Here's how it works
Discussions and demonstrations (via recordings and live singing) on various operas
and a four-course dinner. It's part education, part entertainment and a whole
lot of fun!
The Boston Globe
INNKEEPER OFFERS NOTEWORTHY AMENITIES
October 2, 2005
By Julie Hatfield
Plenty of sweet little New England inns have good chefs and sophisticated menus,
and most of them play recorded music for your dining pleasure, but how many can
offer you a night at the opera, complete with a lecture, recordings of various
versions of the opera, and a couple of arias sung by the innkeeper? All this
while serving a specially planned, four-course dinner that complements the
setting of that night’s opera.
Nights at the Opera at the Inn at Crystal Lake, in the village of Eaton Center,
N.H., feature Tim Ostendorf – innkeeper, Boston University music school graduate
and talented baritone – in sellout nights of culture in the White Mountains. $55 per person; dinner starts at 6:30. Opera night is
the third or fourth Thursday of each month from September to May.
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Something a little different has been happening at the Inn at Crystal Lake.
Since January of 2005, Tim Ostendorf, one of the owners of the inn, has been presenting
once a month “Nights at the Opera”.
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The remaining 2012 Opera Dinner Season:
(Third or Fourth Thursday of the month)
Feb. 16th – “The Mikado”; Sullivan
A masterpiece from the world of operetta – with lots of witty lyrics to
keep you alert(with special guest,
Jessica Graae).
Mar. 22nd – “South Pacific”; Rodgers
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s setting of Michener’s “Tales of the South
Pacific” – the original cast had Mary Martin and opera singer Ezio Pinza.
Apr. 26th – “A Night of Joan Sutherland”
A different type of Opera Dinner! A night celebrating Opera Dinner host,
Tim Ostendorf’s, favorite soprano.
May 24th – “Chicago”; Kander
A popular musical based on a
1926 play which in turn was based on actual crimes that took place in… where
else? Chicago! The 2002 film with (among other famous actors) Richard Gere,
Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones, made it even more popular than ever.
From this season you've already missed:
La Bohème -
Puccini (with special guests,
Jessica Graae &
Sarah Bob)
Fiddler on the Roof - Bock
(with special guests,
Mary Edes &
Ellen Schwindt)
The Sound of Music - Rodgers (with special guests,
Mary Edes &
Ellen Schwindt)
Previous seasons:
20010-2011
The Magic Flute - Mozart
The Yeomen of the Guard - Sullivan
(with special guest,
Catherine Verrilli &
Ann DuHamel)
Man of La Mancha - Leigh
Carmen - Bizet
Guys & Dolls - Loesser
(with special guests,
Mary Edes &
Ben
DiScipio)
Così fan tutte - Mozart
(with special guests,
Jessica Graae &
Floyd
Corson)
Into the Woods - Sondhiem (with special guests,
Mary Edes &
Ellen Schwindt)
2009-2010
West Side Story - Bernstein (with special guest,
Jessica Graae)
Don Giovanni - Mozart
(with special guest,
Catherine Verrilli)
Messiah - Handel
South Pacific - Rodgers (our five year anniversary of doing Opera
Dinners!)
My Fair Lady - Loewe
The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart (with special guest,
Jessica Graae)
Show Boat - Kern
2008-2009
Oklahoma! - Rodgers
La Traviata - Verdi
Man of La Mancha - Leigh
Messiah - Handel
(with special guest,
Catherine Verrilli)
Camelot - Loewe
Kiss Me, Kate - Porter
La Bohème - Puccini
Carousel - Rodgers (with special guest,
Jessica Graae)
2007-2008
West Side Story - Bernstein
Il Trovatore - Verdi
The Most Happy Fella - Loesser
Manon Lescaut - Puccini
The Yeomen of the Guard - Sullivan
The Barber of Seville - Rossini
A Little Night Music - Sondheim
2006-2007
Faust - Gounod
The Ballad of Baby Doe - Moore
The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Rigoletto - Verdi
La Bohème - Puccini
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci - Mascagni & Leoncavllo
Tosca - Puccini2005-2006
Porgy and Bess - Gershwin
Don Giovanni - Mozart
Manon - Massenet
La Bohème - Puccini
Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti
Le Comte Ory - Rossini
Aida - Verdi
The Magic Flute - Mozart
Turandot - Puccini
2005
Così fan tutte - Mozart
Carmen - Bizet
Madama Butterfly - Puccini
La Traviata - Verdi
L'Elisir d'Amore - Donizetti
Ariadne auf Naxos - R. Strauss
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Dinners begin at 6:30pm, opera lectures at 7pm and will be given
by Tim Ostendorf – innkeeper and bartender... and yes, he was a classical voice
major in college.
The cost is $55* per person and includes the dinner and performance/lecture.
*does not include alcohol, tax or gratuity
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