The MassOpera Party 2024

Date & Time: Thursday, March 14th 2024
VIP Reception | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM | Moonshine Room
Main Event | 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM | Moonshine Room

Ticket Cost:
$150.00 – VIP Reception (includes 2 drink tickets)
$75.00 – Main Event (includes cash bar)

Venue: Club Café, 209 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116

Featured Singers: Cast members from the New Opera Workshop development of Caravana de mujeres. The composer, Nicolas Lell Benavides, and librettist, Laura Barati will be in attendance as well!

Silent Auction: You can peruse performances, wine and liquor baskets, restaurant gift cards, as well as some really unique and special items! There is truly something for everyone!

* Please note: even if you have purchased tickets to The MassOpera Party, you will still need to register your credit card separately on the auction page to bid on items. Additionally, you do not have to purchase tickets OR attend The MassOpera Party to participate in the Silent Auction.

THE MASSOPERA PARTY 2024

The MassOpera Party is back at Club Café! Join fellow board, staff, artists, audiences, and donors who support MassOpera for a celebration of music and community-building.

What can you expect from this event?!

VIP Reception | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Complimentary hors d’oeuvres
2 drink tickets (beer, wine, or cocktail)
The chance to mingle with the composer, Nicolas Lell Benavides and librettist, Laura Barati of Carvana de mujeres
An array of silent auction items, including: theatre tickets, restaurants, hotels, & spas
Complimentary entrance to the Main Event

Main Event | 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Complimentary hors d’oeuvres
Cash bar (beer, wine, or cocktails)
An array of silent auction items, including: theatre tickets, restaurants, hotels, & spas
Select musical performances from members of the cast of Caravana de mujeres
Presentation of the Action Bearing Award to one of MassOpera’s biggest supporters and collaborators
A sneak peak of our Mirror Cabaret in May

TICKETS

Register for Silent Auction

CREATIVE TEAM OF CARAVANA DE MUJERES

Nicolas Lell Benavides

Composer

Laura Barati

Librettist

SINGERS OF CARAVANA DE MUJERES

David Rivera Bozón (he/him/his)

Francisco & Ensemble Tenor

Bio

Colombian tenor based in Boston, recognized internationally for his extraordinary talent and warm personality. The core of his thriving performance career is to share the joy of singing from the heart. Some recent engagements include Mario from Tosca with Opera 51, Nemorino from Elisir d’Amore with Boston Opera Collaborative, Werther with Barn Opera, Alfredo from Traviata with MassOpera, B. F. Pinkerton from Madama Butterfly with Central City Opera. La Resurrección de la Fe by Juan Pablo Carreño with the Philarmonic Orchestra of Bogotá, and An Opera Celebration with the National University of Colombia Conservatory in Bogotá Colombia. David is a New England Conservatory’s Master of Music and the National University of Colombia Conservatory’s Bachelor. For more information, visit DRBTenor.com.

Charleen Andújar Ortiz (she/her/hers)

Ensemble Mezzo-soprano

Bio

Mezzo-soprano Charleen Andújar engagements include “Irina” in The Seagull, “Reporter” and “Young Woman” in Thumbprint, “Lota” in La Corte del Faraón, “The Mistress of Novices” in Suor Angelica, “Mercedes” in Carmen, the cover of Carmen’s lead role at San Luis Opera Festival in Mexico, soloist in the Berklee International Folk Festival, Ensemble member in the musical The Juke produced by Moonbox Productions, and has performed with the Berklee Society of Composers. She has sung as chorister with the New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir, Palmetto Opera, Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, Puerto Rico Philharmonic Orchestra, and Opera of Puerto Rico. Charleen is an alumna of the internationally awarded San Juan Children’s Choir, Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music (B.M.), and Boston Conservatory at Berklee (M.M.).

Brian Church (he/him/his)

Juan Antonio & Ensemble Baritone

Bio

Alexandra Roges (she/her/hers)

Ensemble Soprano

Bio

Alexandra Roges, soprano, attends Boston Conservatory at Berklee and will be receiving her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance this May! She has recently performed in Chabrier’s L’Étoile and scenes from L’Elisir d’Amore and Falstaff. She will be performing in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and After Eve, a student chamber opera premiered by the Fenway Opera Club. She will also be in scenes from Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. She is currently the Marketing Intern for Guerilla Opera and the Vice President of the Latinx Student Alliance at Boston Conservatory. Roges comes from Orange County, California and plans to pursue her Masters in Music this fall. She gives great thanks to her family and mentors!

Alexandra Dietrich (she/her/hers)

Valentina

Bio

Alexandra Dietrich, a Puerto Rican American, is a mezzo-soprano who joined the University of Southern Maine in the Fall of 2019 as Artist Faculty in Voice. She has performed with MassOpera where her performance as Jo March in Adamo’s Little Women was hailed as “large of personality with an instrument to match”, possessed “polish and star power”, and was awarded the ArtsImpulse Award for Best Female Performer in an Opera for her portrayal. Notably, Ms. Dietrich performed featured back-up vocals for Josh Groban at Tanglewood. Favorite roles to date include Anita in West Side Story with Asheville Lyric Opera, Jade Boucher in Dead Man Walking with BOC, Carmen in NEMPAC Opera’s Carmen, and Zita in Gianni Schicchi with the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra. www.DietrichDirectorMezzo.com

ORCHESTRA AND PRODUCTION TEAM

ORCHESTRA

Saxaphone: Seychelle Dunn-Corbin (she/her/hers)

Bass: Solomon Caldwell (he/him/his)

Piano: Brendon Shapiro (he/him/his)

Percussion: Juan Sebastian Sanchez (he/him/his)

PRODUCTION TEAM

Program Director: Christie Lee Gibson (she/her/hers)

Stage Manager: Charlie Berry (they/them/theirs)

Audio/Visual Engineer: Dave Jamrog (he/him/his)

VENUE

CLUB CAFÉ | 209 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116.

If using public transportation, it is best to use the Orange line to Back Bay/South End, or the Green Line to Copley Sq. or Arlington St.

If driving there is limited metered parking on Columbus Avenue and the surrounding streets. For a close parking garage:

Clarendon Street Garage – $12 after 5 PM (0.2 miles away)