Productions
Next Event
Fall 2008
A Double Bill
Walking the Dog Theater will perform the play Red Carnations as the
first Act; the second Act will be the opera Red Carnations by Robert
Baksa. There will be an open dress rehearsal with Q&A for children.
Past Events
November 2007 - March 2008
The Art Song — Deconstructed
in the West Room of the Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
Performances and conversations, each focusing on a specific genre
Words, Words, Words! (Patter, G&S, Sondheim) /
Saturday, March 8, 2008
featuring Michelle Jennings
German Lieder / Saturday, February 9, 2008
featuring Byron Singleton, tenor
French Chanson / Saturday, January 12, 2008
featuring Lara Stevens, mezzo-soprano
Italian Art Song / Saturday, December 8, 2007
featuring Nika Leoni, soprano
Cabaret Songs / Saturday, November 9, 2007
featuring Jennifer Wynn, soprano
Mary Deyerle Hack and Keith Spencer, moderators
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Keith Spencer and Mary Hack will sing two complete song cycles by composer Robert Baksa.
Mary will sing his Emily Dickinson songs; Keith will sing the Housman cycle.
Mr. Baksa has kindly donated this program as a fundraiser to benefit Diamond Opera Theater.
Performance and cocktails at a private home in Kinderhook, NY.
photo ©2007 Miguel Irias
Saturday, October 6, 2007
With Harp and Voice ~ The Spencer Brothers
Haddad Chapel
2nd and Union Streets, Hudson, NY
An encore performance of the Spencers' NYC 9/11 concert.
Keith Spencer, baritone
Mark Spencer, harp
more info...
Saturday, September 29, 2007
La Serva Padrona (The Maid becomes Wife)
by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
in the West Room of the Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
Performance 1 at 11:00am: an open rehearsal; free for children
There will be a Question and Answer session.
Performance 2 at 8:00pm: public performance
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Benefit - Summer Garden Party
at a private home
Guests are encouraged to wear white. The program will consist of a quartet of singers performing
Elizabethan lute songs, accompanied by guitarist Paul Quigley.
Suggested tax-deductible donation: $50
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Artists of Diamond Opera Theater present A Bernstein Songbook
First Presbyterian Church, Hudson, NY
Warren & 4th Streets
To benefit the building fund
more info...
September 30, 2006
ArtsWalk 2006
Events co-produced by the Hudson Opera House
"The Vagabond Queen" - children's opera
at the Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY at 11am
Admission FREE
"I Remember" - song cycle based on the diaries of Anne Frank
Performances at 8:00pm & 9:30pm
at the Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
Admission: $15 ($13 for Diamond Opera Theater members)
see review of these ArtsWalk events
May 26, 27, 28, 2006
Face on the Barroom Floor
at Basilica Industria
110 South Front Street
"Face on the Barroom Floor,"an opera in one act by Henry Mollicone
and an evening of entertainment in the saloon.
more info...
January - February, 2006
Children's Opera
"The Vagabond Queen" by Edward Barnes
Amanda Boyd, soprano
Uel Wade, piano
Alaina Zachary, director
January 27, 2006 at 9:05am (Introduction) - Chatham HS Auditorium
February 3, 2006 at 9:05am (Performance) - Chatham HS Auditorium
October 7, 8, 2005
"The Medium" by Gian Carlo Menotti
at the Basilica Industria
110 South Front Street, Hudson, NY
more info...
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Hudson Opera House Gala
featuring HcO's Dean Anthony, tenor
and Nancy Allen Lundy, soprano
at the Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
Sunday, November 7, 2004
Gala Inaugural Benefit
A festive afternoon of GREAT SINGING
at the Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
OPERA SELECTIONS
sung by our guest artists
John Cheek, Megan Weston,
Jan Opalach, Denise Coffey Stuart
Scenes from the music drama
THE MEDIUM
by Gian Carlo Menotti
Mary Hack, mezzo-soprano
Scenes from the one-act comic opera
THE ITALIAN LESSON
by Lee Hoiby
Alaina Warren Zachary, soprano