{"id":94246,"date":"2024-11-25T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operawire.com\/?p=94246"},"modified":"2024-12-02T13:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:34:59","slug":"opera-praktikos-to-present-there-will-be-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/operawire.com\/opera-praktikos-to-present-there-will-be-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera Praktikos to present &#8216;There Will Be Cake!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opera Prakitkos is set to present &#8220;There Will Be Cake!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The production will be presented on Dec. 12, 13, and 14, 2024, and will be a site-specific musical drama pairing two mono-operas, &#8220;Bon Appetit!&#8221; By Lee Hoiby, Julia Child &amp; Mark Shulgasser and &#8220;Fluffernutter&#8221; by Spicer Carr &amp; Marianna Mott Newirth.<\/p>\n<p>The productions will be staged by Gwynn MacDonald with music direction by Calvin Hitchcock. Meanwhile,\u00a0Shanley Horvitz will star as Sarah Karmichael while\u00a0Hailey McAvoy will take on the role of Julia Child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo slices of Americana to perk up any jaded New Yorker\u2019s palette: that ineffable cook Julia Child makes a French chocolate cake; and a tasty New England staple reminds us that aging is hard,\u201d noted Greg Moomjy, musicologist and co-founder\/artistic director of OPrak, who has Cerebral Palsy and is a wheelchair user, in an official press release. &#8220;When assembling this program, we wanted to give audiences small samplings of comic opera performed by top-notch singers at an accessible venue. And, yes, we will also serve cake!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Performances will be held at Asylum NYC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\">Opera Praktikos was established in 2021 and is New York City&#8217;s pioneering disability-affirmative opera company. 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