Greenville Light Opera Works

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The Greenville Light Opera Works (GLOW) is a non-profit professional opera, operetta and musical theatre company in Greenville, South Carolina. In 2013, the company began operating under the name Glow Lyric Theatre.

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Glow Lyric Theatre is a professional non-profit (501C3) performing arts organization. [1] In 2013, Glow moved permanently to a Summer Festival season, producing shows in repertory during the month of July and August. They then added a Winter/Spring "Raising Voices" series to be performed at various venues in Greenville, SC. All productions are fully staged with orchestra or band (for musical theatre). [2] Glow is a member of the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) and is an associate member of Opera America. [3]

History

Glow Lyric Theatre was founded in 2009 by opera singer, conductor, and music professor at Presbyterian College, Dr. Christian Elser, and musical theatre actress and stage director Ms. Jenna Tamisiea. Glow’s inaugural production of Mozart's "The Impresario" in April 2010 took place at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, South Carolina before the residency at Centre Stage Theatre was announced in the fall of 2010. Glow was in residence at Centre Stage until fall 2013. In the summer of 2013 Glow announced their formal move to the Peace Center's Gunter Theatre for the 2014 Summer Festival, and the Younts Center for Performing Arts for their new Chamber Opera Series. [4] [5] Glow has since flourished, producing a Raising Voices Series every spring of two to three concert performances, and as fully produced three show Summer Festival Season, at the Kroc Center Fred Collins Performing Arts Stage. [6] [7]

In the spring of 2012, Greenville Light Opera Works opened the Glow School of Music & Drama, a community music school dedicated to musical theatre education for children. The Ryan Allen Apprentice Artist Program was initiated in 2013 (GAAP). This young artist program gives four young pre-professional singers the chance to perform and cover roles in the Glow Festival Season, as well as receive stage training and master classes in opera and musical theatre. [8]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Greenville Light Opera Works". Centre Stage. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  3. ↑ "OPERA America: Membership Directory". National Opera Center - OPERA America. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  4. ↑ Paul Hyde (August 31, 2010). "Opera GLOWs in Greenville". Talk Greenville Magazine. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Christian Elser". Presbyterian College. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Events". Simpsonville Arts Foundation. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Greenville Light Opera Works Official Website" . Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  8. 1 2 Wes Gilliam (February 2012). "Incoming Transmissions: Greenville Light Opera Works". We Art the Upstate. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  9. ↑ April Morris (August 31, 2010). "A Little Lighter Music". G-The Magazine of Greenville. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  10. ↑ Matt Wake (May 4, 2011). "The opera of your eye". MetroMix Greenville. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
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