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==History==
==History==
Glow 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.<ref name="hyde">{{cite web|url=http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100901/TALKGREENVILLE/309010006/Opera-glows-Greenville|title=Opera GLOWs in Greenville|author=Paul Hyde|date=August 31, 2010|publisher=Talk Greenville Magazine|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref><ref name="pbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.presby.edu/music/people/faculty/christian-elser/|title=Dr. Christian Elser|publisher=Presbyterian College|accessdate=August 31, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.is/20121214213051/http://www.presby.edu/music/people/faculty/christian-elser/|archive-date=December 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012 Glow opened rehearsal space and offices in the Simpsonville Arts Center. In 2013 administrative offices were moved to the Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain Inn, SC. At the end of 2015, Glow’s administrative offices were removed from Fountain Inn under a new, and less arts-sympathetic city administration. 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 Greenville's Warehouse Theatre.<ref name="saf">{{cite web|url=http://www.safiarts.org/events.php|title=Events|publisher=Simpsonville Arts Foundation|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref><ref name="gow">{{cite web|url=http://www.greenvilleopera.org/index.html|title=Greenville Light Opera Works Official Website|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref>
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.<ref name="hyde">{{cite web|url=http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100901/TALKGREENVILLE/309010006/Opera-glows-Greenville|title=Opera GLOWs in Greenville|author=Paul Hyde|date=August 31, 2010|publisher=Talk Greenville Magazine|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref><ref name="pbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.presby.edu/music/people/faculty/christian-elser/|title=Dr. Christian Elser|publisher=Presbyterian College|accessdate=August 31, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214213051/http://www.presby.edu/music/people/faculty/christian-elser/|archive-date=December 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="saf">{{cite web|url=http://www.safiarts.org/events.php|title=Events|publisher=Simpsonville Arts Foundation|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref><ref name="gow">{{cite web|url=http://www.greenvilleopera.org/index.html|title=Greenville Light Opera Works Official Website|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref>


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. In 2013 the Glow Apprentice Artist Program was initiated (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.<ref name="art">{{cite web|url=http://www.presby.edu/music/people/faculty/christian-elser/|title=Incoming Transmissions: Greenville Light Opera Works|author=Wes Gilliam|date=February 2012|publisher=We Art the Upstate|accessdate=August 31, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.is/20121214213051/http://www.presby.edu/music/people/faculty/christian-elser/|archive-date=December 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref name="art">{{cite web|url=http://www.presby.edu/music/people/faculty/christian-elser/|title=Incoming Transmissions: Greenville Light Opera Works|author=Wes Gilliam|date=February 2012|publisher=We Art the Upstate|accessdate=August 31, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214213051/http://www.presby.edu/music/people/faculty/christian-elser/|archive-date=December 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2024, the company cancelled its 2024 summer season, citing financial difficulties.<ref>{{cite web|author=Glow Lyric Theatre|date=February 22, 2024|url=https://glowlyric.com/glow-suspends-2024-season/|title=Glow Suspends 2024 Season}}</ref>


===Performances===
===Performances===
*2010 (half season): ''The Impresario'' (Mozart),<ref name="morris">{{cite web|url=http://www.gvillemag.com/feature/g_tune/a_little_lighter_music|title=A Little Lighter Music|author=April Morris|date=August 31, 2010|publisher=G-The Magazine of Greenville|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref> ''GLOW Goes to the Opry!''
*2010 (half season): ''The Impresario'' (Mozart),<ref name="morris">{{cite web|url=http://www.gvillemag.com/feature/g_tune/a_little_lighter_music|title=A Little Lighter Music|author=April Morris|date=August 31, 2010|publisher=G-The Magazine of Greenville|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref> ''GLOW Goes to the Opry!''
*2010-2011 season: ''Trial by Jury'' (Glibert & Sullivan),<ref name="mmx3">{{cite web|url=http://greenville.metromix.com/events/article/the-opera-of-your/2597421/content|title=The opera of your eye|author=Matt Wake|date=May 4, 2011|publisher=MetroMix Greenville|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref> ''Rodgers & Hart: Songs in the Key of Love'', ''Die Fledermaus'' (Johann Strauss, II)<ref name="yc">{{cite web|url=http://www.yourcarolina.tv/ycvideo/entry/greenville_light_opera_works_and_keri_d_magazine/|author=Jack Roper & Kimberley Kelly|title=Greenville Light Opera Works and Keri D Magazine (TV interview)|date=December 29, 2011|publisher=WSPA ABC|series=Your Carolina with Jack & Kimberley|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref><ref name="mmx2">{{cite web|url=http://greenville.metromix.com/other/review/review-glows-die-fledermaus/2603799/content|title=Review: GLOW's 'Die Fledermaus' bubbles over with talent|author=Paul Hyde|date=May 7, 2011|publisher=MetroMix Greenville|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref>
*2010-2011 season: ''Trial by Jury'' (Glibert & Sullivan),<ref name="mmx3">{{cite web|url=http://greenville.metromix.com/events/article/the-opera-of-your/2597421/content|title=The opera of your eye|author=Matt Wake|date=May 4, 2011|publisher=MetroMix Greenville|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref> ''Rodgers & Hart: Songs in the Key of Love'', ''Die Fledermaus'' (Johann Strauss, II)<ref name="yc">{{cite web|url=http://www.yourcarolina.tv/ycvideo/entry/greenville_light_opera_works_and_keri_d_magazine/|author=Jack Roper & Kimberley Kelly|title=Greenville Light Opera Works and Keri D Magazine (TV interview)|date=December 29, 2011|publisher=WSPA ABC|series=Your Carolina with Jack & Kimberley|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref><ref name="mmx2">{{cite web|url=http://greenville.metromix.com/other/review/review-glows-die-fledermaus/2603799/content|title=Review: GLOW's 'Die Fledermaus' bubbles over with talent|author=Paul Hyde|date=May 7, 2011|publisher=MetroMix Greenville|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref>
*2011-2012 season: ''The Mikado'' (Gilbert & Sullivan),<ref name="mmx">{{cite web|url=http://greenville.metromix.com/other/review/review-greenville-light-opera/2811096/content|title=Review: Greenville Light Opera Works' 'Mikado' charms|author=Paul Hyde |date=September 10, 2011|publisher=MetroMix Greenville|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref><ref name="yc2">{{cite web|url=http://www.yourcarolina.tv/ycvideo/entry/greenville_light_opera_works_and_keri_d_magazine/|title=GLOW (TV interview)|author=Jack Roper & Kimberley Kelly|date=September 2, 2011|publisher=WSPA ABC|series=Your Carolina with Jack & Kimberley|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref> ''Rock Opera!'',<ref name="art"/> ''Don Pasquale'' (Donizetti)<ref name="wyff">{{cite web|url=http://www.wyff4.com/Glowing-In-The-Spotlight-Rock-Opera-Part-2/-/9324882/10110420/-/q5rrfez/-/index.html|title=Glowing In The Spotlight; Rock Opera Part 2 (TV interview)|author=Myra Ruiz|date=March 11, 2010|publisher=WYFF NBC 4|accessdate=August 31, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130210015019/http://www.wyff4.com/Glowing-In-The-Spotlight-Rock-Opera-Part-2/-/9324882/10110420/-/q5rrfez/-/index.html|archive-date=February 10, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2011-2012 season: ''The Mikado'' (Gilbert & Sullivan),<ref name="mmx">{{cite web|url=http://greenville.metromix.com/other/review/review-greenville-light-opera/2811096/content|title=Review: Greenville Light Opera Works' 'Mikado' charms|author=Paul Hyde |date=September 10, 2011|publisher=MetroMix Greenville|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref><ref name="yc2">{{cite web|url=http://www.yourcarolina.tv/ycvideo/entry/greenville_light_opera_works_and_keri_d_magazine/|title=GLOW (TV interview)|author=Jack Roper & Kimberley Kelly|date=September 2, 2011|publisher=WSPA ABC|series=Your Carolina with Jack & Kimberley|accessdate=August 31, 2012}}</ref> ''Rock Opera!'',<ref name="art"/> ''Don Pasquale'' (Donizetti)<ref name="wyff">{{cite web|url=http://www.wyff4.com/Glowing-In-The-Spotlight-Rock-Opera-Part-2/-/9324882/10110420/-/q5rrfez/-/index.html|title=Glowing In The Spotlight; Rock Opera Part 2 (TV interview)|author=Myra Ruiz|date=March 11, 2010|publisher=WYFF NBC 4|accessdate=August 31, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210015019/http://www.wyff4.com/Glowing-In-The-Spotlight-Rock-Opera-Part-2/-/9324882/10110420/-/q5rrfez/-/index.html|archive-date=February 10, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2013 (festival season): ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (Lloyd-Webber & Rice), ''The Pirates of Penzance'' (Gilbert & Sullivan).
*2013 (festival season): ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (Lloyd-Webber & Rice), ''The Pirates of Penzance'' (Gilbert & Sullivan).
*2013-14 Chamber Opera Series: "Amahl & the Night Visitors" (Menotti), "La Tragédie de Carmen" (Bizet/Brook)
*2013-14 Chamber Opera Series: "Amahl & the Night Visitors" (Menotti), "La Tragédie de Carmen" (Bizet/Brook)
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*2018 Festival Season: "In the Heights" (Manuel Linn-Maranda), HMS Pinafore (Gilbert & Sullivan), Fidelio (Beethoven)
*2018 Festival Season: "In the Heights" (Manuel Linn-Maranda), HMS Pinafore (Gilbert & Sullivan), Fidelio (Beethoven)
*2019 Festival Season: "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (Carol Hall), "My Fair Lady" (Lerner & Loewe), "Carmen" (Bizet)
*2019 Festival Season: "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (Carol Hall), "My Fair Lady" (Lerner & Loewe), "Carmen" (Bizet)
*2020 Festival Season**: "Aida" (Elton John & Tim Rice), "Showboat" (Hammerstein & Kern), "Tosca" (Puccini) **This Season was been cancelled due to COVID
*2020 Festival Season**: "Aida" (Elton John & Tim Rice), "Showboat" (Hammerstein & Kern), "Tosca" (Puccini) **This Season was cancelled due to COVID
*2021 Festival Season: "Rock Opera," "Passione," "The Jenna & Christian Show"
*2021 Festival Season: "Rock Opera," "Passione," "The Jenna & Christian Show"
*2022 Festival Season: "AIDA," "Stinney: An American Execution" "Classic Broadway"
*2023 Festival Season: The Handmaid's Tale (Poul Rusers), Cabaret (Lander & Ebb), Black Broadway


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 01:18, 26 February 2024

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.

Description

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]

In February 2024, the company cancelled its 2024 summer season, citing financial difficulties.[9]

Performances

  • 2010 (half season): The Impresario (Mozart),[10] GLOW Goes to the Opry!
  • 2010-2011 season: Trial by Jury (Glibert & Sullivan),[11] Rodgers & Hart: Songs in the Key of Love, Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss, II)[12][13]
  • 2011-2012 season: The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan),[14][15] Rock Opera!,[8] Don Pasquale (Donizetti)[16]
  • 2013 (festival season): Jesus Christ Superstar (Lloyd-Webber & Rice), The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan).
  • 2013-14 Chamber Opera Series: "Amahl & the Night Visitors" (Menotti), "La Tragédie de Carmen" (Bizet/Brook)
  • 2014 Festival Season: "La Bohème" (Puccini) and "Rent" (Larson)
  • 2015 Festival Season: "The Wiz" (Smalls) and "The Hot Mikado" (Bell/Bowman)
  • 2016 Festival Season: "Roméo et Juliette" (Gounod) and "West Side Story" (Bernstein)
  • 2017 Festival Season: "Hair" (Ragni, Rado & McDermott), Crucible (Ward), Gondoliers (Gilbert & Sullivan)
  • 2018 Festival Season: "In the Heights" (Manuel Linn-Maranda), HMS Pinafore (Gilbert & Sullivan), Fidelio (Beethoven)
  • 2019 Festival Season: "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (Carol Hall), "My Fair Lady" (Lerner & Loewe), "Carmen" (Bizet)
  • 2020 Festival Season**: "Aida" (Elton John & Tim Rice), "Showboat" (Hammerstein & Kern), "Tosca" (Puccini) **This Season was cancelled due to COVID
  • 2021 Festival Season: "Rock Opera," "Passione," "The Jenna & Christian Show"
  • 2022 Festival Season: "AIDA," "Stinney: An American Execution" "Classic Broadway"
  • 2023 Festival Season: The Handmaid's Tale (Poul Rusers), Cabaret (Lander & Ebb), Black Broadway

See also

References

  1. ^ "Greenville Light Opera Works (GLOW)". Metropolitan Arts Council. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  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. ^ a b 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. ^ Glow Lyric Theatre (February 22, 2024). "Glow Suspends 2024 Season".
  10. ^ April Morris (August 31, 2010). "A Little Lighter Music". G-The Magazine of Greenville. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  11. ^ Matt Wake (May 4, 2011). "The opera of your eye". MetroMix Greenville. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  12. ^ Jack Roper & Kimberley Kelly (December 29, 2011). "Greenville Light Opera Works and Keri D Magazine (TV interview)". Your Carolina with Jack & Kimberley. WSPA ABC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  13. ^ Paul Hyde (May 7, 2011). "Review: GLOW's 'Die Fledermaus' bubbles over with talent". MetroMix Greenville. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  14. ^ Paul Hyde (September 10, 2011). "Review: Greenville Light Opera Works' 'Mikado' charms". MetroMix Greenville. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  15. ^ Jack Roper & Kimberley Kelly (September 2, 2011). "GLOW (TV interview)". Your Carolina with Jack & Kimberley. WSPA ABC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  16. ^ Myra Ruiz (March 11, 2010). "Glowing In The Spotlight; Rock Opera Part 2 (TV interview)". WYFF NBC 4. Archived from the original on February 10, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
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