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Capitol Opera Harrisburg was founded in July, 2000, by Kathleen Torchia (a native of Harrisburg); having recently moved back to the area from California, she has now taken over the company. Mayor Stephen Reed and the Harrisburg School District have offered the company the use of the William Penn Campus Auditorium as its new home. The beautiful acoustically-sound auditorium the theater will be refurbished in approx. 2010 after the completion of Harrisburg High School (in approximately 2007/2008). Meanwhile, some preliminary necessities have been approved to get things started. It is a marriage that will benefit both Capitol Opera and the Harrisburg Community in many ways: performance opportunities for both its young/developing and its seasoned artists, a scholarship competition for its youth, set/prop building and printing by its vocational school students and more, all while Capitol Opera enjoys working in the grand facility…it is truly one of the most beautiful theatrical structures in the area!
To date, there have been three opera productions in the theater...Puccini's Tosca in March, 2006...Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, November, 2006...Bizet's Carmen, April, 2007. Students from William Penn (Harrisburg Career Techinal Academy) have participated in all three of those productions. There was also the launching of an annual event in February, 2007...Capitol Opera's "Night At the Opera!"
The plans for William Penn Campus to become a cultural hub in the Uptown Area are well underway!!
If you have questions about Capitol Opera Harrisburg or would like to be involved in its projects, please send an e-mail to: capopera2004@yahoo.com
In the Fall of 2007, Capitol Opera Sacramento-Davis will begin its 17th Seasson, Capitol Opera Harrisburg its 7th Season, and Capital Opera Raleigh its 5th Season.
CAPITOL OPERA is a Non-Profit, all volunteer organization founded for the following purposes:
uTo act as a resource and information center for "Voice Professionals" of all types: trained singers, broadcasters, public speakers, etc.
uTo provide a performing venue for local singers, musicians, directors, conductors, choreographers, dancers, etc.
C.O.S. has successfully brought quality, affordable opera and other lighter works to the community for 16 years, and is continuing to strive to greater achievements.
Her arias may be powerful enough to evoke a listener's every emotion from deep sympothy to pure jubilation, her devout passion for opera that has benefited entire communities as Kathleen Torchia continues to make beautiful music available for the masses. As founder and general director of the 10-year-old Capitol Opera Sacramento (formerly the Voice Fitness Institute), Torchia has expanded her efforts beyond her original goals of offering affordable opera to Sacramento residents, providing a performing venue for local talent and encouraging young vocalists to continue their studies by offering scholarships every year. "Opera is something that has been kept for the elite and I think that is unfortunate. There is a whole other world of people who need to be exposed to it.," says Torchia, who still charges $12-$15 admission even though the company recently renovated its modest space in Carmichael with risers and real theater seats from the old Sacramento Inn Cinemas. "You can't see a full-blown, fully produced, costumed, staged-with-live-music opera in the world for $12. It has to benefit the community or it's not important to me. It's my mission to bring opera into daily living."
Torchia retired a year ago from teaching voice to devote more time to creating similar opera companies in the capitals of other states. She recently inaugurated her first satellite company in Harrisburg, PA., by performing the role of Mimi in Puccini's La Boheme.
Originally from the East Coast, Torchia performed professionally in Philadelphia and studied in Italy before moving to Sacramento. Capitol Opera Sacramento presents 5 major productions each season, three operas and 2 musicals.
Become a Capitol Opera Sponsor
Description:
Capitol Opera Harrisburg is funded entirely through ticket sales and private donations. It is because of many patrons like you that Capitol Opera has remained a stronghold in this community.
Top Reasons to Join the Capitol Opera Theatre!
1. You like opera but don't like to drive long distances to see it.
2. You play a significant role in the development of young artists.
3. You help pay for educational programs that bring opera to school children.
4. You support a theatre company that provides performance opportunities to local instrumentalists, actors, singers, dancers, technicians and students.
5. You bring opera, the most glorious and expensive of art forms, to the greater Harrisburg area.
6. You are making a statement to corporate sponsors, legislators and granting agencies that Capitol Opera is important to the communities of Harrisburg.
7. You can take pride in the fact that you are making Harrisburg a better place to live and work.
8. You help keep ticket prices down.
New Harrisburg Artistic Staff
General / Executive Artistic Director...Kathleen Torchia
Assistant to General Director/Treasurer...Lee Schiller
Secretary / Publicity Assistant...Elizabeth Jacobs
Conductor...Philip Tappan
Accompanist...Mark Cole
Facilities Coordinator...Delphine Cooley
(with the help of Major Hall and James McCloud) |
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