Events
Oktoberfest VI
Friday, September 26, 2008 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Sponsored by Nan and Brett Altman
A time to join AVA resident artists, alumni and staff as we welcome the 2007-2008 season with a festival of food, beer and song! Our sixth annual Oktoberfest! brings all the fun of Munich’s beer halls to AVA. The evening includes a full European buffet, Späten Oktoberfest beer from Munich and a concert of operetta favorites, sung by AVA resident artists and alumni. From lilting waltzes to the fiery Czardas, you’ll enjoy melodies of Lehár, Kálmán, Johann Strauss and many more! Take part in the raffle to help with the AVA scholarship fund.
$75 FOA Members and $85 Non-members
Call for your reservation today!
Reservations taken through September 24th
Daniel Pantano 215-735-1685 or dpantano@avaopera.org
Payment will be taken at time of reservations - tickets not available at the door
Lecture/Lunch Series
Sponsored by Rosalie Gerson
Following the informative and entertaining presentation by the conductor and stage director or each
opera, you will share a scrumptious buffet luncheon while chatting with AVA’s rising stars and fellow opera lovers.
Anna Bolena (Donizetti) October 18, 2008 at 11:00 am
La fiamma (Respighi) January 17, 2009 at 11:00 am
Don Pasquale (Donizetti) February 7, 2009 at 10:30 am
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) April 18, 2009 at 11:00 am
$25 FOA Members and $35 non-members
Payment will be taken at time of reservations - tickets not available at the door
Lecture Lunches are held in the Helen Corning Warden Theater at AVA,
1920 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA
La traviata at Florida Grand Opera
December 5-7, 2008
Starring sopranos Eglise Gutierrez, Ailyn Perez*, tenor Stephen Costello, and baritone Luis Ledesma.
This is a once in a lifetime opera trip to hear three AVA stars perform in the same opera. Verdi’s masterpiece will be the focal point of a weekend in Fort Lauderdale which will include accommodations at the Lago Mar Resort Hotel, tickets to the opera, a private tour of Viscaya, and 1920’s estate of industrialist James Deering, and lunch with the AVA alumni singers at the Lauderdale Country Club. *Ms. Perez will sing on December 6th and tickets to that evening are available as an option.
For more information contact:
Sally Sells at Travel Anywhere 215-923-4300 or ssells@tvlanywhere.com
The South Jersey Opera Association
thanks everyone who helped make this event a great success!
Libiamo! a Toast to AVA Opera
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Commerce University,
Mt. Laurel, NJ
click here for more photos!
Presenting Sponsor
Saturday, March 29, 2008
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Click here to see photos from The Academy of Vocal Arts 2008 gala "Viva la Voce!"
