East Village Opera Company Brings 'Vigor and Inventiveness' To 'Hard-Hitting Arrangements Of Arias' (NY Times)

New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The New York Times has given its imprimatur to East Village Opera Company's rock renditions of opera arias, with NY Times reviewer Allan Kozinn raving in his recent live review that 'You could get used to hearing these things this way'.

Borrowing melodies from well-known opera masterpieces, 'the group imagines classical opera- with its over-the-top plots- as if staged today' (Boston Globe). The results have been a hit across the board, with Time Out New York hailing their 'grandiose yet genuinely touching operatic pomp' and AM New York praising their 'special brand of rocked-up arias... a unique mashup of old and new.'

Fans and newcomers to the band will have a chance to see them live on their upcoming 21-date U.S. tour, kicking off Sept. 18 in Manhattan, KS. The touring outfit features 2 vocalists, a 4-person rock band, and a 3-piece string section, all led by East Village Opera Company co-founders Tyley Ross (vocals) and Peter Kiesewalter (keyboards). They'll be playing music both from 'Olde School' and their self-titled 2005 Decca Records debut, which the Boston Herald dubbed 'something genuinely fresh that combines classic beauty with rock energy.'

East Village Opera Company 2008 Fall Tour
Thu 9/18/08 McCain Auditorium Manhattan, KS
Sat 9/20/08 Lensic Theatre Santa Fe, NM
Mon 9/22/08 Cache Valley Center Logan, UT
Tue 9/23/08 Cache Valley Center Logan, UT
Wed 9/24/08 CS Fine Arts Auditorium Twin Falls, ID
Sat 9/27/08 The Admiral Theatre Bremerton, WA
Sun 9/28/08 Kentwood High School Covington, WA
Tue 9/30/08 Columbia Theatre Longview, WA
Wed 10/1/08 Edmonds Cdnter for the Arts North Edmonds, WA
Fri 10/3/08 The Capital Theatre Yakima, WA
Sat 10/4/08 The Capital Theatre Yakima, WA
Thu 10/9/08 USCB PAC Beaufort, SC
Fri 10/10/08 Ferst Center for the Arts Georgia Tech, GA
Sat 10/11/08 Porter Center Concert Hall Brevard, NC
Sun 10/12/08 Newberry Opera House Newbury, SC
Tue 10/14/08 The American Theatre Hampton, VA
Wed 10/15/08 Grand Opera House Wilmington, DE
Thu 10/16/08 Pollak Theatre West Long Branch, NJ
Fri 10/17/08 Proctor's Theatre Schenectady, NY
Sat 10/18/08 Zeiterion Theatre New Bedford, MA
Mon 10/20/08 Jepson Theatre Richmond, VA