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Carmen (November 10, 13, 16, 18)

The 2012 Atlanta Opera Ball - A Night in Seville


Flower arrangements by Tony Brewer & Company were accent- ed with tobacco leaves. The central character of Carmen works in a cigar factory. Credit: Jim Fitts		The St. Regis ballroom was transformed into a beautiful Spanish-style courtyard and dining room. Credit: Jim Fitts		Atlanta Opera Ball Chair Heather Flint (right) with husband Eli Flint. Credit: Jim Fitts


Before dinner service began, guests were treated to a dance performance by the Caló Gitano Flamenco Dance Company. Credit: Jim Fitts		Atlanta Opera Board Chair Bill Tucker presented an award to Jane S. Willson, this year's Ball Honoree, for all of her gracious support of The Atlanta Opera. Credit: Jim Fitts		Mezzo-soprano Kristin Vienneau performs the Habañera from Bizet's opera Carmen. Credit: Jim Fitts

The Atlanta Opera teamed up with dance troupe gloATL to reimagine and reinvent opera's greatest hits.


The Atlanta Opera's (left to right) Heather Witt, Elizabeth Claxton, Megan Mashburn, Tim Miller, and Catherine Giel share a laugh before their Liquid Culture per- formance with gloATL at 54 Columns. Credit: Jeff Roffman		Soprano Megan Mashburn sings Musetta's Waltz from La bohème. Credit: Jeff Roffman		Mezzo-soprano Heather Witt performs Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas with gloATL dancers. Credit: Jeff Roffman


Soprano Elizabeth Claxton and gloATL dancers perform a rarely heard art song, Chère Nuit by Alfred Bachelet. Credit: Jeff Roffman		Tenor Tim Miller performs the heart wrenching Flower Song from Carmen. Credit: Jeff Roffman		gloATL dancers surround an illuminated column at Sol Lewitt's public art installation, 54 Columns. Credit: Jeff Roffman


Director Walter Huff leads the high school students through vocal exercises. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		Anne Stillwagon and Walter Huff go over music for the concert. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		In The Magic Flute, Papageno (August Bair) contemplates suicide, but is promptly deterred by three kind spirits. Credit: Tim Wilkerson


Hansel (Daniela Rivera, left) and Gretel (Rosie Hughes) argue in typical brother and sister fashion. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		(left to right) Daniela Rivera, Sarah Pamplin, and Rachel Stein perform "Three Little Maids" from The Mikado. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		Mr. Huff presents the participants of the High School Opera Institute to a full house. Credit: Tim Wilkerson

Photos from The Atlanta Opera production of Don Giovanni in the spring of 2012.


Leporello (Eduardo Chama) sings the famous catalog aria describing the conquests of Don Giovanni to Donna Elvira (Melody Moore), one of the women he's betrayed. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		Masetto (Brent Davis) and Zerlina (Angela Kloc) dance and sing with merry townspeople at an engage- ment celebration. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		Don Giovanni (Andrea Concetti) tries to seduce the recently engaged Zerlina (Angela Kloc) Credit: Tim Wilkerson


Donna Anna (Pamela Armstrong) asks Don Ottavio (Nicholas Phan) to avenge her father's death and her honor. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		The Commendatore (Andrew Kroes) offers Don Giovanni re- pentance. Don Giovanni refuses. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		The statue (Andrew Kroes) drags Don Giovanni (Andrea Concetti) to hell. Credit: Tim Wilkerson

Check out these photos from our 24 hours of mayhem and mini-operas!


Janeen Griffin (right) and Robert Adams tell Laura Peacock of their accidental affair years ago in the opera The Layover. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		In Edward’s Eatery, Gerald Yarbray declares his love for his “Sausage Queen,” Vivian Clifton. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		Angels John Elliot Yates and Sondra Collins (left) with Paula Deen sung by Christine Lyons (center) in Krispy Kremes and Butter Queens. Credit: Tim Wilkerson


Sharon Blackwood, Sarah Vautour, and Ariana Wehr stand at attention in The Accidental Affair. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		Katie Oates as Lady Death sings to Lord Death, baritone Ivan Segovia, in The Grass is Always Deader. Credit: Tim Wilkerson		The team of Krispy Kremes and Butter Queens celebrates winning both the Judges' Award and Audience Favorite. Credit: Tim Wilkerson

Production photos from the Atlanta Opera's Lucia di Lammermoor.


Edgardo (Jonathan Boyd) and Lucia (Georgia Jarman) declare their love for each other during their Act I duet. Credit: Tim Wilkerson.		Enrico (Stephen Powell) reprimands Lucia (Georgia Jarman) about her reluctance to marry Arturo. Credit: Tim Wilkerson.		Raimondo (Arthur Woodley) despairs over the fate of this tragic family. Credit: Tim Wilkerson.


Raimondo (Arthur Woodley), Alisa (Susan Nicely), and Enrico (Stephen Powell) watch as Lucia (Georgia Jarman) deteriorates into madness. Credit: Tim Wilkerson.		Georgia Jarman plays Lucia in the famous "Mad Scene." Credit: Tim Wilkerson.		In the final scene, the ghost of Lucia (Georgia Jarman) reaches out to Edgardo (Jonathan Boyd) after he has stabbed himself. Credit: Tim Wilkerson.