Chelsea Opera Inc

Programs: The world premiere of the mark of cain by matthew harris and terry quinn came 10 days after hurricane sandy hit nyc. For several days, it was uncertain that the show would open at all. However, once the power came back on in lower manhattan, cast, crew and vendors rose to the occasion, with five tech days squeezed into three. The 40 minute one act opera accompanied by chelsea opera chamber orchestra starred brace negron, blythe gaissert, kate oberjat, and tom mcnichols. It was paired with benjamin brittens canticle ii, opus 51 abraham and isaac, sung by tenor eapen leubner and treble benjamin wenzelberg, accompanied by pianist and conductor steven m. Crawford. The productions opened to welcoming audiences and a favorable review from opera news.

the second production was the manhattan premiere of the intimate a distant love: songs of john and abigail adams by gary s. Fagin and terry quinn. The work is drawn from the letters exchanged by these iconic patriots during johns time in amsterdam where he labored to secure financial support for the revolution against great britain. Victoria tralongo and peter kendall clark were accompanied by the chelsea opera string quartet. The show required no set and in the classic and acoustically superb christ & st. Stephens church, played to near full houses. Among the audience was the assistant director of the adams national historical park in quincy ma. She has since invited chelsea opera to present the work on the parks opening day in april 2015.

two chelsea opera presents concerts were given, the first celebrating the 200th birth years of both verdi and wagner. The second program was a 1st reading of act one from benjamin wenzelbergs opera the sleeping beauty. Following the reading, a panel with lawrence davis, carol wilson, samuel mccoy, terry quinn and lawrence edelson provided constructive feedback to the 13 year old composer. Mr. Wenzelberg is orchestrating 20 minutes of the first act of about half for a concert performance planned for january 2014 in collaboration with the bloomingdale school of music. Additional expenses incurred included left over expenses from fy12 and production preparation for fy14.