Berks Opera Company

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" 2021

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.