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Blank Center for the Performing Arts at Simpson College, the home of Des Moines Metro Opera

Des Moines Metro Opera is an opera company in Indianola, Iowa, a town of approximately 14,000 inhabitants which lies some 19 km (12 mi) south of Des Moines, Iowa. It was founded by Robert L. Larsen and Douglas Duncan in 1973.[1] The director is Michael Egel.[2]

During its annual summer opera festival, the company performs three mainstage operas in rolling repertory during June and July.[3]

Programming

Most of the company's opera productions are performed at the Blank Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Simpson College.[citation needed]

In 1986 the company presented a new opera based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, with music by Lee Hoiby and a libretto by Mark Shulgasser.[4]

The company's first performance of an opera in a language other than English was Tosca in 1998, at the Civic Center in Des Moines.[5]

Singers

Singers who had their start with the company include Kimm Julian.[6]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Egel and Smith, p. 24
  2. ^ Morain, Michael (2010). "Des Moines Metro Opera names Egel as director". DesMoinesRegister.com. Retrieved 21 September 2010.[dead link]
  3. ^ Kellow, Brian (June 2003), "Letter From Des Moines", Opera News, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 44–46
  4. ^ Rockwell, John, "Opera: Hoiby's The Tempest in Iowa", The New York Times, 12 July 1986
  5. ^ Egel and Smith, p. 27
  6. ^ "Simpson Singers Achieving National Success", Simpson Magazine, p. 9, Winter 1991

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