A Night at the Opera brings the powerful voices of Eileen Meredith and members of Island City Opera (including mezzo-soprano Buffy Baggott and bass-baritone Bill Pickersgill) singing glorious melodies to Rhythmix. Selections from Don Quixote, Madame Butterfly, Porgy and Bess, Turandot, Rusalka, and much more! Island City Opera’s artists perform with San Francisco Opera, Opera San Jose, and other notable Bay Area companies. Washington, D.C. native Eileen Meredith is co-founder of Island City Opera in Alameda. Possessing what one reviewer called a voice of "heartbreaking beauty" she has performed numerous lead operatic roles; most recently Norina in the comedy Don Pasquale. Other favorites include Gilda in Rigoletto, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Cio-Cio San in Madame Butterfly, and Mimi in La Bohème. Eileen has performed with the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Sinfonietta, Oakland Youth Orchestra, West Edge Opera, the East Bay Opera League, Piedmont Center for the Arts, and many others groups and venues. She has served as Music Director for school musicals, including "In the Heights" by Lin-Manuel Miranda at Encinal High and teaches privately in Alameda.
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A Night at the Opera brings the powerful voices of Eileen Meredith and members of Island City Opera (including mezzo-soprano Buffy Baggott and bass-baritone Bill Pickersgill) singing glorious melodies to Rhythmix. Selections from Don Quixote, Madame Butterfly, Porgy and Bess, Turandot, Rusalka, and much more! Island City Opera’s artists perform with San Francisco Opera, Opera San Jose, and other notable Bay Area companies. Washington, D.C. native Eileen Meredith is co-founder of Island City Opera in Alameda. Possessing what one reviewer called a voice of "heartbreaking beauty" she has performed numerous lead operatic roles; most recently Norina in the comedy Don Pasquale. Other favorites include Gilda in Rigoletto, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Cio-Cio San in Madame Butterfly, and Mimi in La Bohème. Eileen has performed with the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Sinfonietta, Oakland Youth Orchestra, West Edge Opera, the East Bay Opera League, Piedmont Center for the Arts, and many others groups and venues. She has served as Music Director for school musicals, including "In the Heights" by Lin-Manuel Miranda at Encinal High and teaches privately in Alameda.
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