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Kalmar Nyckel : Events : Pirates & Mermaids Pirates & Mermaids
Wilmington Concert OperaPresents Pirates and MermaidsAn Entertaining Evening of Song, Opera, and Sea Chanteys Performed on the Kalmar NyckelSaturday, June 267:00pm Showtime, Gates open 6:00pm (Rain date, Sunday, June 27, 7:00pm)  Photo by Lynn Wagner; model Alexea Wagner. Purchase TicketsTickets are $25 with reserved seating: available online (here) and by phone at 302.429.7447 on weekdays from 9am-5pm. Event proceeds will support the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, which is co-hosting the concert. Show runs approximately 50 minutes. Recommended for ages 10+ Imagine an outdoor evening concert under the stars with your friends and favorite ship. For everyone's health, masks and social distancing are required. ProgramSpecial songs, opera, and sea chanteys performed by Wilmington Concert Opera, themed around legendary pirates and mermaids, will include:“Homeward Bound” (traditional sea chantey) - Michael A. Lienhard “Senta’s Ballad” from “Der Fliegende Holländer” by Richard Wagner – Ashley Becker “I am a Pirate King” from “The Pirates of Penzance” by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan – John Miles “Sea Fever” by John Ireland – Michael A. Lienhard “Woman” from “The Pirate Queen” by Claude-Michel Schönberg – Christa Schimitsch “Mermaid’s Aria” from “Oberon” by Carl Maria von Weber – Marisa Robinson “Amsterdam” by Jacques Brel – Michael A. Lienhard “Song to the Moon” from “Rusalka” by Antonín Dvořák – Kirsten C. Kunkle “Hook’s Waltz” from “Peter Pan” by Jule Styne – Kevin Patrick “Drunken Sailor” (traditional sea chantey) – Michael A. Lienhard and Cast (Singalong) BackgroundFounded in 2016 by Kirsten C. Kunkle and Marisa Robinson, Wilmington Concert Opera provides high-quality concert performances of operas in their original languages to the Wilmington, Delaware community, while creating performance opportunities for emerging and established opera singers in the greater Wilmington area. For more information about Wilmington Concert Opera please visit WilmingtonConcertOpera.com and www.facebook.com/wilmingtonconcertopera. Kalmar Nyckel : Events : Pirates & Mermaids Did you know: That today's Kalmar Nyckel was the last ship launched in Wilmington, DE, a city that launched more than 10,000 ships?
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