There are 6 article(s) tagged 30 Days of Opera:

• March 2022

  • The To-Do List: Farmers markets, ‘Remembering MLK’ and a party in the park

    This week, Opera Memphis kicks off 30 Days of Opera, animatronic dinos stomp into the Renasant Convention Center and an art show at Tone explores gender and gender variation.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry March 31, 2022

• April 2021

  • The streets are alive with the sound of opera

    The annual “30 Days of Opera” performances, free and outdoors, seem made to order for pandemic times, though the series has been around at Opera Memphis since 2012.

    By Peggy Burch April 08, 2021

• December 2020

  • Bringing opera to Memphis on a flatbead trailer: A pandemic pivot likely to roll on

    Taking opera from the concert halls to the streets was not a new notion for Opera Memphis. Their annual “30 Days of Opera” features small pop-up performances in unlikely places, from playgrounds and dog parks to libraries and groceries. 

    By Chris Herrington December 25, 2020

• March 2020

  • The Extra Podcast: How Opera Memphis continues to work outside the opera house

    Ned Canty of Opera Memphis talks about the Ramones, how opera became a "tool of social exclusion," and the evolution of opera globally and in Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes March 14, 2020

• September 2019

  • Grit and grind meets top hat and monocle: 30 Days of Opera

    Instead of waiting for people to come to the opera house, 30 Days takes opera to festivals, libraries, restaurants and parks. “Having an opera singer 10 feet from you is like being on a roller coaster or in a windstorm,” says Opera Memphis' director Ned Canty.

    By Jill Johnson Piper September 18, 2019

• September 2018

  • 30 Days of Opera, McCleave Project extend Opera Memphis’ reach

    The end of September is approaching rapidly, but there are still several opportunities to catch an Opera Memphis 30 Days of Opera performance.

    By Elle Perry September 28, 2018