Press

Guerilla Opera attacks! Political themes and contemporary sound help black-box opera company update an ancient genre
By: EMMA BUSHNESS, Tufts Daily (October 1, 2009)

Run to See “Say It Ain’t So, Joe!”
By: LARRY PHILLIPS, The Boston Musical Intelligencer (September 21, 2009)

You betcha!
By: KATRINA BALLARD, The Boston Metro (September 24, 2009)

In this opera production, the pitch is political: Palin-Biden debate inspires ‘Say It Ain’t So’
By: DAVID WEININGER, The Boston Globe (September 18, 2009)

An opera about Sarah Palin? You betcha!
By: KEITH POWERS, The Boston Herald (September 15, 2009)

Rumpelstiltskin Goes to the Opera
By: DAVID WEININGER, The Boston Globe (May 19, 2009)

Puccini Goes Punk
By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN, The Boston Phoenix (January 23, 2009)

The Fat Lady Sings: Closing the Curtain on Traditional Opera (*PDF)
By: Nicholas Coxx, FM Magazine (June/July 2008 Issue)

Critical Acclaim

“The Guerilla Opera company is proving that small companies can make it these days, and are doing it by performing new works and American composers of all opera genres.”
-Rosebrook Classical Blog

“Rocked the local opera scene”
-The Boston Phoenix

“Sometimes, it takes a punk-rock mentality to breathe new life into a 350-year-old art form”
-The Boston Phoenix

“Hair-raising”
-The Boston Phoenix

“Riotously intense and wonderfully intimate”
-FM Magazine

“I can’t imagine anyone left the theater unshaken”
-The Boston Phoenix

“The instrumental work—a small quartet of sax (Kent O’Doherty), percussion (Mike Williams), cello (Javier Caballero) and clarinets (Rane Moore)— showed major chops and energy”
-The Boston Herald

“A signature event of the city’s 2007-2008 season”
-Stages

Audience Response

From an anonymous survey conducted by Guerilla Opera in June 2009

“Serious and fun work that no one else in Boston is doing -paving the way for a new more economical form of opera.”

“These performances are exciting and bold. Attending as an audience member, is a satisfying experience.”

“Guerilla Opera is what performance art should be; thought provoking and fresh. Why see the same old same old when you can see something exciting and new?”

“Cutting edge shit! Vivid, musically and dramatically alive. These folks are for real!”

“The performance of No Exit and the quality of the cast opened my eyes to the art of Opera.”