East Village Opera Company Returns to Town Hall March 20

The Town Hall, Times Square's landmark concert venue, continues its 2008 season with the powerhouse rock band the East Village Opera Company on Thursday, March 20 at 8PM. The popular nine-piece group returns to The Town Hall. Tickets for the show, priced at $40 & $35, are now on sale.

With fresh and bold contemporary "spins" on opera's greatest hits, the East Village Opera Company is a powerhouse rock band that transforms classic opera arias into songs evoking everything from the golden age of rock & roll, to hip-hop, makes a triumphant return to The Town Hall. East Village Opera Company, an outfit comprised of two vocalists, a string section and a rock band, has released two albums. La Donna and Decca/Universal's The East Village Opera Company.  Audiences will thrill to hear the East Village Opera Company's "take" on classics from La Traviata, Carmen, La Boheme, Rigoletto, Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Faust, Griselda, Pagliacci and others. Don't miss the classics revived and electrified!  

The East Village Opera Company is an integrated and dedicated band set out to rock opera and electrify the classics, as the ensemble has been doing to spectacular effect ever since its New York stage debut in the spring of 2004. EVOC was co-founded by lead singer Tyley Ross and arranger/multi-instrumentalist Peter Kiesewalter, and since then have assembled a full-on rock band, adding two guitars, bass, and drums to Peter's keyboard's, then synched it to a string quartet. A superb vocalist, AnnMarie Milazzo, was recruited for impassioned duets with Tyley Ross and soaring solos.

Tickets for EVOC are priced at $40 & $35 and available now through TicketMaster, 212-307-4100, or www.ticketmaster.com, or by visiting The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6 PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824. For more information, visit: www.the-townhall-nyc.org.