2010 PERFORMANCES October 3rd at 3 PM Please join CCO at the Gibbes Museum of Art for another exciting collaboration. See Opera and Art Come Alive! May 29th at 6 PM and May 30th at 4 PM Piccolo Spoleto 2010 Spotlight Concert Series Amore! Gage Hall: 4 Archdale Street, Charleston, SC Charleston Chamber Opera presents opera's most romantic melodies in a semi-staged concert format. Delight in the first kiss of Mimi and Rodolfo in La Boheme and become intoxicated by the charming lovebirds in L'Elisir d'Amore. Be helplessly drawn in by the doomed love affair of La Traviata, jealous passion in I, Pagliacci, and the seductive power of a woman in Samson & Dalilah and Carmen. Ethan Bremner, Tenor Paul Soper, Baritone Lara Wilson, Mezzo-Soprano Patrice Tiedemann, Soprano Terry Bell-Aby, Narrator and Steven Morris, Pianist and Music Director Tickets Will Be Available Through Ticketmaster or www.piccolospoleto.org Sunday, March 7th, 3 PM Whistler's Women - Songs on a Life Well Traveled The Gibbes Museum of Art 135 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29401 $10 Members, $20 Non-Members The beautiful Gibbes rotunda will be the setting for Soprano Patrice Tiedemann, Mezzo Soprano Lara Wilson, and Baritone Paul Soper as they explore the life and loves of James Whistler with a clever mix of art song, opera and theatrical flair. Enjoy gorgeous melodies from Debussy, Saint-Saens, Mahler, Gilbert & Sullivan and others, as the singers portray Whistler and his women in song and verse. The hour-long program is interwoven with narration by actress Terry Bell-Aby, with piano accompaniment by musical director Steven Morris. Tickets available at http://www.gibbesmuseum.org/

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