Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events:
DREADFUL BLOSSOMS
Berlin, Germany
Featuring:
Waiton Farrell, bass-baritone
Utako Washio, piano
Featuring artwork by:
Concert Dates:
Sunday, 13 October 2024
SchwuZ Queer Club - Pepsi Boston Bar
Concert I
Doors: 15:00 ; Concert: 16:00
Concert II
Doors: 19:00 ; Concert: 20:00
Monday, 14 October 2024
SchwuZ Queer Club - Pepsi Boston Bar
Concert III/Closing Reception
Doors: 19:00
Concert: 20:00
“The door slammed shut once I crept across the threshold, consuming and concealing me behind unyielding iron. Listening attentively for sounds, I heard only a whisper of wind sighing. Backing away from my lack of escape, my boots sank into soft and moist earth. A delicately sweet scent was in the air, with something metallic lingering just beneath. Gazing around me, I could see assorted flowers farther down the path, nodding in the quiet breeze. Consumed in shadows though they were, I could make out ebony outlines of jagged thorns. Even in silhouette I knew they could tear flesh from a gently caressing palm. Yet they seemed to beckon me closer. I stepped into this hidden garden, and crept nearer to those DREADFUL BLOSSOMS…” - Waiton P. Farrell, January 2024
Composers:
Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Harry Burleigh, Amy Beach, Heinrich Marschner, Margaret Bonds, Charles Gounod, Pauline Viardot, Libby Larsen, Céline Chaminade, Claude Debussy
General Admission, VIP, and Sponsor tickets will be available for pre-order starting 13 June 2024.
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Recent Events
PLUMMET UPWARDS
Concert and Art Exhibition
16 June 2023 - 18 June 2023
THE BALLERY
Berlin, Germany
Waiton Farrell, bass-baritone
Utako Washio, piano
Featuring artwork by Sean Alistair
Fri, 16.06.23
Opening Event & Concert Preview
18:00-21:00
Sat, 17.06.23
PLUMMET UPWARDS Concert
Sun, 18.06.23
PLUMMET UPWARDS Concert and Exhibition Closing
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“It is about more than an ascension and plummet to the cold unfeeling earth below. It is the pedestal we place others upon, and heights that are beyond the realm of possibility. Beyond the fragility of perfection, and the inevitable plunge to earth and reality. But in our descent, embracing our mortality. Eventually, we all fail; we all tumble to our end. But in our accelerated descent, the inevitable impact can feel like an embrace. It is unavoidable, so all we can do is accept it. And in that wisdom, we PLUMMET UPWARDS.” - Waiton P. Farrell, 2021
Join us on a journey toward the beckoning rays of the sun as we present an intimate concert featuring our founder and creative director, Waiton Farrell. Inspired by Icarus’ plummet from the sky, we explore themes of trauma and loss, and the inevitable lessons which failure instills within us, translating into a triumphant ascent from the earth to the realm of dreams beyond this reality.
This concert is a dual collaboration featuring Waiton Farrell, bass-baritone and Utako Washio, piano.
Composers include Ned Rorem, Robert Schumann, William Grant Still, Florence Price, Hugo Wolf, Georges Bizet, and other delights.
HAUTE Opera is honored and delighted to announce that we have partnered with the mesmerizing and ingenious queer multi-media artist Sean Alistair for a curated exhibition of works that reflect PLUMMET UPWARDS, the transcendent inversion of the classic figure of Icarus, reflecting not on his fall from the clouds, but on his rise.
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Past Events
An Evening with HAUTE Opera
Thursday, October 13, 2022
6:30pm
San Francisco, CA
An exclusive evening fundraiser for the shining vision of HAUTE Opera and its collaborators. Join us for a VIP couture event and raise a glass of champagne as we toast to a bright future sharing our love of opera, fashion, and art for decades to come!
Featuring:
Waiton Farrell, bass-baritone
Elsa Bishop, soprano
Alicia Dixon, piano
Thank you so much for everyone who attended, donated, or collaborated with us for this event. Missed out on attending, but still want to support us? Donate to our Givebutter Fundraiser here .
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(now available to watch on YouTube)
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
7:30pm
Modern Eden Gallery
San Francisco, CA
The entrancing appeal of the gaze that enraptures, and lures. The illusory world, vanishing into the abyss. The seduction of shadows.
HAUTE Opera (formerly Starch & Glitter) is delighted to present our first in-person event of 2021. Join us for an evening of delicious wickedness through voice and piano as we greet the monsters concealed behind gleaming smiles, and fling open doors that should never be opened.
Featuring:
Waiton Farrell, bass-baritone
Elsa Bishop, soprano
Alicia Dixon, piano
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HAUTE Opera events are 18+.
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