SALT MARSH OPERA COMPANY
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Mission Statement
Salt Marsh Opera's mission is to stage the finest professional opera productions in Southeastern Connecticut, to provide an education for area students in the performing arts and the magnificent experience of opera, and to excite and build audiences for the enjoyment of a grand art form.
About This Cause
The company traces its origins to an annual opera party held in a private home, out of which grew the Stonington Opera Company. In 2001, the name was changed to the Salt Marsh Opera Company to more appropriately reflect its shoreline audiences of southeastern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island. In its first year, Salt Marsh Opera produced Madama Butterfly at the Chorus of Westerly Hall, now the George Kent Performance Hall, followed thereafter by fully-staged productions each October. Ten years ago, Lucia di Lammermoor was performed at the Ivoryton Playhouse in addition to the George Kent Performance Hall and TheGuild of Salt Marsh Opera was formed to support the opera with volunteers while providing special opportunities such as lectures and social events to its members and the community. In 2009, with the production of Die Fledermaus, the new Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (The Kate) in Old Saybrook became Salt Marsh Opera’s Connecticut venue. In May 2010, Salt Marsh Opera celebrated its birthday with a special 10th Anniversary Gala Concert in the George Kent Performance Hall and a similar concert at The Kate in October. In the fall of 2010, L’elisir d’amore was performed in Westerly and received rave reviews. In 2011, the company returned to the Kate with a full production of La Sonnambula to a sold-out audience. In the spring of 2012, a second opera specifically for children, The Magic Flute, was added to the season through an expanded education program in northeastern Connecticut. In the fall of 2012 Salt Marsh Opera produced Rigoletto to capacity audiences in Westerly and La Cenerentola was performed to 4,000 fifth and sixth grade students from southeastern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island in May 2013. In October 2013 the company produced Don Pasquale with performances at the George Kent Performance Hall and the Kate and in May 2014 Gianni Schicchi was performed to 750 students at Middletown High School in Middletown, CT, 2,000 students at Hyde Cultural Center in Woodstock, CT and 550 students at Chariho High School in Wood River Junction, RI. Gianni Schicci was also performed to the public at the Pequot Museum Auditorium. In 2014 The Marriage of Figaro was performed at the Pequot Museum Auditorium and the Kate and in the spring of 2015 The Magic Flute was performed. In celebration of our 15th year in 2015 we produced Madame Butterfly at the Kate and at the Pequot Museum Auditorium followed by La Cenerentola in May 2016 which was presented to almost 5,000 5th and 6th grade students at Middletown High School, The Hyde Cultural Center, the Garde Arts Center, Chariho High School and a public performance at the United Theatre in downtown Westerly, RI. In 2016 we presented Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio as a parody of Star Trek at the Kate and at the Pequot Museum Auditorium. In May 2017 we performed Gianni Schicchi to over 5000 students at Middletown High School, The Hyde Cultural Center, the Garde Arts Center, Chariho High School and a public performance at the United Theatre in downtown Westerly, RI. Last October Don Giovanni was performed at the Kate and at the Pequot Museum Auditorium. Earlier this year we commissioned Jack and Jill and the Happening Hill including music and libretto created by our regional students, under the guidance of librettist Nancy Meneely and composer Sarah Meneely-Kyder. 5,000 5th and 6th grade students from the region enjoyed this all-immersive production!