A Grand Night Out to Benefit Mercury Opera!

Don't miss our first Season Preview Performance at our annual gala on Monday, September 13 at Geva!

Mercury Opera Rochester's 2nd annual gala, A Grand Night Out, promises to be a special performance, as well as an opportunity to bid on (and win!) some very exciting and unique auction items, and to socialize with food and drink.

Click here to see our exciting auction items for 2010!

The event will include performances by one of Rochester's favorite sopranos, Kathryn Lewek, as she gives us a taste of her wiles as Nannetta in our January production of Falstaff. Kathryn Cowdrick will provide us with a sample of her performance as The Old Woman in Candide.

Other performers include Sarah Callinan (shown left) as Mabel, Brandon McReynolds as Frederic, and the Mercury Opera chorus with a selection from our September 24th & 26th production of The Pirates of Penzance. The evening will also include a preview from this fall's children's production, Little Red's Most Unusual Day, and from our curtain raiser for Geva's production of Amadeus, Antonio Salieri's Kleine Harlekinade.

It will be a performance you won't want to miss! With a splendid array of wonderful food (both savory and sweet) and drink, terrific auction items, and a season preview program, the evening promises to be a fun and entertaining event.

While you're contemplating your bidding at the silent auction, enjoy a wonderful spread of delicacies for your palate, including wine, hors d'oeuvres of all kinds, and a tasty array of desserts and sweets.

Tickets are only $35 and are available from the Geva Box Office at (585) 232-GEVA (4382) and online at www.gevatheatre.org.

Click here to download our 2010-2011 Season Brochure!

Meet the Cast of "The Pirates of Penzance"

John Davies as The Major General	Kathryn Cowdrick as Kate	Duane McDevitt as The Pirate King
Sarah Callinan as Mabel	Brandon McReynolds as Frederic	Jimi James as The Sergeant
Andrew Gilchrist as Samuel	Gerard Floriano Conductor	Bill Fabris Director/Choreographer

"The Pirates of Penzance" will be performed on September 24th at 8 PM and September 26th at 2 PM at the new Penfield High School Auditorium. Click here for the story and more information about our production.