North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) and Tresca continue their efforts to present “Opera from the Balcony” to the North End. This past weekend the opera, performed by Soprano Hailey Fuqua and Tenor Fred C. VanNess Jr., had a new type of audience—outdoor diners. “Cafe Zones” that allow restaurants to set up outdoor seating along city streets Read More…
Throughout the pandemic, the North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) hit a chord, literally, with its balcony opera performances on the Tresca 77 balcony. As the neighborhood gradually reopens, the opera singers brought their talents this weekend to the streets with “Pop-Up Opera: In the Streets of Boston’s Little Italy” showcasing highlights from Read More…
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) has announced a trio of singers will perform selections of “Il barbiere di Siviglia” at surprise outdoor venues in the North End on Saturday, June 6. The pop-up opera will take Rossini’s The Barber of Seville to the streets of the North End on June 6 Read More…
The North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) has announced the continuation of “The Joy of Music,” a socially distanced concert series, in collaboration with Tresca, every Saturday afternoon from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. NEMPAC joined with Tresca last weekend to bring opera from Ray Bourque’s Table 77 balcony in Boston’s North End. The move to lift Read More…
North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is thrilled to announce the NEMPAC Opera Project 2020 MainStage Production. This year, our Artistic Director, Alexandra Dietrich, has selected Gioachino Rossini’s vibrant comedic masterpiece Il barbiere di Siviglia, or The Barber of Seville as Americans have known and called it since its 1819 American Premiere in New York. This opera buffa Read More…
Due to rain in the forecast, NEMPAC has relocated this event to St. Stephen’s Church, 401 Hanover Street. The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) has announced that Opera in the Park: “A Celebration of Eight Years of NEMPAC Opera Project” will return on Sunday, June 16, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Read More…
Dr. Tiffany Chang, Conductor of the New England Repertory Orchestra (NERO) and Music Director for the North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) Opera Project, is the 2017-18 winner of The American Prize in Conducting in the community opera division. Dr. Chang was selected from applications reviewed from across the United States. The American Prize is a series Read More…
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) presented their 2018 Opera Project Production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Faneuil Hall’s Great Hall on Thursday, June 21st and Saturday, June 23rd with hundreds of opera-lovers in attendance. This was NEMPAC’s seventh annual opera performance with a fully staged opera accompanied by orchestra, sung in the original Italian Read More…
When: Thursday June, 21 and Saturday, June 23at 7:30 p.m. Where: The Great Hall at Faneuil Hall Tickets: $29 (adult), $65 (Front Row VIP Seating), $25 (students) available at www.nempacboston.org/tickets Event Details: The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) Opera Project presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni on Thursday, June 21st and Saturday, June 23rd in Read More…
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) presented a lovely, sold-out evening of opera and music theatre songs about “Amore” at Lucia’s Ristorante on Sunday, February 11th. Guests enjoyed a delicious three course meal, including the beautifully crafted heart-shaped homemade ravioli’s, paired with stunning vocals presented by the four professional singers. Song favorites Read More…
Now in its 6th year, the Opera Project by North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) continues to dazzle. This year, NEMPAC and the Boston Opera Alliance brought Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, to The Great Hall stage at historic Faneuil Hall. The masterfully staged performance with a full orchestra was sung in German with English Read More…
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) soared to new heights with their stunningly beautiful rendition of Puccini’s “La Bohème” in Faneuil Hall, The Great Hall. The Opera was presented on June 25th, 26th, and 27th with a free community performance at St. Stephen’s Church on Sunday, June 28th. The reviews are in and they Read More…