Festival Opera Benefit Concert July 14, 2012

Festival Opera launches it third decade of artistic excellence with Make Our Garden Grow, a glittering evening of current and former favorite artists, special guests and the Festival Opera Chorus and orchestra in a program of arias and ensembles benefiting the company’s 2012-2013 season.

Featured performers: Metropolitan opera mezzo soprano Susanne Mentzer with favorites Eugene Brancoveanu, Hope Briggs, Cynthia Clayton, Betany Coffland, Rebecca Davis, Kirk Eichelberger, Rebecca Garcia, Thomas Glenn, Zachary Gordin, Othalie Graham, Patrice Houston, Isaac Hurtado, Reg Huston, Kurt Krikorian, Brian Leerhuber, Heidi Moss, Marie Plette, Aimée Puentes, Philip Skinner, Brian Thorsett, Hector Vásquez, and Darla Wigginton.

Admission: VIP Seating Package - $250/person offers an entire evening of fun, beginning with a private dinner party, preferred seating at the Hofmann Theater, and an exclusive intermezzo
Champagne and wine reception, when guests have the opportunity to meet some of the artists performing onstage.

Main Seating - $100/person includes the entire concert, plus a no-host bar available before the concert and at intermission. Both packages include same-day admission to the Bedford Gallery, located in the Lesher Center for the Arts. Tickets available at 925.943.7469.

Official Website: http://www.festivalopera.org