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2 unusual facts about The New Opera Theatre


The New Opera Theatre

In 1988, The NOT produced, in collaboration with I Cantori di New York, Dido and Æneas, with Thaïs St Julien as Dido and Susannah Waters as Belinda, with Bart Folse conducting.

The New Opera Theatre's final presentation was of a Benefit Concert, in the fall of 1989, featuring Natalia Rom.


Susannah Waters

She made her New York debut early in her career, as Belinda in Dido and Æneas at Symphony Space (for I Cantori di New York and The New Opera Theatre, 1988), a production that toured to New Orleans.

Thais St Julien

Miss St Julien has also appeared with The New Opera Theatre (as Dido in Dido and Æneas, her New York debut at Symphony Space, 1988), Pro Arte Chorale (Amor in a Concert Version of Orfeo ed Euridice, opposite Derek Lee Ragin), Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (Messiah), Great Neck Choral Society, International Dvořák Festival, Lyric Opera of Dallas, New Orleans Opera Association, Southwest Chamber Orchestra, Jefferson Performing Arts Society (Bach's Magnificat), etc.


see also

Cyril and Libbye Hellier

In the final season of The New Opera Theatre, they appeared in a Benefit Concert also featuring Natalia Rom.