Archive for November 2020
A Drive-In “La Bohème”: aka “The Hipsters” from Pacific Opera Project
La Bohème: AKA “The Hipsters”
2020 Edition
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
DRIVE-IN PERFORMANCE
Friday December 11 – 5:30 PM
Saturday December 12 – 5:30 PM
Sunday December 13 – 5:30 PM
291 Anacapa Dr, Camarillo, CA 93010
Parking lot of Camarillo United Methodist Church
Audience must remain in their cars except while using the restrooms. Masks are required while outside of your vehicles.
Tickets $65 to $175 per car. Passengers limited to the number of seatbelts in the car. Please avoid high profile vehicles. These cars will be parked on the side or near the back.
Runtime: 2 hours
Presented with piano, in Italian with projected English supertitles
Director/Designer: Josh Shaw
Music Director: Parisa Zaeri
Costumer: Maggie Green
Assistant Director: Carson Gilmore
Stage Manager: Kourtni Dale-Noll Mitchiner
“POP’s trademark production is now a holiday tradition. The Highland Park Hipsters are headed to Ventura County this year to bring Puccini’s most popular opera from 1830s Paris to 2020 Los Angeles. (Technically the opera begins on December 24, 2019.) This year’s production will be extra interesting as the tragedy of the pandemic is woven into the staging. But don’t worry, there will still be plenty of laughs to go along with a few tears. We currently plan to make this the last Hipsters production for a few years. If you’ve never seen this hit production, you don’t know what you’re missing. If you’ve seen it before, this one is going to be different to say the least.” POP Press Release
ARNOLD LIVINGSTON GEIS : Rodolfo
ORIANA FALLA : Mimi
BEN LOWE : Marcello
MARIA DOMINIQUE LOPEZ : Musetta
E. SCOTT LEVIN : Schaunard
KEITH COLCLOUGH ; Colline
LUVI AVENDANO : Benoit/Alcindoro/Parpignol