October 27, 2024

6:00pm

“Auction of Arias: Opera on the Avenue” takes place Sunday, October 27th, 2024 at 6:00 PM at McCormick Café, 2419 Montana Avenue, Billings, Montana. Auction of Arias is sponsored by Computers Unlimited; Mike and Cara Schaer.

Auction of Arias, one of the most popular fundraisers of the year for NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, features national and regional opera performers singing a selection of favorite opera arias by Puccini, Mozart, and more, as well as Broadway showstoppers. Singers will offer up selections from their personal repertoire as well as from past NOVA and Rimrock Opera productions.

Proceeds from Auction of Arias benefit NOVA’s mission to enhance the performing arts culture of the greater Billings region through education, development and performance. The event begins at 6:00 PM at McCormick Café 2419 Montana Avenue, Billings, Montana. Tickets can be purchased by Contacting NOVA via email at producer@novabillings.org Tickets are $30 WITH Advanced reservations, $35 at the door. To purchase call (406) 591-9535 or by sending a check and to NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, P.O. Box 11, Billings, Montana 59103.

NOVA is a 501(c)3 non-profit entity. Proceeds from a wide selection of silent and live auction items benefit its mission to enhance the performing arts in Billings.


2025
NOVA Center for the Performing Arts and
Rimrock Opera present

OperaFest


Saturday March 22, 2025
at Hilands Golf Club
714 Poly Drive, Billings, Montana

NOVA Center for the Performing Arts and Rimrock Opera Foundation will host OperaFest at the Hilands Golf Club, 714 Poly Drive, Billings, Montana Saturday March 22, 2025, beginning at 6PM with hors d'oeuvres and no-host cocktails, followed by a gourmet dinner with select wines. OperaFest is a delightful evening with live opera entertainment, fine dining, and upscale live and silent auctions.

OperaFest live auction items include an African photo safari for two, and an appearance in a Rimrock Opera - NOVA production, a private gourmet dinner for eight by a local prominent chef, and a wine and hors d’oeuvre party for 20 with NOVA performance tickets. There will also be large variety of silent auction baskets and gift cards to purchase. Attire is as formal as the guest wishes.

NOVA is a 501(c)3 non-profit entity. Proceeds from a wide selection of silent and live auction items benefit its mission to enhance the performing arts culture of the greater Billings region through education, development and performance.

For reservations or information about OperaFest, contact:
NOVA Center for the Performing Arts
(406) 591-9535 or email us at producer@novabillings.org.

Checks can be mailed to NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, PO Box 11, Billings MT 59103 Advance reservations are $100, or $110 at the door. To reserve your place or for more information on OperaFest, call 406-591-9535 or visit www.novaabillings.org
The cast of the upcoming opera “Hansel and Gretel” written by Composer Engelbert Humperdinck, will be performing at OperaFest throughout the evening. OperaFest is a unique opportunity to meet and hear professional singers and musicians in an intimate setting.


Hansel and Gretel

March 14, 15, 16, 21, & 23, 2025


The opera “Hansel and Gretel” will be performed at NOVA on March 14, 15, 16, 21 & 23, 2025. "Hansel and Gretel" is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck. The libretto was written by Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimm brothers' fairy tale of the same name.

Hansel and Gretel are the young children of a poor woodcutter. When a famine settles over the land, the woodcutter's wife tells him to take the children into the woods and leave them there to fend for themselves. The woodcutter opposes the plan, but his wife repeats her demands until he reluctantly agrees.