Culinary Crescendos: - An Operatic Double Bill
Food and opera come together

NJ Premiere
March 29 and 30, 2025
Avenel PAC, Avenel NJ             
Join us as we serve up two operas that feature iconic food events

Bon Appétit by Lee Hoiby
Text by Julia Child, adapted by Mark Shulgasser
Food legend Julia Child creates a chocolate cake before your eyes in a most operatic (and hilarious) way.

The Cook-Off
Composer: Shawn E. Okpebholo
Libretto by Mark Campbell
Commissioned by Chicago Opera Theater’s Vanguard Initiative
Watch this funny and touching opera as three contestants vie for the $100,000 prize
by creating the best Mac 'N Cheese.

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