{"id":86165,"date":"2022-09-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/?post_type=thursdays-at-three&#038;p=86165"},"modified":"2022-09-22T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T22:11:09","slug":"45th-parallel-universe-portland-opera","status":"publish","type":"thursdays-at-three","link":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/programs\/thursdays-at-three\/episodes\/45th-parallel-universe-portland-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"45th Parallel Universe &#038; Portland Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 8, 2022<\/strong>: Host <strong>Christa Wessel<\/strong> welcomes <strong>45th Parallel Universe<\/strong>&nbsp;and <strong>Portland Opera<\/strong> to the&nbsp;Roger O. Doyle performance studio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>45th Parallel&#8217;s musicians violinist <strong>Ron Blessinger,<\/strong> flutist <strong>Martha Long<\/strong>, and pianist Maria Garcia will perform <strong>Bohuslav Martinu<\/strong>&#8216;s Sonata for violin, flute, piano, <strong>John Cage<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Nocturne<\/em> for violin and piano, and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.45thparallelpdx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">45th Parallel Universe<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is a collective of musicians who come together to celebrate great chamber music with intimate artistic experiences. Since 2009, the organization has happily demolished distinctions between old and new chamber music, bluegrass and jazz, fiddle and folk. By bringing fragmented audiences together, 45th Parallel Universe reflects Portland\u2019s surging creative communities in fresh and imaginative ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more at&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.45thparallelpdx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">45thparallelpdx.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandopera.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Portland Opera<\/a><\/strong> has been bringing opera to life since the company\u2019s founding in 1964. Their first production was Johann Strauss II&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Die Fledermaus<\/em>, which opened on November 7, 1964, at the Leodis V. McDaniel High School (then known as Madison High School).&nbsp;This first season also included Puccini\u2019s beloved masterpiece,&nbsp;<em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>, which (to date) has been the most performed opera in the company\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandopera.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">portlandopera.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-86165","thursdays-at-three","type-thursdays-at-three","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ACF":false,"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thursdays-at-three\/86165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thursdays-at-three"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/thursdays-at-three"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}