Opera Shots
The Collins Bar 2125 2nd Ave N, Birmingham, Alabama 35203
Join Opera Birmingham for a street party on Second Avenue North in front of The Collins Bar (2125 Second Avenue North) on Sunday, May 16 from 2:00 – 4:30 P.M. as they continue their outdoor Opera Shots concert series. Admission is free. Food and beverages are available for purchase from The Collins Bar. Lawn chairs and picnic blankets are welcome.
For the health of patrons, staff and performers, and in keeping with Birmingham’s mask ordinance, masks are required at the event, and social distancing will be in effect. Opera Shots is Opera Birmingham’s annual series of casual pop-up concerts throughout the community, held in unexpected places and designed to break down the stereotypes of opera.
Opera Shots concerts feature members of the Opera Birmingham Chorus and surprise guest artists presenting an open-mic-style concert of the greatest hits of opera and musical theatre.The concert will feature guest artists, Savannah Bracewell, Chris Farley, Alie B. Gorrie, Dylan Hughes, Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk, Emily Jaworski Koriath, Samuel Robertson, Macy Rowland, Joylyn Rushing, Allison Sanders, Jonathan Michael Smith and Angela Yoon, accompanied by Christy Vest on piano.
The performance will include selections from The Barber of Seville, La Bohème, Tosca, Carmen, Hamilton, A Little Night Music, La Rondine, Into the Woods, Porgy and Bess and South Pacific, among others. Opera Shots will resume in the fall, as Opera Birmingham pops up at unexpected locations all across the Birmingham Metro area. Stay tuned for dates and locations.
Opera Shots is sponsored by EcoLogical Insulation of Birmingham, LLC, Medical Properties Trust, Inc. and VIVA Health, Inc. The 2020-21 Opera Birmingham season is sponsored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, Daniel Foundation and The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama.
In this time of uncertainty, your support means more than ever and will help ensure the arts are preserved forfuture generations. Donate at operabirmingham.org. For more information regarding Opera Birmingham and upcoming performances, visit OperaBirmingham.org or call 205-322-6737, and connect with Opera Birmingham on Facebook, Twitter @OperaBham and Instagram@OperaBirmingham. Opera Birmingham, the only professional opera company in Northern and Central Alabama, has entertained audiences for over 60 years.
