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OPERA OMAHA GUILD STUDY GROUPThe world’s most beloved opera graces the Opera Omaha stage this Fall.
We are looking forward to "La Bohème" coming up on November 13 and 15!
Please join the Opera Omaha Guild for the events leading up to the opera:
Join the Opera Omaha Guild for a FREE Study Group with Karen Chia-ling Ho (Mimì) to hear insights about the upcoming production of La Bohème.
For centuries, Puccini’s starving artists have moved hearts with their bohemian ideals and singular hope.
In a winter of poverty, Mimi and Rodolfo’s love ignites a contagious warmth until a heartbreaking reality tears them apart.
Enjoy lunch at 11:30 a.m. followed by the talk at 12:00 p.m.
It’s the perfect midday break to catch up with friends and learn more about the upcoming production!
Study Group | La Boheme's Mimi, Karen Chia-ling Ho
Thursday, October 29 | 11:30 a.m.
Historic Brandeis Mansion | 500 S 38th Street
For this study group, we welcome:
Karen Chia-ling Ho, (soprano), Mimì from La Boheme
She will offer an exclusive peek into her background, process, and more.
Enjoy lunch at 11:30 a.m. followed by the presentation from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE ADMISSION
Please RSVP to Mark Maser at [email protected] or (402) 345-6047
PARKING NOTE: You may park on the ‘no parking’ side of the street during the event:
South side of Dewey Ave from 37th St to 38th Ave facing east.
East side of 38th St from Dewey Ave to Jones St facing north.
West side of 38th St from Dewey Ave to Harney St facing south.
NOTE: Please leave the temporary bus stop near the corner of 38th and Dewey free for bus traffic.
About Karen Chia-ling Ho (Mimì)
“The full-blast dramatic soprano of Karen Chia-ling Ho… has the power to cut through any orchestra;… she could also sing softly and shape phrases to express other moods.” — Musical America
Recent and upcoming:
The 2023/24 season sees Karen Chia-ling Ho making debuts with Opera Philadelphia, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Carolina, and Virginia Opera in the title role of Madama Buttrrfly. Other engagements this season include a return to the Metropolitan Opera to cover Mimì in La Bohème and San Francisco Opera to cover Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly.
Following her debut with Hong Kong Arts Festival in Bright Sheng’s Dream of the Red Chamber, Ms. Ho reprised the role of Princess Jia in San Francisco Opera. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Meretatan in Philip Glass’ Akhnaten and Apparition in Macbeth. She sang Liù in Turandot with St. Petersburg Opera and Tosca in Hong Kong at the More Than Music Festival, under the direction of Nic Muni. She also sang staged performance of La Traviata as Violetta at the Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater with Philharmonia Orchestra of New York. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with the American Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Leon Botstein, in Ernst Krenek’s Der Diktator as Maria.
Other engagements include, performances with Hawaii Opera Theater in Madama Butterfly and he New Jersey Festival Orchestra in the “Yellow River Cantata“ and Strauss’ Op. 27, along with operatic selections of Verdi. Ms. Ho was presented in concert with the America Composers Orchestra in Washington, D.C. in music by Chinese composer Li Shaosheng and appeared in concerts with both the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in China. She has also performed concerts with Musical Olympus Foundation, San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in music by Tysen Hsiao, and Philharmonia Orchestra of New York in Mozart’s Requiem.
Ms. Ho was a finalist in the Belvedere Competition and the Francisco Viñas Competition in Barcelona. She received First Prize in the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition, was the Second Prize winner of the Marcello Giordani Foundation International Vocal Competition, and was awarded Sergio Franchi Music Foundation Grant, Ms. Ho was also a distrct winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition.
Ms. Ho was a member of the Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera where she was featured in the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, under the direction of James Darrah. Winner of thebprestigious Renee Fleming Awar from the Eastman School of Music, she holds music degrees from the Universities of TNUA and Tung-Hai in vocal Performance. A Masters of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, and Artist Diploma from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati.
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Brandeis Millard House, 500 S 38th St, Omaha, NE 68105-1121, United States
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