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DEL.ICIO.USThe Atlanta Opera comes to Cobb
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A select crowd turned out for a sneak preview of the Atlanta Opera in its new home this week.
The John A. Williams Theatre in the new Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre was the site for the Tuesday and Wednesday night performances.
The Tuesday performance, Taste of the Season, included highlights of the upcoming season performed by soloists Pamela Dillard, Kristopher Irmiter, Rhoslyn Jones, Wesley Morgan and Philip Webb, along with accompanist Craig Kier and the Atlanta Opera Chorus, led by chorus master Walter Huff.
Atlanta Opera Board Member Bob Edge hosted the evening.
The Wednesday event, Opera Highlights, featured the Atlanta Opera Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fagen with soloist Leah Partridge, and Irmiter and Webb.
The early audiences included Nancy Bland, Jim Bland, Carol Clarke, Yoel Levi, his wife, Jackie Levi and her mother Sara Perelman, Ginny Rainey, Tad Leithead, Newell Tozzer and Charlie Yates.
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