Superstar Soprano Deborah Voigt to Headline Valentine's Day Event at Bentley Gallery
Arizona Opera's "Big Date Night"
February 14, 2015 at 6 pm
Arizona Opera brings one of the biggest names from the operatic stage, Deborah Voigt, to headline its 2015 Gala, Big Date Night.
Coming on the heels of the January 27th world-wide release of her new book, Call Me Debbie - True Confessions of A Down to Earth Diva (HarperCollins), Ms. Voigt will arrive in Phoenix to join General Director Ryan Taylor and leading ladies from the 2015/16 Season to celebrate with an all-out Valentine's Day Gala, February 14, 2015 at the Bentley Gallery at 215 E. Grant Street in Phoenix.
The evening will begin at 6:00 pm with a cocktail reception and silent auction, followed by a plated 3-course dinner, live performances and dancing. Ms. Voigt will be performing a selection of arias and songs accompanied by Allen Perriello, Arizona Opera's Head of Music Staff, with additional performances by the leading ladies of the 2015/16 Season. Varying sponsorships and price points are available, with attendees receiving a signed copy of Ms. Voigt's new book.
Ms. Voigt is the first Arizona Opera Ambassador, a group of artists, personalities and leaders from around the world who celebrate and recognize the initiatives of Arizona Opera. Ms. Voigt kicked off the Arizona Opera's 2014/15 Season in October, congratulating the organization for its successful Million Dollar May, its Hispanic Heritage Festival and the Arizona Bold launch and she comes to Phoenix to celebrate Arizona Opera's successes at the Gala.
The Big Date Night Valentine's Gala Premiere Sponsor is SRP
Event Details:
Arizona Opera Big Date Night Valentine's Day Gala With Deborah Voigt
Bentley Gallery
215 E Grant St.
Phoenix, AZ 85044
6pm Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction
7pm- 9pm Dinner and Entertainment
9 pm Silent Auction Concludes
9pm - 11 pm - Dancing and Coffee Lounge
Tables of 10: $5,000
Individual reservations:
Gold Room - $500/person
Silver Room - $250/person
More Info: www.azopera.org/events/big-date-night-gala-deborah-voigt
Contact: www.azopera.org or 602-266-7464
About Deborah Voigt
A Chicago native raised in southern California, Deborah Voigt is recognized as one of the world's most versatile singers and one of music's most endearing personalities. Having made her name as a leading dramatic soprano, internationally revered for her performances in the operas of Wagner, Strauss and others, she is also an active recitalist and performer of Broadway standards and popular songs. Voigt has an extensive discography, and her masterclasses are enthusiastically received. She appears regularly - as both performer and host - in the Met's Live in HD series, which is transmitted live to movie theaters around the world. Honored in the media with a CBS 60 Minutes profile, features in People and Vanity Fair, spotlights in More and O - the Oprah Magazine, and appearances on Good Morning America, CNN, and the nationwide telecast of the MACY*S Thanksgiving Day Parade and July 4 fireworks celebration, Voigt has become America's most visible and beloved diva. As WQXR's inaugural Susan W. Rose Artist-in-Residence, she hosts the classical station's new series The Sopranos with Debbie Voigt, hosts and performs at the New York Public Radio Gala, and she co-hosts the opening-night broadcast of Carnegie Hall Live, as well as a number of opera events and masterclasses at WQXR's Greene Space. Her memoir, Call Me Debbie: True Confessions of a Down-to-Earth Diva, will be published by HarperCollins in January 2015.
Call Me Debbie: Confessions of a Down To Earth Diva (Harper Collins)
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About Arizona Opera
Arizona Opera, now in its 44th season, is our state's only professional opera company that produces fully-staged opera performances, concerts, in-school touring productions, educational and outreach programs that reach over 70,000 school-children and adults annually. Since its inception, Arizona Opera has produced over 180 fully-staged operas and concerts. The company's artistic history is rich with a blend of opera's traditional repertoire featuring baroque, bel canto, and verismo works, turn-of-the-century masterpieces, operettas, and American operas. Arizona Opera has also presented Wagner's complete Ring Cycle twice, a feat that has been accomplished in North America by only five other companies. Founded in 1971, Arizona Opera is among only a handful of companies in the United States that regularly performs in more than one city.
The 2014/15 Arizona Opera Season is presented by Copperpoint Mutual Insurance Company.