Viva's Holiday Recording Project

Note: if you would like your contribution to this project to be tax-deductible, please donate through our Fractured Atlas 501(c)3 sponsorship page, at:
https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=14074 
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“If you’re looking for a theatrical alternative to the staged equivalent of a sugary, mass-produced holiday cookie, you probably can’t do better than Viva’s Holiday...  Go see it!” – Megan Burbank, Portland Mercury

“A mostly quiet, touching, intimate family drama.” – Brett Campbell, Oregon ArtsWatch

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO CREATE AN AWESOME RECORD!

Original opera is a rare enough thing - but especially, original opera that tells a local story by an independent author, is lyrical and funny and moving, explores a universal theme of family disconnect, and confronts sex-worker shaming and patriarchal puritanism. Viva's Holiday is all of these things. Based on Magic Gardens: The Memoirs of Viva Las Vegas, the opera is not just theater - it's wonderful music, being performed by a fantastic troupe of singers, the same who recorded our previous Cult of Orpheus album which the press called "fervently beautiful."

Please donate today - we are going into the studio Nov. 5th and 7th! We still need to raise at least $2500 to cover all costs.



SPECIAL OFFER - DONATE TODAY AND GET THE VINYL ALBUM, CD, OR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

We are not yet offering 'pre-sales' so this is a way for you to get a guaranteed copy of this work.

This offer is for donors in the U.S. only (due to shipping/customs costs).
The following donation levels will get the corresponding recording(s), including domestic shipping:

$100 - vinyl album, signed (or CD signed, if you prefer)
$50 or more - vinyl album
$35 or more - CD
$25 or more - digital download

Note that vinyl and CD both come with digital download code as well.

MORE INFORMATION AND EXPENSE DETAILS

If you want to make a major tax-deductible donation, sponsor a performer, buy a program ad, or be a business sponsor, please see our website's Viva's Holiday Donation Page  and get in touch!

Listen to an All Classical Portland Radio interview  with Christopher and Viva (Northwest Previews with Andrea Murray, 2015)

Visit the Viva's Holiday webpage  for a longer description of the work and some live performance samples.

The total expenses we are covering include:
- singer and instrumentalist fees for rehearsals and recording sessions
- rehearsal space rental
- recording studio rental, sound engineering, mixing and mastering
- CD duplication (limited run)
- vinyl mastering and pressing (limited run)
- record release concert (performers and support staff)
- marketing (handbill and poster printing, online advertising)

This crowdfunding effort is just a small part of our total funding plan. Through major patrons, investment by the composer, and a successful fundraising event we have already raised over $11,000. We are just $2500 short of our minimum goal to fully cover recording costs - please help us get there.

We cannot do it without your help. Thank you for giving!