We Make Noise!

We provide Berks County’s

only opportunity to experience live opera performances!

Upcoming Events

We Make Noise!

We provide Berks County’s

only opportunity to experience live opera performances!

Upcoming Events

The Bear Prince at Neag Auditorium

Inspired by a Mexican folk tale, this enchanting production blends jazz and opera to tell the story of an enchanted prince!

This event is FREE thanks to recent grant awards. Donations welcomed. Please register using this link.

Composer - Chris Heslop

Librettist - Vicki Haller Graff

Artistic Director - Tamara Black

These performances are held in conjunction with the RPM exhibit of works by Latinx artist Patrick McGrath Muñiz.

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About Us

Events

Berks Opera's community outreach efforts have included Unleashing Your Inner Opera Fan, the Aria program, Opera Nights at Judy's on Cherry, special programs at area colleges + more!

Education

Berks Opera's

productions create opportunities for young singers and

players to gain training and experience and explore the boundaries of their talents.

Collaboration

Berks Opera works with collaboratively with local partner organizations to increase the diversity of artistic and cultural experiences available to the Greater Reading community.

Recent Performances

"These Valleys and Mountains: Berks Legends" 2022

A new opera by Chris Heslop, with libretto by Vicki Haller Graff, and direction by Joel Richard Gori. Performed at the Miller Center for the Arts at RACC on June 17, 2022. Mountain Mary left a legacy of loving spirituality and profound healing. Matthias Schaumbacher left the opposite: a legend of greed and violence. How have the seeds planted in the stories of these two people, who lived such different lives, grown in this place we call home?

"DaPonte" 2016

Opera about the extraordinary life of Mozart's eccentric librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte. Libretto by Vicki Haller Graff, Composed by Chris Heslop. Vocalists: Tamara Black: soprano, Maria Damore: alto, Matt Mangus: tenor, Zach Luchetti: baritone; Orchestra: Lars Potteiger: piano, Tom Hilliker: bass, Chris Heslop: saxophone, flute, conductor.

Berks Opera Company

P.O. Box 251, Reading, Pennsylvania 19603

www.berksopera.org 484-752-2462 berksoperacompany@gmail.com

Berks Opera Workshop, dba Berks Opera Company, is a registered 501(c)3, non-profit, charitable organization, EIN 26-3688025. A copy of its official registration and financial

information may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, in Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

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