TOCCATA-Tahoe Symphony Orchestra helps you celebrate the Fourth of July with family and friends, close to home! Our 17th annual “BOPS” concert, conducted by Maestro James Rawie, is a delightful summer event that we perform in two venues at the Lake, in Truckee, Reno, and in the Carson Valley. Revel in full orchestra and chorus performances of patriotic favorites, be swept off your feet by great opera arias, join in a sing-along, and, if you’re the highest bidder, you’ll conduct the orchestra in “The Stars and Stripes Forever”!

Get the most bang for your ticket buck with this concert that truly has something for everyone, and brings the music practically to your door. Show your true patriotic colors with an armed forces medley (audience members from all branches of the services are honored), orchestra-chorus versions of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “God Bless America,” an audience sing-along of “America the Beautiful”, and, of course, “The Stars and Stripes Forever” (will you be the conductor?).

Take just a sip of classical music as you tap your toes to the popular “Hoe Down” from Copland’s Rodeo, and hear guest violinist Heidi Hatch dazzle with the Carmen Fantasy and Monti’s Czardas. Father/Daughter team of Robert and Emily Bousquet will delight with Danny Boy and other hits, and Liudmila Mullin will taunt you with her seducing love aria from Bizet’s Carmen.

Anyone who enjoys beautiful singing will love the duets and solos by our gifted operatic soloists Joy Strotz, Jackie Lengfelder, Anne Davidson, Amanda Price, Chris Nelson and Stuart Duke. Our delightful sampler includes the lovely “Evening Prayer Duet” from Hansel & Gretel, Puccini’s “Duet: O soave fanciulla” from La Boheme, and the impassioned Andrea Bocelli hit, “Time to Say Goodbye”. The tutti finale is a toast to wine and good living with Verdi’s Brindis from La Traviata.

Tickets are $30 for adults and $25 for seniors*; youth under 23 free in general seating: Preferred “front and center” seats are $40 for adults, $15 for youth. Lawn seating is free, but donations are requested.