A benefit for OCM and the Open Door Clinic.
This Valentine's Eve, OCM will glow with love and light as stars of the OCM stage, Olga Perez Flora and Jamie Flora, present a program of Latin American and Spanish song, joined by pianist Melissa Yanchak and guitarist Daniel Gaviria.
This special evening celebrates Valentine's Day while giving back to the community, with 10% of all proceeds benefiting the Open Door Clinic, providing medical care to our under- or un-insured community members. Let us whisk you away to warmer, sultry climes with soul-stirring music, delicious hors d'oeuvres, and tropical cocktails at the open bar.
Choose the experience that suits you best:
Theater Seating: $85 / $150 Generous Ticket*
Table Seating: $125 / $250 Generous Ticket*
Buy a Table (4 Guests): $400 / $700 Generous Ticket*
*A portion of each Generous Ticket is tax deductible.
Celebrate love, friendship, and the power of music—while supporting two local organizations doing vital work. This is a Valentine’s evening you won’t want to miss.
Artist Bios:
Cuban-American mezzo-soprano Olga Perez Flora has earned acclaim for her “smoky tones,” as praised by Opera News. Celebrated for her riveting portrayal of Carmen—including her debut with Amarillo Opera—she brings depth and charisma to every role. Dr. Flora has performed with opera companies and symphonies across the U.S. and abroad, most recently as Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti with OCM, Anita in West Side Story with Indianapolis Opera, and as soloist in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Louisiana Philharmonic. Upcoming engagements include her Carnegie Hall debut as the mezzo-soprano soloist in W.A. Mozart’s Coronation Mass this April, West Side Story at the Redlands Bowl this summer, and a return to Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in 2027. Other highlights include Carmen and Before Night Falls with Opera Southwest, her debut album Canciones de mi Corazón celebrating Cuban classical music, and podcast co-hosting duties on Santa Fe Opera’s Key Change. Other OCM productions include Michael Ching’s Completing the Picture, Eugene Onegin, La Traviata, Dido and Aeneas, and A Streetcar Named Desire. Dr. Flora is Associate Professor of Voice and Head of Voice at the University of New Mexico where she resides with a tenor and two daughters. She is thrilled to return to her opera company home, OCM! https://olgaperezflora.squarespace.com/welcome
American tenor James Flora, hailed for his “resonant, impeccably trained voice and fearlessness to his singing,” has received acclaim in repertoire ranging from Verdi and Wagner to works by Carlisle Floyd and Daron Hagen where he sang Louis Sullivan from Hagen’s Shining Brow at Frank Lloyd Wright’s 20th century masterpiece: Fallingwater. James has sung with the Metropolitan Opera Chorus under Maestro Donald Palumbo in recent productions of Die Meistersinger von Nürenberg and Fidelio. He made his Pittsburgh Opera debut as Fenton in Falstaff, and has since returned for seven productions, including Carmen, Turandot, Lucia di Lammermoor, and most recently as 2nd Jew alongside the Salome of Patricia Racette. James has performed leading roles in opera companies across the United States, including Alfredo (La Traviata), Tamino (The Magic Flute), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Don José (Carmen), and Cavaradossi (Tosca) and Mitch (A Streetcar Named Desire) appearing with companies including Washington Concert Opera, Arizona Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Company Middlebury, Opera Columbus and others. Equally at home on the symphonic stage, he has sung with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Reno Philharmonic, Erie Chamber Orchestra, and Buffalo Philharmonic, and recently with the La Voz Humana: Lenguajes Múltiples festival in Cuba with Maestro Leo Brouwer. Recently, James sang the tenor solos in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Louisiana Philharmonic. He will sing Dick Johnson in Livermore Valley Opera’s 35th Anniversary production of La fanciulla del West. James was a Young American Artist with Glimmerglass Opera, a Resident Artist with Pittsburgh Opera, and a Marion Roose Pullin Studio Artist with Arizona Opera. In 2010, James was a Richard Tucker finalist. He holds voice degrees from The Ohio State University (BM) and Florida State University (MM). James serves as Assistant Professor of Voice at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM where he makes his home with his wife, Dr. Olga Perez Flora, and their two children, Lucia and Ella. https://www.jamesfloratenor.com/
Melissa Yanchak serves as Resident Music Director for Binghamton University's Department of Theatre as part of the inaugural faculty team for their new BFA Musical Theatre program. Previously, she has held faculty positions in the Musical Theatre programs at Penn State University, Wright State University, and was on staff at Point Park University's Conservatory of Performing Arts. As a music director, conductor, vocal coach, and pianist, Melissa has worked with companies nationwide including Pittsburgh CLO, Work Light Productions (National Tour: Cinderella), Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Summer Stock Austin, Florida Studio Theatre, The Human Race Theatre, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Feld Entertainment (National Tour: Ringling Bros Circus), and Music Theatre Wichita.
Daniel Gaviria has enjoyed a multifaceted career. He received his professional degree in classical guitar from the Central University in Bogota, Colombia, where he began his parallel careers as a solo performer, chamber musician and teacher. A winner and finalist of several national guitar competitions, he first came to the United States to participate in the Mannes Guitar Seminar, then later moved to Vermont in 2013. Drawing on his experience of classical Latin American guitar repertoire, as well as his many performances of more Colombian traditional music, Daniel quickly became a sought-out collaborator with renowned musicians from Vermont as well as with chamber orchestras, ensembles, choruses and in musical theater performances with symphonic orchestras, theaters and schools. Most recently Daniel played with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra in ‘Oklahoma’ and featured as a mandolinist in the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. He enjoys a great cup of coffee, coding and practicing mandolin.
