Opera Cocktail
Ingredients:
1½ ounces gin (use “London” dry gin; see Notes)
½ ounce Dubonnet (the rouge—red—variety)
¼ ounce maraschino liqueur
a dash of orange bitters (optional, but improves the drink, IMO)
twist of orange or lemon peel as garnish (optional)

Opera Cocktale
Ingredients:
3-5 exceptional opera singers
1 – 4 opera scenes (the flaming hot variety)
1-5 arias of exquisite passion and extraordinary range
dash of acting (optional, but improves the experience, IMO)
twist of plot or unexpected ornamentation or high notes as garnish (optional)

June 1st – Performers
Vismaya Lhi – spinto soprano
Tristan Robben – baritone
Rachel Warner – contralto
and special guest:
Ellen Yeung – soprano

with Dwight Okamura at the Piano

in a swizzler Cocktale with green (that’s Joe Green – Giuseppe Verdi, of course!)
Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera and a suprise swizzle of cabaret music from Kurt Weill and Poulenc
thrown under the swirling skirts of Carmen! (Who can resist Carmen?!!!)