 AND join us next month at Mead Botanical Garden for opera outdoors with the whole family. Picnic blankets and lawn chairs encouraged. 🧺🧺🧺 VIP and $29 general admission tickets now available for purchase at link in bio. Check out the full 20 minute version of our special making of THE SECRET RIVER on our Youtube channel. Featured in this film are our creative team composer Stella Sung, librettist Mark Campell, 2021 stage director Dennis Whitehead Darling (in memoriam), and conductor Everett McCorvey. The upcoming remount of THE SECRET RIVER is dediated in memory to Dennis who passed away unexpectedly last year.
It's another Opera Orlando debut!! This time for our talented stage director for THE SECRET RIVER, the one and only AYỌ̀ DEMPS!!🔦🎉🎆 Get to know Ayọ̀ in the video below and hear a special connection that Ayọ̀ shares with THE SECRET RIVER. And secure your seats now for THE SECRET RIVER - the perfect opera for the whole family - March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Tickets start at just $29 here: https://operaorlando.org/river26 General Admission tickets do include a chair on the lawn in front of the Grove Stage and a bottle of water. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket and lawn chairs as well if you would like to. 🧺🧺🧺
It's another Opera Orlando debut!! This time for our talented stage director for THE SECRET RIVER, the one and only AYỌ̀ DEMPS!!🔦🎉🎆 Get to know Ayọ̀ in the video below and hear a special connection that Ayọ̀ shares with THE SECRET RIVER. And secure your seats now for THE SECRET RIVER - the perfect opera for the whole family - March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Tickets start at just $29 here: https://operaorlando.org/river26 General Admission tickets do include a chair on the lawn in front of the Grove Stage and a bottle of water. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket and lawn chairs as well if you would like to. 🧺🧺🧺
This cast is "some kind of wonderful." Watch til the end to see BEHIND THE SCENES for THE SECRET RIVER. 🎭🎦🎭 We had our first sing thru last night and this cast is on 🔥🔥🔥. Secure your seats now for opera outdoors at Mead Botanical Garden and bring the whole family for a true Florida original based on the children's book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings presented with live orchestra and featuring the Opera Orlando Youth Company, original puppets, and dancers from @inezpatriciadance. The perfect opera for the whole family THE SECRET RIVER | March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Tickets start at just $29 at link in bio.
This cast is "some kind of wonderful." Watch til the end to see BEHIND THE SCENES for THE SECRET RIVER. 🎭🎦🎭 We had our first sing thru last night and this cast is on 🔥🔥🔥. Secure your seats now for opera outdoors at Mead Botanical Garden and bring the whole family for a true Florida original based on the children's book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings presented with live orchestra and featuring the Opera Orlando Youth Company, original puppets, and dancers from @inezpatriciadance. The perfect opera for the whole family THE SECRET RIVER | March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Tickets start at just $29 at link in bio.
Meet our PUPPETS for THE SECRET RIVER!! 🦉🐢🐟 Watch til the end to see our GATOR!! 🐊 AND secure your seats for the perfect show for the whole family!! Two performances only on March 6 & 7 at 7:30pm. VIP and General Admission seats still available for both performances. Secure your seats at link in bio. General Admission tickets are only $29 and include a chair on the lawn in front of the Grove Stage and a bottle of water. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket, lawn chairs, and your own snacks if you would like to. 🧺🧺🧺 AND the weather forecast is predicting clear skies in the 70s for both performances.🌞🌞🌞
Meet our PUPPETS for THE SECRET RIVER!! 🦉🐢🐟 Watch til the end to see our GATOR!! 🐊 AND secure your seats for the perfect show for the whole family!! Two performances only on March 6 & 7 at 7:30pm. VIP and General Admission seats still available for both performances. Secure your seats at link in bio. General Admission tickets are only $29 and include a chair on the lawn in front of the Grove Stage and a bottle of water. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket, lawn chairs, and your own snacks if you would like to. 🧺🧺🧺 AND the weather forecast is predicting clear skies in the 70s for both performances.🌞🌞🌞
Help us welcome back AMY COFIELD playing the role of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in THE SECRET RIVER!! Orlando crowds will remember her as our Minnie from THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN WEST presented at the Cheyenne Saloon in 2020.🤠🔫🐎 Secure your seats now for THE SECRET RIVER - the perfect opera for the whole family - March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Tickets start at just $29 at link in bio. General Admission tickets do include a chair on the lawn in front of the Grove Stage and a bottle of water. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket and lawn chairs as well if you would like to. 🧺🧺🧺 AND the weather forecast is prediciting clear skies in the 70s for both performances. Woohoo!!! 🌞☀😎
Help us welcome back AMY COFIELD playing the role of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in THE SECRET RIVER!! Orlando crowds will remember her as our Minnie from THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN WEST presented at the Cheyenne Saloon in 2020.🤠🔫🐎 Secure your seats now for THE SECRET RIVER - the perfect opera for the whole family - March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Tickets start at just $29 at link in bio. General Admission tickets do include a chair on the lawn in front of the Grove Stage and a bottle of water. Feel free to bring a picnic blanket and lawn chairs as well if you would like to. 🧺🧺🧺 AND the weather forecast is prediciting clear skies in the 70s for both performances. Woohoo!!! 🌞☀😎
We are thrilled to welcome back Renée Richardson who will play Cassandra in THE SECRET RIVER and she has some #BigNews for you all!!! (Make sure to watch til the end to hear why playing a mother is this opera means something extra special to her👶🏾🤱🏾🐣) Come see her in THE SECRET RIVER - the perfect opera for the whole family - March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Tickets start at just $29 at link in bio. A recent graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio, Haitian-American soprano Renée Richardson hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Richardson performed the roles of Flower Maiden in Parsifal and Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music, as well as covering the role of Mary Jane Bowser in Intelligence, during HGO’s 2023-24 season. During the 2022-23 season at HGO, she performed the roles of Annina in La traviata and Woman Whose Uncle Loved Maria Callas in Another City. Richardson holds an Artist Diploma from The Academy of Vocal Arts, where she has sung Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème, Foreign Princess in Dvořák’s Rusalka, the title role and Suor Dolcina in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and Inès in Donizetti’s La favorite. She holds a Professional Studies Diploma in Voice from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where her roles included Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Béatrice in Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict, and the title roles in Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Cherubini’s Medea. Richardson has been seen in several Pensacola Opera productions including Carmen, La bohème, and The Pirates of Penzance. She was the recipient of an A. Grace Lee Mims Scholarship for Negro Spirituals and has been the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Kennett Symphony and also Ocean City Pops. She has been named a finalist in the Vincerò Worldwide Opera Competition in Naples, Italy. At Wolf Trap Opera, she debuted the role of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Wolf Trap Opera, and this past summer, she performed the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte.
We are thrilled to welcome back Renée Richardson who will play Cassandra in THE SECRET RIVER and she has some #BigNews for you all!!! (Make sure to watch til the end to hear why playing a mother is this opera means something extra special to her👶🏾🤱🏾🐣) Come see her in THE SECRET RIVER - the perfect opera for the whole family - March 6 & 7 at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park. Tickets start at just $29 at link in bio. A recent graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio, Haitian-American soprano Renée Richardson hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Richardson performed the roles of Flower Maiden in Parsifal and Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music, as well as covering the role of Mary Jane Bowser in Intelligence, during HGO’s 2023-24 season. During the 2022-23 season at HGO, she performed the roles of Annina in La traviata and Woman Whose Uncle Loved Maria Callas in Another City. Richardson holds an Artist Diploma from The Academy of Vocal Arts, where she has sung Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème, Foreign Princess in Dvořák’s Rusalka, the title role and Suor Dolcina in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and Inès in Donizetti’s La favorite. She holds a Professional Studies Diploma in Voice from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where her roles included Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Béatrice in Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict, and the title roles in Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Cherubini’s Medea. Richardson has been seen in several Pensacola Opera productions including Carmen, La bohème, and The Pirates of Penzance. She was the recipient of an A. Grace Lee Mims Scholarship for Negro Spirituals and has been the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Kennett Symphony and also Ocean City Pops. She has been named a finalist in the Vincerò Worldwide Opera Competition in Naples, Italy. At Wolf Trap Opera, she debuted the role of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Wolf Trap Opera, and this past summer, she performed the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte.
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