BEPPE GAMBETTA with special guest YANN FALQUET

"TERRA MADRE"

Beppe Gambetta is a guitarist composer and folksinger inspired by roots music from both sides of the Ocean. Gambetta is a Genoa-born musical traveler, a virtuoso of the acoustic Flatpicking style who has found much inspiration in meeting and collaborating with artists from different cultures. In this concert Beppe will team up with Yann Falquet, guitarist and singer of the beloved Québec band Genticorum.

The concert will be a journey through the music and stories of the two artists' multicolored world and will focus particularly on repertoire from Beppe's latest project, Terra Madre.

Terra Madre (Mother Earth) is a musical key to open a world of tales and dreams related to the motherlands of infinite possible itineraries, and to the cries of pain and hope that rise from them. A core concept of the new CD is to assert the "right to dream," to seek consolation and refuge from a hostile and sometimes brutal reality. “Right to dream” is intended not as pure escape but it represent also the duty of the artist to dream a positive future as a source of hope that helps us to survive and find motivation to move forward through adversities.

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE, BUT LIMITED!

THE BEAUTIFUL DIVA, FLORIA TOSCA HAS LIVED FOR HER ART, AND LIVED FOR LOVE, BUT MUST MAKE THE ULTIMATE CHOICE: WHETHER TO GIVE HERSELF TO ANOTHER, IN ORDER TO SAVE HER LOVER.

Puccini’s political operatic thriller is set in Rome in June 1800 (during the Napoleonic wars and a time of great political unrest). Unlike many operas, with the action takes place over less than 24 hours, the events in the opera occur in almost real-time. The plot centers around three main characters – Rome’s favorite diva Floria Tosca (Sonja Krenek), the painter and political activist Mario Cavaradossi (Joshua Collier), and the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia (Wayne Hu). Scarpia has long lusted after Tosca, and when he suspects Cavaradossi of assisting Angelotti (Brian J. Alvarado), an escaped political prisoner, he seizes the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. He will manipulate Tosca into revealing the prisoner’s hiding place thus proving Cavaradossi’s treason, and with him out of the way, he will have her for himself.

THE BEAUTIFUL DIVA, FLORIA TOSCA HAS LIVED FOR HER ART, AND LIVED FOR LOVE, BUT MUST MAKE THE ULTIMATE CHOICE: WHETHER TO GIVE HERSELF TO ANOTHER, IN ORDER TO SAVE HER LOVER.

Puccini’s political operatic thriller is set in Rome in June 1800 (during the Napoleonic wars and a time of great political unrest). Unlike many operas, with the action takes place over less than 24 hours, the events in the opera occur in almost real-time. The plot centers around three main characters – Rome’s favorite diva Floria Tosca (Sonja Krenek), the painter and political activist Mario Cavaradossi (Joshua Collier), and the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia (Wayne Hu). Scarpia has long lusted after Tosca, and when he suspects Cavaradossi of assisting Angelotti (Brian J. Alvarado), an escaped political prisoner, he seizes the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. He will manipulate Tosca into revealing the prisoner’s hiding place thus proving Cavaradossi’s treason, and with him out of the way, he will have her for himself.

BARN OPERA has developed a reputation over the past 4 years for their heartwarming and poignant, “Community-Christmas-Card,” production of Amahl & the Night Visitors at the Salisbury Congregational Church. This year, for the first time, the production will be traveling to Williston Federated Church and introducing this wonderful event to the Williston and Chittenden County community as well. The acclaimed production is to be headlined by the dream team of Sopranos Helen Lyons and Ambrose Cusick, Baritones (and Music Director/Associate Director of BARN OPERA) Cailin Marcel Manson, Nicholas Tocci, Tenor (and Artistic Director of BARN OPERA) Joshua Collier, and Cameron Wescott, with Kristen Carr leading the production from the piano.

In addition to the annual two performances (5:30 & 7:30p) at Salisbury Congregational Church on the 21st of December, Williston Congregational Church will be welcoming BARN OPERA into their sanctuary for one day of performances as well, December 22nd (5:30 & 7:30p). We are thrilled to invite our friends and neighbors in Williston, and the surrounding environs, to experience this beautiful piece. Information and tickets are available now at www.barnopera.com/amahl-and-the-night-visitors

BARN OPERA has developed a reputation over the past 4 years for their heartwarming and poignant, “Community-Christmas-Card,” production of Amahl & the Night Visitors at the Salisbury Congregational Church. This year, for the first time, the production will be traveling to Williston Federated Church and introducing this wonderful event to the Williston and Chittenden County community as well. The acclaimed production is to be headlined by the dream team of Sopranos Helen Lyons and Ambrose Cusick, Baritones (and Music Director/Associate Director of BARN OPERA) Cailin Marcel Manson, Nicholas Tocci, Tenor (and Artistic Director of BARN OPERA) Joshua Collier, and Cameron Wescott, with Kristen Carr leading the production from the piano.

In addition to the annual two performances (5:30 & 7:30p) at Salisbury Congregational Church on the 21st of December, Williston Congregational Church will be welcoming BARN OPERA into their sanctuary for one day of performances as well, December 22nd (5:30 & 7:30p). We are thrilled to invite our friends and neighbors in Williston, and the surrounding environs, to experience this beautiful piece. Information and tickets are available now at www.barnopera.com/amahl-and-the-night-visitors

BARN OPERA has developed a reputation over the past 4 years for their heartwarming and poignant, “Community-Christmas-Card,” production of Amahl & the Night Visitors at the Salisbury Congregational Church. This year, for the first time, the production will be traveling to Williston Federated Church and introducing this wonderful event to the Williston and Chittenden County community as well. The acclaimed production is to be headlined by the dream team of Sopranos Helen Lyons and Ambrose Cusick, Baritones (and Music Director/Associate Director of BARN OPERA) Cailin Marcel Manson, Nicholas Tocci, Tenor (and Artistic Director of BARN OPERA) Joshua Collier, and Cameron Wescott, with Kristen Carr leading the production from the piano.

In addition to the annual two performances (5:30 & 7:30p) at Salisbury Congregational Church on the 21st of December, Williston Congregational Church will be welcoming BARN OPERA into their sanctuary for one day of performances as well, December 22nd (5:30 & 7:30p). We are thrilled to invite our friends and neighbors in Williston, and the surrounding environs, to experience this beautiful piece. Information and tickets are available now at www.barnopera.com/amahl-and-the-night-visitors

BARN OPERA has developed a reputation over the past 4 years for their heartwarming and poignant, “Community-Christmas-Card,” production of Amahl & the Night Visitors at the Salisbury Congregational Church. This year, for the first time, the production will be traveling to Williston Federated Church and introducing this wonderful event to the Williston and Chittenden County community as well. The acclaimed production is to be headlined by the dream team of Sopranos Helen Lyons and Ambrose Cusick, Baritones (and Music Director/Associate Director of BARN OPERA) Cailin Marcel Manson, Nicholas Tocci, Tenor (and Artistic Director of BARN OPERA) Joshua Collier, and Cameron Wescott, with Kristen Carr leading the production from the piano.

In addition to the annual two performances (5:30 & 7:30p) at Salisbury Congregational Church on the 21st of December, Williston Congregational Church will be welcoming BARN OPERA into their sanctuary for one day of performances as well, December 22nd (5:30 & 7:30p). We are thrilled to invite our friends and neighbors in Williston, and the surrounding environs, to experience this beautiful piece. Information and tickets are available now at www.barnopera.com/amahl-and-the-night-visitors

The second annual BARN OPERA New Year’s Eve fundraising gala, after the wildly successful “H.M.S. Pinafore” by Gilbert and Sullivan on NYE 2021. The Pirates of Penzance is the hysterical story of a young boy, Frederic, who is released from his indentured servitude as a pirate, and attempts to assimilate into polite society, leaving the Pirate King, his former associates, and his beloved nursemaid, Ruth, behind. He falls in love with the Major General’s daughter, Mabel, and everything seems to be going his way. Unfortunately for Frederic, there is a slight snag in the plans, as a detail of his piratehood was overlooked, and now this paradox forces the “slave of duty” to choose where his unwavering loyalty lies. Be a part of BARN OPERA’s end-of-year fundraising efforts, and join us for this uproariously funny story, with absolutely gorgeous music. (Tickets and further information available mid 2022)

“Amahl and the Night Visitors” was the first opera to be broadcast to a national television audience — that was back on Dec. 24, 1951. The story revolves around a young handicapped boy and his mother, who live in a poor village on the route the three kings travel to meet the Christ-child after his birth. The kings arrive, weary from their journey and they stop for the night, enjoying the hospitality of Amahl and his mother. There is a great disparity in the wealth of the kings and Amahl’s mother, and socio-economic conflict ensues, with a beautiful resolution fitting the spirit of the season you’ll have to see. Join us for the 3rd annual production of this wonderful Holiday operatic classic in partnership with the Salisbury Congregational Church.

TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY @ 5:30 and 7:30pm - The show’s runtime is around 50 Minutes

“Amahl and the Night Visitors” was the first opera to be broadcast to a national television audience — that was back on Dec. 24, 1951. The story revolves around a young handicapped boy and his mother, who live in a poor village on the route the three kings travel to meet the Christ-child after his birth. The kings arrive, weary from their journey and they stop for the night, enjoying the hospitality of Amahl and his mother. There is a great disparity in the wealth of the kings and Amahl’s mother, and socio-economic conflict ensues, with a beautiful resolution fitting the spirit of the season you’ll have to see. Join us for the 3rd annual production of this wonderful Holiday operatic classic in partnership with the Salisbury Congregational Church.

TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY @ 5:30 and 7:30pm - The show’s runtime is around 50 Minutes

Unrequited love is difficult to handle in the best of times, with the best of people, but when that lover is a german romantic poet, the outlook is bleak. In Massenet’s Werther, the village girl, Charlotte is engaged to be married to Albert, but becomes enamoured with, and edges with falling in love with the handsome poet, Werther. Unfortunately for Werther, Charlotte decides to honor her commitment to Albert, causing Werther to spiral into terminal depression, ultimately choosing to end his life if Charlotte was not in it. Charlotte arrives just after the gunshot, and professes her love to Werther as he breathes his last breath. The Collier adaptation begins 70 years later, when Charlotte is an old woman, as she begins to remember the day that she met Werther, the love of her life.

Unrequited love is difficult to handle in the best of times, with the best of people, but when that lover is a german romantic poet, the outlook is bleak. In Massenet’s Werther, the village girl, Charlotte is engaged to be married to Albert, but becomes enamoured with, and edges with falling in love with the handsome poet, Werther. Unfortunately for Werther, Charlotte decides to honor her commitment to Albert, causing Werther to spiral into terminal depression, ultimately choosing to end his life if Charlotte was not in it. Charlotte arrives just after the gunshot, and professes her love to Werther as he breathes his last breath. The Collier adaptation begins 70 years later, when Charlotte is an old woman, as she begins to remember the day that she met Werther, the love of her life.

Join BARN OPERA for an afternoon specifically for families with hot cocoa, cookies, and a screening of the Nutcracker, with enough stagespace for anyone who wants to dance along! Bring your best tutu and ballet slippers, and come enjoy Tchaikovsky’s magnificent holiday masterpiece!

When a wealthy opera lover commissions an opera to be performed at his country villa, and his wife demands a broadway musical review, their only hope of marital bliss is to compromise. However, with only one day for performance, the opera and the musical must coexist and be a part of the same production. Hell hath no fury like a diva scorned, and this hilarious operatic collision of the sacred and the profane is definitely one for the storybooks.

When a wealthy opera lover commissions an opera to be performed at his country villa, and his wife demands a broadway musical review, their only hope of marital bliss is to compromise. However, with only one day for performance, the opera and the musical must coexist and be a part of the same production. Hell hath no fury like a diva scorned, and this hilarious operatic collision of the sacred and the profane is definitely one for the storybooks.

In all the many operas written in the “verismo” style, there are very few that do not result in the soprano tragically dying, either by a jilted lover, or some other horrible means. At BARN OPERA, we care about sopranos, and have found two notable exceptions to the rule: Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, and Puccini’s Il Tabarro. In both cases, it is a love triangle that is the crux of the drama, but in both cases, the soprano survives - the tenor, however, isn’t quite so fortunate.

In all the many operas written in the “verismo” style, there are very few that do not result in the soprano tragically dying, either by a jilted lover, or some other horrible means. At BARN OPERA, we care about sopranos, and have found two notable exceptions to the rule: Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, and Puccini’s Il Tabarro. In both cases, it is a love triangle that is the crux of the drama, but in both cases, the soprano survives - the tenor, however, isn’t quite so fortunate.