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DMMO’s Wine & Food Showcase is this Friday March 5 at the Downtown Marriott Hotel!
The area’s finest restaurants, wineries, breweries, and distributors will show off their most delectable offerings. The proceeds of the event support the programs of the company’s Education Division. From 5:30 to 8:30 in the Hall of Cities, The Grand Tasting offers you an opportunity to enjoy unlimited samples of wines, beers, coffees, teas and cuisines from around the world. Tickets are $50 per person or $35 each for groups of 8 or more (call 515-961-6221 to order group tickets).
The Maestro's Tasting will be held in the Iowa Ballroom and will feature high-end hors d'oeuvres created by Chef Tag Grandgeorge of Le Jardin and Chef Andrew Meek of Sbrocco paired with wines donated by Curt Turner of Vintage Wines & Spirits and other private collectors. Tickets are $125 per person.
Click here to order your tickets online for The Grand Tasting or The Maestro's Tasting.
The following vendors will be participating in The Grand Tasting at Wine & Food Showcase: Bambino International (Trostel's Dish, Trostel's Greenbriar, Chip's), Big Sky Bread, Carefree Patisserie, Chocolaterie Stam, Cold Stone Creamery, Dimitri Wine & Spirits, Doll Distributing, Fat Tuesday, Fireside Winery, Friedrich's Coffee, Frisian Farms Cheese, Glazer's Distributors, The Grand Piano Bistro, Grape Escape Winery, Iowa Beverage Systems, Iowa Orchard, Iowa Wine & Beverage, Jasper Winery, John Ernest Vineyard & Winery, Johnson Bros. of Iowa, La Quercia, La Vida Loca Winery, Little Swan Lake Winery, Make Mine Wine, Maytag Dairy Farms, Merchant du Vin, Millstream Brewing Co., Olde Main Brewing Co., Palmer's Deli & Market, Rock River Grill & Tavern, Snus Hill Vineyard & Winery, Southern Hills Winery, Tassel Ridge Winery, Timothy's Steakhouse & Pub, Two Saints Winery, Vintage Wine & Spirits Co., Waterfront Seafood, White Oak Vineyards, Wine Merchants, Wine & Spirits Gallery, WineStyles.
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Des Moines Chapter: Monday, March 15, 6:30 pm
Des Moines Public Library, Central Branch (1000 Grand Avenue in Des Moines)
Preview of The Marriage of Figaro by Michael Egel
The Des Moines Chapter will be hosting 2010 Opera Previews at the Downtown Des Moines Public Library during the next three months. Michael Egel, DMMO Director of Artistic Operations will be presenting The Marriage of Figaro on Monday evening, March 15th.
Drake University professor, Eric Saylor will be presenting Macbeth on Monday evening, April 12th and Simpson College voice instructor, Bruce Brown, will preview Susannah on Monday evening, May 3rd. All previews will begin at 6:30 pm and refreshments will be served during a brief social time following each presentation. Guild members and the public at large are encouraged to bring their opera loving friends to these previews!
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Mark Your Calendars Now For Upcoming Events
Wine & Food Showcase
Date: Friday, March 5
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Downtown Des Moines Marriott
Tickets: $50 per person or $35 each for groups of 8 or more. Order your tickets online or call the DMMO Box office at (515) 961-6221.
Arias in Ames
Arias in Ames presents OPERA Iowa Singers
Date: March 7
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Northminster Presbyterian Church (1416 20th Street, Ames)
Tickets: $15 per person (students are free). Call (515) 961-6221 for reservations or click here to reserve your seats online. Tickets will also be available at the door.
Cruise the Des Moines River with The Des Moines Chapter
Another special fundraising event is being planned by the Des Moines Chapter. Mark your calendar for May 1st; that will be the evening you can have a lovely dinner, followed by an hour long dessert cruise on the “Spirit of Des Moines” river boat, catered by the Michael LaValle of the Embassy Club. Fundraising efforts by the Guild Chapters combine to create financial support for the Company and underwrite costumes for one of the summer festival shows.
Guild Night at the Opera
As you make your plans for next summer's opera season, consider joining members of all three Guild Chapters to celebrate another Festival Season at a performance of Susannah!
Date: July 7
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Blank Performing Arts Center in Indianola
Contact the DMMO Box Office at (515) 961-6221 to reserve your tickets!
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"The Met Live in HD" Broadcasts
The Metropolitan Opera's "Live in HD" series begins later this month and Iowa Public Radio is going to be the local media sponsor for the 2009/2010 broadcasts at movie theaters around the state. DMMO will once again partner with IPR to host the Central Iowa broadcasts at Movies 12 in Ames and Century Theater at Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines.
This month's broadcasts:
Hamlet – Thomas
Saturday, March 27, 2010 (12:00 pm CT)
Running time: 3 hours, 43 minutes (2 intermissions).
The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other writer's. Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of the Bard's most unforgettable characters in this new production of Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet. For the role of Ophelia, the French composer created an extended mad scene that is among the greatest in opera.
Conductor: Louis Langrée; Production: Patrice Caurier/Moshe Leiser; Natalie Dessay, Jennifer Larmore, Toby Spence, Simon Keenlyside, James Morris
Discounted vouchers for live performances for Cedar Falls, Dubuque, Ames, West Des Moines and Iowa City sold out. Vouchers for encore performances sold out in West Des Moines and Iowa City. You can still purchase regular priced tickets at the local theater.
Visit Iowa Public Radio's website to learn more about purchasing discounted ticket vouchers.
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