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Reading of "Crescent City", a new opera by Anne LeBaron & Douglas Kearney - AT CAPACITY

Monday, February 6, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (PT)

Santa Monica, United States

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Please plan to arrive by 6:15pm to retain your reservation. Late seating is not guaranteed. To adjust or cancel your reservation for this event, email beachhouse@smgov.net.
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5:15-6:15pm Docents available at the Marion Davies Guest House to discuss the site
6:30-8pm: Opera Reading

This reading of the opera-in-progress Crescent City is presented in association with The Industry, a company that seeks to expand the traditional definition of opera and create a new paradigm for interdisciplinary collaboration.

About Crescent City:

Featured twice in New York City Opera’s VOX showcase of new American opera, this phantasmagorical work is set in a fictionalized post-Katrina New Orleans, and the famed Crescent City is a shell of its former self. With the few remaining inhabitants struggling for a normal life, the “bad waters” of a new impending storm wake up the notorious ghosts of the city’s past, including the legendary Voodoo goddess Marie Laveau. Will her efforts save the city or doom it?

Music by Anne LeBaron
Libretto by Douglas Kearney
Story by Anne LeBaron & Yuval Sharon
Directed by Yuval Sharon
Curated by Brianna Gorton
Produced by Laura Kay Swanson

Visual Artists: Mason Cooley, Liz Glynn, Brianna Gorton, Katie Grinnan, Alice Könitz, Olga Koumoundouros
Set Designer: Sibyl Wickersheimer
Lighting Design: Elizabeth Harper
Audio and Video: Emily Auble, Philip Curtis, Martin Gimenez, Patrick Janssen, Steven Klems

Maria Elena Altany -- soprano
Timur Bekbosunov -- tenor 
Cedric Berry -- bass/baritone
Ashley Faatoalia -- tenor
Jennifer Lee -- soprano
Jonathan Mack -- tenor
Lillian Sengpiehl -- soprano

Stop by early for information on the Beach House by docents from the Santa Monica Conservancy before every Beach=Culture evening, from 5:15-6:15pm.

Tickets are free but space is limited and reservations are required. If you would like to attend, please reserve online. Please plan to arrive by 6:15pm to retain your reservation. Late seating, even for reservation-holders, is not guaranteed. To adjust or cancel your reservation for this event, email beachhouse@smgov.net. We appreciate your keeping in touch!

Directions: The Beach House is located at 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402 on the west side of Pacific Coast Highway, a half mile north of the California Incline and a half mile south of Chautauqua Blvd. Plenty of public parking is available - enter off PCH at the Beach House Way traffic light. The facility is easily accessible by foot or bike from the beach bike path, although the Beach closes at sunset. There is ample bike parking at racks throughout the site - remember to bring your own lock.

Parking: For evening Beach=Culture events through April, there is a flat $5 parking charge at the park and pay machines available in three areas of the ACBH parking lot. Please display your receipt in your vehicle. For daytime and weekend fees, please check the website for details.

Other events: To view & make reservations for future free Beach=Culture events, check http://annenbergbeachhouse.com/beachculture.

General Info: For hours, events and more, visit http://www.annenbergbeachhouse.com, or call 310-458-4904. Back on the Beach Café hours.

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415 Pacific Coast Hwy at Beach Coast Way
Santa Monica

Monday, February 6, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (PT)


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Welcome to Beach=Culture, a year-round series of free arts and culture events at the the Annenberg Community Beach House. We look forward to seeing you!

Please note that there is bike parking available onsite - bring a lock. Car parking is available and rates vary from weekdays to weekends and season to season.

Plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the event; reservations are released then and late seating is not guaranteed. If an event is at capacity, we will generally open a waitlist online and you can sign up. We will not contact you; just plan to arrive by 15 minutes prior to the event and we will assess unclaimed reservations.

If you have any questions, please email smbeachculture@gmail.com or call (310) 458-4904 for the Guest Services desk at the Beach House.

The Annenberg Community Beach House at Santa Monica State Beach is a new public beach facility open to all - no membership required. For more information, please visit annenbergbeachhouse.com. The Beach House is made possible by a generous gift from the Annenberg Foundation, at the recommendation of Wallis Annenberg, and in partnership with the City of Santa Monica and California State Parks. Additional funding was provided by the US Department of Housing & Urban Development and the federal Preserve America program.

The Annenberg Community Beach House is wheelchair accessible and ADA compliant. For disability related accommodations, please call Guest Services at 310-458-4904.

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