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In 2007-08, the Met offers its second season of international HD transmissions—this time with eight broadcasts, up from last year’s six. Don’t miss the chance to enjoy thrilling, world-class opera at the Eastview Regal Cinema. The telecasts use high definition equipment and promise to be as close to actually being at the Met as you can get short of a front seat ticket in New York. Click here for information about the opera at the movies! Mercury Opera Rochester was awarded a grant from the NY State Music Fund in the amount of $57,000 for a series of performance/learning sessions in public school classrooms throughout Western New York to introduce students to opera and musical theater, its relevance to their lives, and the influence of opera on current popular music and theater. Click here to learn more. Mercury Opera Rochester was awarded a grant in the amount of $5,000 from the Arts & Cultural Council of Greater Rochester and the Rochester Area Community Foundation as part of their annual Capacity Building Grant funding cycle. Click here to learn more.
Mercury Opera Rochester was awarded a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts in the amount of $10,000 for its productions and performances in the 2006-2007 season. This is the first year that the company was able to apply directly to NYSCA for support, and this is a very large grant for a "first time" applicant. Click here to learn more. Mercury Opera Rochester was awarded a grant in the amount of $10,000 from the New York State Legislature under the advice of Assemblyman Joe Alessi. Additionally, the company was awarded a second grant in the amount of $5,000 from the New York State Legislature under the advice of Assemblyman Joe Robach. |
