to Provide Web Site Design and Development CINCINNATI, Ohio - February 23, 2004 - The Cincinnati Opera, (www.cincinnatiopera.org) the second oldest opera company in the United States, has selected Metaphor Studio, (www.metaphorstudio.com) an integrated marketing communications agency in historic Over-the-Rhine (OTR), Cincinnati to provide Web site design and development. Metaphor Studio will develop the site working closely with the Web team at the Cincinnati Opera. Utilizing Metaphor Studio's Community Experience Development™ principles the site features will include a Web-based content management system that enables the Opera staff to update the Web copy, upload and edit performance images, add additional navigation to new content and make files available for download. The agency is also working closely with the Opera's marketing department to design a Web presence that truly conveys the passion, beauty and romance of the Cincinnati Opera experience. "We are honored to be chosen by such a prestigious institution," said Ran Mullins, CEO of Metaphor Studio. "The Cincinnati Opera represents what is so grand about historic Music Hall and what is so wonderful about the historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. Their commitment to this community and their leadership in the arts in Greater Cincinnati has helped to define Over-the-Rhine as the region's premier Arts District. I am confident that their poetic personality coupled with Metaphor Studio's aesthetic and strategic approach will deliver a phenomenal partnership." Cincinnati Opera's 2004 Summer Festival will open with Gaetano Donizetti's bel canto comedy The Daughter of the Regiment (June 17 and 19), followed by the U.S. Premiere of Peter Bengtson's one-act opera The Maids in a new double-bill production with The Emperor of Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann (June 24 and 26). The season will close on a seductive note with three performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni (July 8, 10, and 16), and four performances of Georges Bizet's Carmen (July 17, 20, 23, and 25m). All performances take place in historic Music Hall and feature accompaniment by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. New subscriptions will be available beginning in March 2004, and single tickets will go on sale in May. Ticket information is available by calling Cincinnati Opera at (513) 241-2742 or visiting www.cincinnatiopera.org. You can find this press release here: http://www.metaphorstudio.com/news/pr_022304.html |
