Organizations Filed Purposes:
GROUNDED IN THE BELIEF THAT EXCELLENT OPERA MAKING SHOULD BUILD COMMUNITY AND RADIATE BEAUTY, HEARTBEAT OPERA CREATES INCISIVE ADAPTATIONS, REVELATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CLASSICS, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS. WE RECKON WITH THE HARMFUL ASPECTS OF OPERA'S PAST AND PIONEER AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE FUTURE FOR OUR ART FORM, CENTERED IN LOVE.
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE: "HOT MAMA: SINGING GAYS SAVING GAIA": HEARTBEAT'S BELOVED TRADITION OF MIXING OPERA, DRAG, AND PASTICHE RETURNED THIS YEAR TO CELEBRATE MOTHER EARTH IN ALL HER BEAUTY AND BIODIVERSITY. THROUGH VIRTUOSIC RENDITIONS OF ARIAS BY WAGNER, VIVALDI, BERNSTEIN, ADAMS, AND MORE, THIS HALLOWEEN DRAG EXTRAVAGANZA CONFRONTED ISSUES AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE, RESULTING IN GENEROUS SUPPORT AND SOLD-OUT TICKET SALES.
HEARTBEAT OPERA MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION: A FULL THEATRICAL RENDITION OF "DER FREISCHUTZ": WRITTEN AT THE ONSET OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN GERMANY, THIS UNIQUE TAKE ON THE FAMOUS WOLF CANYON SCENE WAS PRESENTED AT THE ROSE NAGELBERG THEATRE AND ACHIEVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM IN THE PRESS. WITH ITS RAUNCHY DRINKING SONGS, SUBLIME ARIAS, AND ONE OF THE SCARIEST SCENES IN ALL OF OPERA, HEARTBEAT'S IMMERSIVE STAGING AND RADICAL INSTRUMENTATION TOOK AUDIENCES ON A VISCERAL JOURNEY DEEP INTO THE MIDNIGHT FOREST OF AMERICAN NIGHTMARES. THIS WAS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THIS MASTERPIECE OF GERMAN ROMANTICISM.
HEARTBEAT OPERA MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION, PRESENTED VIRTUALLY: "LADY M." ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE PRESENTED AS PART OF THE MAINSTAGE SEASON IN A THEATER, DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, "LADY M" WAS PRESENTED VIRTUALLY THROUGH ZOOM. THIS ADAPTATION OF VERDI'S "MACBETH"(BASED ON SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY) IS AN ONLINE NIGHTMARE-FANTASIA, FEATURING SIX SINGERS, SIX INSTRUMENTALISTS, AND ELECTRONIC SOUND DESIGN. STRIPPING AWAY THE CLICHES THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED AROUND LADY MACBETH AND HER STORY, THIS VERSION EXPLORES AMBITION, GENDER, AND VIOLENCE THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LENS. IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19, HEARTBEAT OPERA TOOK "LADY M" PERFORMANCES ONLINE, FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF VIRTUAL SOIREES WITH THE AUDIENCE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ethan Heard | CO-ARTIST DI | 20 | $31,500 |
| Louisa Proske | CO-ARTIST DI | 20 | $26,912 |
| Jill Steinberg | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Stephen Foster | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Robert Fitzpatrick | BOARD CHAIRP | 3 | $0 |
| Therese Esperdy | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Christopher Earl | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Sonja Berggren | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
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