Nevada Opera and Cami Thompson Music Company present a delightful family Holiday production at Reno's downtown Pioneer Center for 2 performances - Friday December 16 at 7:30, and Sunday December 18 at 2:00. Call Nevada Opera at 775-786-4046 for ticket sales, or visit online atwww.NevadaOpera.org 10% Discount for Seniors and Students with ID. $10 Rush tickets are available starting at 30 minutes before curtain. Act One: Nevada Opera will present Gian Carlo Mennetti's magical, mystical one-act opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors", the world's most frequently performed opera since its 1951 premiere. The opera tells the story of Amahl, a crippled boy who is healed by the Magi bearing gifts on their way to visit the birth of baby Jesus. For this production, Nevada Opera has reached out to its most famous alumna, Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano DOLORA ZAJICK, to hand-pick the brightest rising stars from her Institute for Young Dramatic Voices to be featured in this new production. Act Two: Nevada Opera has asked local legendary singer and entertainer CAMI THOMPSON, also a Nevada Opera alumna, to present her special one-hour Holiday Christmas concert. Supporting Cami is her 7-piece band, The Cosmopolitans, featuring renowned drummer Tony Savage, bassist Joe McKenna, pianist Peter Supersano, trumpeterPaul Lenz, reed player Joe Berry, trombonist Mike Kirkhouse, and special guest -- Nevada Opera's General Director Damon Stevens on keyboards. Sharing the stage throughout the show are the Nevada Opera Chorus and the Nevada Opera Youth Chorus, singing arrangements written by Cami. Local singer Steven Meyer will sing a spicy duet with Cami, and a dozen dancers, choreographed by Lynne Barth, will add great beauty, vitality and charm to the one-hour show. This cheerful holiday performance entertains and enchants in a jazzy soulful style, lifting hearts and spirits with rich vocal harmonies, talented musicians, and Cami's exciting voice and rich emotional delivery. She sings her clever vocal arrangements of classics like Silver Bells, Do You Hear What I Hear, and Winter Wonderland/Let it Snow, and shares some unique contemporary songs like Kenny Loggins' Celebrate Me Home, Michael McDonald's One Gift, and her ownColor of Christmas, written for her family. A brand new opener is sure to please with almost 80 performers onstage forThe Christmas Waltz, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, and We Need a Little Christmas, which audience members might remember from Nevada Opera's 1991 presentation of "Mame" (where Cami played Agnes Gooch to Toni Tenille's Auntie Mame!) After a special tribute to our returning Iraqi soldiers, Cami shares the space with everyone in the show and audience for a rousing Sing-Along of Christmas songs to leave you happily humming all through the Holidays. This musical event is sure to be a family favorite, as we light up the Pioneer Center stage with voices, stories, music, dance, laughter and spirit. So save the dates - Friday December 16 at 7:30, and Sunday December 18 at 2:00 -- for a magical, mystical, memorable night of music. Purchase your tickets today for "Amahl and the Night Visitors" and "A Regal Christmas with Cami Thompson". Call Nevada Opera at 775-786-4046, the Pioneer Center box office at 775-686-6600, or online at www.PioneerCenter.com. Tickets range from $17 to $59, with 10% discount for seniors and all students (even college) with ID. Afraid to commit? Rush tickets for only $10 are available starting 30 minutes before each show.
$17-$59/ $10 Rush at 30 mins