Opera Carolina is presenting several concerts around the area for the 2015 Christmas season. All are affordable, and some are free.
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. – Mitchell Community College, 474 N. Center St. Statesville, N.C.
Dec. 12 at 3 p.m. – Sharon Presbyterian Church, 5201 Sharon Road, Charlotte, N.C.
Dec. 13 at 3 p.m. – Epworth United Methodist Church, 1030 Burrage Rd. NE, Concord, N.C.
For tickets, call Opera Carolina 704-332-7177. $15 general admission; free for children 12 and under.
For the second year, Opera Carolina and Mosaic Arts will present Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. On Christmas Eve 1951, the opera was broadcast by NBC and became a holiday classic. The holiday season message – of love, good deeds and miracles – resonates in this story about the shepherd boy Amahl’s encounters with the Three Kings and a magic star.
Christmas at St. Nektarios
St. Nektarios Church, 5108 Kuykendall Road
December 12, 6 p.m.
Opera chorus members and company artists will sing traditional Greek and English carols in an hour-long concert. No tickets or reservations are required. Donations to benefit A Child’s Place will be welcomed at the door.
Traditional Caroling
Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. – Southern Christmas Show at the Park Expo Center
Dec. 4 at 7:45 p.m. – Christmas in Davidson at Davidson United Methodist Chapel
Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. –Birkdale Village (Huntersville)
Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. – Uptown Charlotte at Spirit Square
Building upon the company’s vision to “take opera out of the theater and into the streets,” the Opera Carolina chorus will be bringing holiday cheer – in the form of traditional caroling — to the “town square” and into unexpected venues.
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