Shreveport
Opera

A two min look at the Mainstage preformances staring our 2022- through 2024 SOX Artists.

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Shreveport Opera presents "Stop! Think Twice, Be Nice!"

This video clip includes sign language instruction and the finale from the Shreveport Opera Xpress (SOX) original production, "Stop! Think Twice, Be Nice!"

Composer Jason Heald
Librettist Steve Aiken

Featuring SOX Artists:
Flora Wall, soprano
Emma Bonanno, mezzo-soprano
Ryan Daly, tenor
Evan Hammond, baritone
Ah Young Kim, pianist

Director: Steve Aiken
Set Backdrop: Lamar Outdoor Advertising

This production took place at an elementary school in Shreveport, LA, in 2021.

This clip shows the educational value of SOX to students, and includes the use of sign language during the finale.

Length: 04:57

www.shreveportopera.org

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Shreveport Opera Xpress (SOX) presents an original production, "Ralph the Rat"

Selection: "I Need Some Cheese" (to the tune of the Lakme Duet)

Composer: Léo Delibes
Libretto: Shreveport Opera's AD, Steve Aiken

"Please Try Some Cheese" (to the tune of "O mio babbino caro")
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Steve Aiken

Featuring SOX Artists
Laura Sanders, soprano
Sarah Saturnino (2023 National Winner of the Met Opera Laffont Competition), mezzo-soprano

Director: Steve Aiken
Set Backdrop Designer: Haley Kirton

Performed October 2021 at a Shreveport, La. School (outside due to COVID protocols)

This sample shows the educational value of a SOX production for students. A Shreveport Opera original production, "Ralph the Rat" teaches children to try new things. (Ralph the Rat doesn't like opera, even though he's never tried it, and the story is told through the opera that he finally attends which is about a rat who doesn't like cheese ... even though he's never tried it!)

Length: 03:32


www.shreveportopera.org

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