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Updated 8/23/2017

OperaHub

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

OperaHub is dedicated to creating high-quality, unified musical/dramatic experiences through collaboration with local performing and design artists, focusing on innovation and experimentation in all aspects of opera production. We believe that opera performed in an intimate setting gains vibrancy and depth, and that affordable, accessible performance of opera should also be exciting, beautiful, and fresh. We take pride in presenting small, non-standard works and chamber arrangements of standard repertoire.

OperaHub was founded in 2007 by four recent college graduates and has operated under the leadership of Christie Lee Gibson, a longtime performer with the group, since 2012. Since its inception, OperaHub has produced high-quality, intimate presentations of relatively underperformed operas such as Idomeneo, Der Kaiser von Atlantis, L’Heure Espagnole, Der Zwerg, The Long Christmas Dinner, and La Hija de Rappaccini, as well as numerous themed concerts.

Some of our even more innovative offerings have included
- A new a cappella setting of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Michael Ching, which utilized a vocal choir in place of instrumental accompaniment (a “voicestra”);
- The Choose-Your-Own Opera, an hour-long revue that weaves together plot threads from beautiful and playful operatic arias and ensembles while putting the audience in the driver’s seat to make key plot choices;
- An arrangement of L’Incoronazione di Poppea for synthesizer continuo and electronic effects
- Tom Johnson’s Four-Note Opera and Erik Satie’s Socrate, both collaboratively directed by the performers.

We have two shows available for touring:

El Gato con Botas: Xavier Montsalvatge's family-oriented Puss in Boots opera.  Gato is a scruffy pet cat who teaches his poor master to believe in the impossible. When he puts on boots and gets dressed for success, he leads us on an outrageous rags-to-riches adventure. Along the way we meet a beautiful and savvy princess, a nasty ogre, and a parade of magical shoes brought to life as animals. This family-friendly one-act fairy tale adventure features tuneful music and fantastical puppetry.  Sung in Spanish with English supertitles. Recommended for adults and children ages 5 and up.  Available in concert or fully stage versions, with piano accompaniment or an 11-person instrumental ensemble.

The Choose-Your-Own Opera is a playful one-hour revue that weaves beautiful and silly operatic arias and small ensembles into different story threads that the audience gets to choose between at key plot points.  Both people who are entirely new to opera and connoisseurs with a sense of humor can enjoy this fun and innovative romp through the repertoire.  The cast consists of five singers and one pianist, and the potential musical excerpts in any given show range from Monteverdi to Mozart to Bizet to Verdi and beyond.

Find Me

Christie Gibson
Job Title: General Director
Phone: 617-982-2952
Address:
Boston, MA 02116

Social Media:

Additional Content:

  • El Gato con Botas NEST Clips

    Featuring Lina Marcela Gonzalez, Music Director; Nathan Rodriguez, El Molinero; Roselin Osser, El Gato; Video by t-stop pictures

  • The Choose-Your-Own Opera Promo Video

    Featuring Christie Lee Gibson, Artistic Director & Performer; Adrian Jones, Meghan Zuver, Jennifer Weiman, Paul Shafer, and Nick Place, Performers; Video by t-stop pictures

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2007

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2007

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Music - Opera

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Performance / Concert / Reading
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 12

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • School Groups
  • Teens

Languages Available:

  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

Our productions usually have supertitles, which help both hearing and Deaf audience members understand the text and plot of our stage performances. I believe all of our performance venues have been wheelchair accessible.

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Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Opera America, Boston Opera Alliance, Boston Singer's Resource

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Opera America, Boston Opera Alliance, Boston Singer's Resource

Awards

Awards:

  • OperaHub has received grants from NEFA, the Boston Cultural Council, the Harvard Musical Association, and the Bob Jolly Charitable Trust
  • Creative City Grantee/Alum Network

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Stage space 20'W X 16'D X 12'H
  • For staged version: Stage area fully lit; Additional theatrical lighting optional
  • For staged version: Stage space 20'W X 16'D X 12'H
  • If supertitles are desired: Projector and screen/blank wall space, or additional cost for rental
  • For instrumental ensemble accompaniment: extra 15'x15' area to right or left of downstage for instrumentalists

Fee Range:

$1,000 - $4,500

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

6

Maximum Number of Performers:

20

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Stage space 20'W X 16'D X 12'H
  • For staged version: Stage area fully lit; Additional theatrical lighting optional
  • For staged version: Stage space 20'W X 16'D X 12'H
  • If supertitles are desired: Projector and screen/blank wall space, or additional cost for rental
  • For instrumental ensemble accompaniment: extra 15'x15' area to right or left of downstage for instrumentalists

Fee Range:

$1,000 - $4,500

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

6

Maximum Number of Performers:

20