Opera Buffet Presents: Inside The Kaleidoscope
Ritz Theater, 345 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis
August 7, 8, 10, 11, 14
Minneapolis-based experimental multimedia opera group Opera Buffet combines the finest in high-tech and traditional artistry with contemporary stories of social relevance. Created by local composer Carolyn Elerding, Opera Buffet includes a variety of fine local writers and performers as well as carefully selected visual artists and writers from around the United States. This is opera for everyone.
At the 2010 Fringe, Opera Buffet presents INSIDE THE KALEIDOSCOPE, a smart, intriguing, colorful, and progressive opera variety show including electronic music and video projection. Each short segment tells a different story in a contrasting soundscape and visual style. Colorado poet Nicole Coonradt's "Bertram and Ferdinando" is a GLBT-friendly tale of love that will appeal to all. "Eugene Shoemaker's Thank You Note" is a unique science fiction confection by local playwright Marit Peterson. "Living Stone" by Carolyn Elerding addresses an issue close to everyone's heart: the aging of loved ones and memory loss. Also by Elerding, "Eponymous: Theremin Remembers" tells the amazing life story of Leon Theremin--one of the first inventors to create television, music synthesizers, and radio surveillance--in a few short minutes! And finally, Elerding's "Frendz 4-Evah" is the story of an intermittent lifelong friendship that achieves a new level of stability. All music and video in the show is provided by Carolyn Elerding. House music is by Minneapolis composer Dixie Treichel.
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