Here's how it works
Discussions and demonstrations (via recordings and live singing) on various operas
and a four-course dinner. It's part education, part entertainment and a whole
lot of fun!
The Boston Globe
INNKEEPER OFFERS NOTEWORTHY AMENITIES
October 2, 2005
By Julie Hatfield
Plenty of sweet little New England inns have good chefs and sophisticated menus,
and most of them play recorded music for your dining pleasure, but how many can
offer you a night at the opera, complete with a lecture, recordings of various
versions of the opera, and a couple of arias sung by the innkeeper? All this
while serving a specially planned, four-course dinner that complements the
setting of that night’s opera.
Nights at the Opera at the Inn at Crystal Lake, in the village of Eaton Center,
N.H., feature Tim Ostendorf – innkeeper, Boston University music school graduate
and talented baritone – in sellout nights of culture in the White Mountains. $55 per person; dinner starts at 6:30. Opera night is
the third or fourth Thursday of each month from September to May.
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Something a little different has been happening at the Inn at Crystal Lake. In
January of 2005, Tim Ostendorf, one of the owners of the inn, started presenting
once a month “Nights at the Opera”.
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Announcing the 2008-2009 Opera Dinner Season!Fourth Thursday Night of Each Month
(except November & December)
Sept. 25th –
“Oklahoma!”; Rodgers
The landmark Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
Oct. 23rd – “La Traviata”;
Verdi
A very popular but very tragic opera about the downfall of a Parisian courtesan.
Nov. 20th – “Man of La Mancha”; Leigh
This story of Don Quixote contains the inspirational “To Dream the Impossible
Dream”. NOTE: Because of Thanksgiving this month’s opera will be held on
the third Thursday.
Dec. 18th – “Messiah”; Handel
The perennial Christmas favorite. NOTE: Because of Christmas this
month’s opera will be held on the third Thursday of the month.
Jan. 22nd – “Camelot”; Loewe
Classic Lerner and Loewe musical about the love triangle of King Arthur,
Guinevere and Lancelot.
Feb. 26th – “The Marriage of Figaro”; Mozart
One of Mozart’s masterpieces full of deception and miscommunication.
Mar. 26th – “Kiss Me Kate”; Porter
Cole Porter’s take on Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” with
classic numbers like “Another Opening, Another Show” and “Too Darn Hot”.
Apr. 23rd – “La Bohème”; Puccini
A classic tearjerker with gorgeous melodies.
May 28th – “Carousel”; Rodgers
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s follow-up after their success with “Oklahoma!” –
contains another inspirational song: “You’ll Never Walk Alone”.
Previous seasons:
2007-2008
West Side Story - Bernstein
Il Trovatore - Verdi
The Most Happy Fella - Loesser
Manon Lescaut - Puccini
The Yeomen of the Guard - Sullivan
The Barber of Seville - Rossini
A Little Night Music - Sondheim
2006-2007
Faust - Gounod
The Ballad of Baby Doe - Moore
The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Rigoletto - Verdi
La Bohème - Puccini
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci - Mascagni & Leoncavllo
Tosca - Puccini
2005-2006
Porgy and Bess - Gershwin
Don Giovanni - Mozart
Manon - Massenet
La Bohème - Puccini
Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti
Le Comte Ory - Rossini
Aida - Verdi
The Magic Flute - Mozart
Turandot - Puccini
2005
Così fan tutte - Mozart
Carmen - Bizet
Madama Butterfly - Puccini
La Traviata - Verdi
L'Elisir d'Amore - Donizetti
Ariadne auf Naxos - R. Strauss
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Dinners begin at 6:30pm, opera lectures at 7pm and will be given
by Tim Ostendorf – innkeeper and bartender... and yes, he was a classical voice
major in college.
The cost is $55* per person and includes the dinner and performance/lecture.
*does not include alcohol, tax or gratuity
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NOTE: All opera dinners but two are on the fourth Thursday of the month.
Because of Thanksgiving and Christmas the November and December opera dinners will be on the third Thursday of the
month.
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