Let's Go Wild!

...for Opera, that is.

One of my favorite events of the year is happening tomorrow, July 10: Go Wild! for Opera at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

On Monday Bill Boggs, our fabulous Artistic Director and Maestro, super volunteer, Jeryl, and myself joined Suzi Rapp, from the Columbus Zoo, and a baby snow leopard to chat about the upcoming concert with our friends at NBC 4.

We had a great time chatting with Amy and Bob about the event. While I'm a little hurt they opted to use the baby snow leopard to promote the event and not yours truly, I'll get over it (I mean, it was pretty cute).

Our seventh annual concert, One Enchanted Evening: The music of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber, will feature some of Columbus' favorite peformers. You'll hear songs from your favorite musicals including OKLAHOMA!, The King & I, Evita and Phantom of the Opera. Local media celebrities, Cabot Rea and Chuck Gillespie, will be emceeing the event. The concert at the Zoo begins at 8 p.m.

Adult general admission is $35 but if you use code GWMSNC you can save $10! For tickets call 614-724-3570 or click here. Your ticket gets you into the Zoo all day so be sure to come early and say hello to your favorite animals!


And don't worry about the weather. Bob is forcasting Friday's weather to be mostly sunny, hotter and a bit more humid.

See you at the Zoo!

Happy Cow-lumbus Day!

Holy opera cow! It's one of my favorite holidays - Columbus Day! Silly, I know, but what can I say? I'm nuts about this town.

Susan and I discuss which fabulous Columbus
spot we should visit first. I vote for the Zoo,
she votes for BalletMet.

My friends over at Experience Columbus have teamed up with Dine Originals Columbus and a lot of local arts/cultural organizations to provide fantastic discounts all weekend! (Wish Opera Columbus could participate but we don't have a performance this weekend. Oh, well, more time to experience all the other fabulous places in Columbus!) Want to learn more about Experience Columbus Days? Click here to download the discount flyer.

Stop reading this blog and get out and experience all our beautiful city has to offer. And, keep an eye out for me! Wonder if they'll notice if I leave early today...