THE COOK-OFF / BON APPÉTIT

November 15, 2024 - 7:30 PM
November 16, 2024 - 7:30 PM
November 17, 2024 - 3:00 PM
Noah Liff Opera Center Studio

Shawn E. Okpebholo’s THE COOK-OFF (World Premiere)
Libretto by Mark Campbell
Sung in English and Spanish with projected English supertitles

Featuring Lee Hoiby’s BON APPÉTIT! (The Julia Child Opera)
Sung in English with projected English supertitles

THE COOK OFF Directed by John Hoomes
BON APPÉTIT Directed by Emily Pulley
Conducted by Dean Williamson
Featuring the Nashville Opera Orchestra

We’re serving two delicious comedies in a big blue plate special!

As your appetizer, Julia Child teaches the audience how to make a chocolate cake (in a somewhat roundabout, hilarious way).

For the main course, join three contestants of your favorite TV cooking competition, America Loves Food, as they compete to make America’s favorite comfort food: macaroni & cheese!

Artists

THE COOK-OFF

Artist

Shawn E. Okpebholo
COMPOSER

Artist

Mark Campbell
LIBRETTIST

Artist

Craig Irvin
KENNY KINCAID

Artist

Emily Pulley
BERYL BENNETT

Artist

Amy Owens
IVY SWEET

Artist

Rehanna Thelwell
KENDRA SMITH

Artist

Jehu Otero
ALVARO MENDEZ

BON APPÉTIT!

Artist

Emily Pulley
JULIA CHILD

 

Artist

Emily Pulley
Director
BON APPÉTIT!

Artist

John Hoomes
Director
THE COOK-OFF

Artist

Dean Williamson
Conductor

Sing Bravely

Nashville Opera is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nashville Opera is supported, in part, by federal award number SLFRP5534 awarded to the State of Tennessee by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.