Free Range Opera Theater, Inc.

06/01/2017

As it is commensurate with our mission, Free Range Opera will be supporting, and when funded contributing to, this OPENSCORE kickstarter. Encouraging all to do the same. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openscore/openscore-join-the-sheet-music-revolution?ref=efsuqu

Bring sheet music to life by creating digital interactive editions. Free for everyone, for any purpose, for evermore!

05/12/2017

Based on the 2010 Lyric Theatre of San Jose Discovery performing edition, The Dollar Princess will be performed in Philadelphia on May 20 and 21 at Concert Operetta Theater

Leo Falls’s 1907 "Die Dollarprinzessin" comes to Concert Operetta Theater, on May 20 and 21, in Philadelphia.

03/14/2016

Happy 131st birthday to "The Mikado".

01/31/2016

There's an upcoming recording of "Pickwick", an operetta by Edward Solomon based on Dickens "The Pickwick Papers". Solomon was a highly regarded operetta composer and had many hits at the time of G&S. So what if he was a bigamist? http://operetta-research-center.org/first-great-dickensian-operettaon-disc-pickwick-1889/

Retrospect Opera has launched a project to record the operetta "Pickwick" (1889) by Sir Francis Burnand and Edward Solomon.

01/27/2016

Yep.

Theater nerd (adj.) Someone who constantly wishes that is was socially acceptable to randomly break out into song and dance.

01/16/2016

The Girls of Gottenberg (Caryl/Monckton Ross/Hood, Grossmith, 1907) might be an option for a future revival. The libretto needs some serious trimming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girls_of_Gottenberg

The Girls of Gottenberg is a musical play in two acts by George Grossmith, Jr. and L. E. Berman, with lyrics by Adrian Ross and Basil Hood, and music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. P. G. Wodehouse's personal papers indicate that he wrote the lyrics for one song, "Our Little Way", but this was n…

01/10/2016

By unanimous resolution of the Board of Directors of Free Range Opera Theater, Inc. a donation of $1500.00 has been made to our partner benefit organization, Music for Minors, as the result of profits from ticket sales, private donations and other income from for our recent production of "A Country Girl". We are pleased that this donation will help Music for Minors continue their mission to bring music education programs to elementary students in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

01/08/2016

Some candid snaps of Free Range Opera cast members and staff Rehearsing "A Country Girl" (Wed Nov 18, 2015) at the Adobe House in Mountain View, CA

12/30/2015

Happy New Year to all our friends and patrons. Thank you. We couldn't do it at all without you! We'll be announcing our exciting Free Range future plans very soon.

From all of us, please accept our sincere wishes that your new year be happy, healthy and filled with music.