jodi reynolds opera idaho
HOW HAS YOUR LIFE BEEN ENRICHED BY OPERA IDAHO?
are also committed to music
Opera has enriched my life through the
education. Opera Idaho spon-
exposure to an art form which captures all the
sors a children’s choir who per-
majesty, beauty and worldly experiences that
form alongside the principals.
one can imagine. Through the brilliance of
Additionally, the resident artists
its composers and the amazing voices of the
visit local schools to introduce
performers, opera dramatizes every conceiv-
young students to this special
able human emotion, it identifies the highest
musical art form.
levels of the human spirit and it exposes the EGYPTIAN THEATRE
through opera productions but
many forces of debauchery and immorality.
DESCRIBE
YOUR
FAVORITE
OPERA PERFORMANCE.
The intricacy and classic 1920s archi-
But the music is magical; for me, there’s no
tecture of the Egyptian Theatre stand
sound in the universe as uplifting to my spirit
ite opera, I reflected on the
out amongst the high rises, new ho-
as the melodic arias from the great masters,
many performances through
tels and restaurants in downtown Boi-
such as Puccini, Verdi, Wagner and others.
the years which I’ve enjoyed,
In
considering
my
favor-
se. With an ornate interior kept to look
WHAT DOES OPERA IDAHO MEAN TO YOU?
before determining that Opera
as close to how it did when it was built
Opera has gradually found a special
Idaho’s recent production of
in 1927, you will feel like you stepped
place in my life. My first exposure to opera
back in time. It has become a hub for
was to attend a performance of Puccini’s La
Puccini’s Tosca was at the top
the arts, opening its doors for lots of
Boheme at the Rome Opera House when I
from great voices, deceitful-
events, including opera performanc-
lived in Italy. Later, I had the fortune to move
ness, cruelty and, of course, the
es, movies, film festivals, corporate
to Boise, home to Opera Idaho, and more
tragic death of the heroine. It
events and everything in between. It
recently I decided to focus my time and effort
left me breathless!
is one of the few standing theaters
on supporting this extraordinary Idaho organi-
from the grand cinema era and a truly
zation. They provide wonderful entertainment
of my list. It had everything
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