There are a lot of amateur choirs & theatre organizations but you don't hear much about amateur opera companies here in Chicago either. We went to a production by the Opera San Bernadetto about 6-8 years ago, which was a mostly amateur production but I don't know if that organization is still in existance. The University of Chicago always does a G&S production in the spring & a lot of that cast are amateurs but the leads are always pros. Light Opera Works has open auditions but they are considered professional. There's a G&S society but I don't know much about them. I think that you'd have to check into productions being put on by colleges & universities around here.
Pat
On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 10:12:37 -0800 "Elizabeth Finkler" <mightymezzo@h...> (snip) > Well, Ingo, there aren't many amateur companies in Philadelphia, > where I started singing seriously. On the other hand, the Bay Area > (including San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Livermore, etc.) has so many it's hard > to avoid tripping over them, not to mention three Gilbert & Sullivan > companies and innumerable semi-pro and community theaters putting on > musicals. > > In bocco al lupo! > > > Elizabeth Finkler > San Jose, California > mightymezzo@h... > http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo >
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