Co-promotion offers discounted favorite teas along with a free recording of “Talking About Tea”

March 9, 2013 – New York, NY – Kitchen Opera Company (www.kitchenoperacompany.com), a world-class performing arts and entertainment brand, announces a new partnership with Harney & Sons (www.harney.com), master tea blenders, for its online culinary marketplace. Kitchen Opera Company members can look forward to a 15% discount on favorite Harney teas like the Hot Cinnamon Collection, Darjeeling Loose Tea and Irish Breakfast Tea.  As a special thank you, buyers also will receive a complimentary Kitchen Opera Company download of the song ‘Talking About Tea’. The online marketplace, launched by Kitchen Opera Company earlier in 2013, is a community for lovers of music, food, and wine.  Partnerships feature world-class food craftsmen, vineyards, organic gardens, and restaurants.  Say’s Norman Schoenfeld, Executive Director of Kitchen Opera Company, “Harney is a perfect partner for us because they are connoisseurs of tea, with a tasting room in SoHo, New York City, and its ‘Guide to Tea’, nominated for a James Beard Foundation book award in 2009.” Adds Ryland Angel, Artistic Director for Kitchen Opera Company, “Harney was part of the inspiration for our song “Talking About Tea”, which I co-wrote with Maria Christensen.  We’re excited to promote this song with Harney as our most recently acquired partner.” To take advantage of the St Patrick’s Day tea special, be sure to sign up for the newsletter on the Kitchen Opera Company website. About Kitchen Opera Company: Kitchen Opera Company creates extraordinary experiences for the senses that celebrate diversity and unity by bringing culture and art together through song and food.  The entire Kitchen Opera Company repertoire is available and / or Original; custom created music can be developed as branded entertainment for video, events and/or advertising.  Marketing partners can be integrated into original material, and product descriptions and benefits can be custom scripted into the lyrical content to present an engaging live experience. About Harney & Sons: Harney & Sons has been in the business of gourmet tea for over 25 years.  They make teas for the enjoyment of its customers and take pride in meeting and exceeding their expectations from every cup of tea. Their selection is large, and includes many customer favorites including green tea, black tea, and white tea. Harney also has a selection of tea gifts for all kinds of occasions, including of course, end of year Holiday Gifts. Press Contact: Aruna Naomi Inalsingh, Tel. 917-553-3790 Email: aruna@AniMarketingService.com

Opera and food- what more could you ask for? Erin Fairbanks and Mariana Cotlear are joined in the studio by the executive director of The Kitchen Opera Company, Norman Schoenfeld. Tune in to hear three of The Kitchen Opera Company’s music-themed pieces! Find out how to get in touch with The Kitchen Opera Company to help promote your personal food venture. Hear about the parallels between music and food, and how both are affected by regional cultures. You don’t want to miss this musical segment; tune in! This program has been brought to you by Fairway Market. Listen to the Kitchen Opera Company live interview at the Heritage Radio Network! http://www.heritageradionetwork.com/episodes/3682-The-Kitchen-Opera-Company

Li-Lac Chocolates announces exclusive access to Valentine’s Day gift box in this curated marketplace for foodies

February 5, 2013 – New York, NY – Kitchen Opera Company (www.kitchenoperacompany.com), a world-class performing arts and entertainment brand, announces a new online culinary marketplace for limited edition artisanal gifts with musical accompaniment. The first culinary partner to be featured on the site is New York City-based chocolatier, Li-Lac Chocolates (www.li-lacchocolates.com), offering shoppers exclusive access to a Valentine’s Day gift box.

It’s great to launch the website with a Valentine’s Day special from one of Manhattan’s oldest chocolate houses, Li-Lac Chocolates.  “This offer epitomizes our time-honored commitment to the finest ingredients and our original recipes,” says Anwar Khodier, Li-Lac’s Master Chocolatier since 1989.  “And when Ryland Angel, Artistic Director for Kitchen Opera Company, suggested the pairing of our chocolate with a special song, we knew this was appropriately enhancing what we love to do.”  So for a limited time, in addition to the Li-Lac Valentine’s Day special, Kitchen Opera Company website guests will get a complimentary song, “What Could Be Better Than Chocolate,” to enjoy with their Li-Lac Chocolates.  With its television debut on Better TV at the end of last year, Kitchen Opera Company will have a live debut of this song at an upcoming in-store event at Li-Lac Chocolates in Manhattan. “We’re excited that our Kitchen Opera Company fans can now enjoy our music with some of our favorite foods,” says Norman Schoenfeld, Executive Director of Kitchen Opera Company.  We’re partnering with world-class artisans, sharing their stories and recipes, pairing them with the perfect music, and selling these one-of-a-kind packages with a single click on our website.”  The Kitchen Opera Company’s online marketplace will offer exceptional culinary gifts from around the world, many of which are exclusive. A stellar tasting panel of food curators and culinary industry experts, including Kitchen Opera Company Food Editorial Advisor, Frank Mentensana, will help curate the selection. Kitchen Opera Company’s website offers fans a new and inspiring way to discover music, food and wine from the very best artisans, winemakers, farmers and chefs. About Kitchen Opera Company: Kitchen Opera Company creates extraordinary experiences for the senses that celebrate diversity and unity by bringing culture and art together through song and food.  The entire Kitchen Opera Company repertoire is available and / or Original; custom created music can be developed as branded entertainment for video, events and/or advertising.  Marketing partners can be integrated into original material, and product descriptions and benefits can be custom scripted into the lyrical content to present an engaging live experience. About Li-Lac Chocolates: Li-Lac Chocolates is Manhattan’s oldest chocolate house and a Greenwich Village icon since 1923. For the past 90 years, Li-Lac has continued to make old-world chocolates in small batches using time-honored techniques, original recipes, and the finest ingredients. Press Contact: Aruna Naomi Inalsingh, Tel. 917-553-3790 Email: aruna@AniMarketingService.com

See Kitchen Opera Company’s television debut November 15, 2012 performing on Meredith’s “Better Show” morning program

New York, NY — Nov. 12, 2012 — Kitchen Opera Company announced today that Meredith Video Studios has signed a non-exclusive strategic content and marketing partnership agreement.  Meredith Video Studios will work closely with Kitchen Opera Company to develop and produce branded entertainment videos integrating live music performance themed around food.  The Kitchen Opera Company will make their television debut November 15, 2012 performing “What Could Be Better Than Chocolate” on Meredith’s “Better Show” http://www.better.tv/ a syndicated morning program seen in over 150 markets. Says Norman Schoenfeld, Executive Director of Kitchen Opera Company, “The goal in partnering with Meredith is to create one-of-a-kind live event experiences to give Meredith and its brand partners an opportunity to reach and engage audiences with something they can relate to – food — in a fun and meaningful way.  Viewers always enjoy seeing their favorite chef’s preparing recipes on television programs, but they rarely remember them or take the time to write them down.  Most people remember the words to their favorite songs though.  So Kitchen Opera Company and Meredith are creating a one-of-a-kind, original music format that we hope makes cooking an entertaining experience you won’t forget”. Kitchen Opera Company serves up a variety of live musical experiences, where the entire dining event, from food preparation to table setting to dessert, provides lyrics and story context for culinary levity and beautiful new melodies and performance.  These experiences can be customized for brands and marketing partners, like with Meredith Video Services, which brings this experience to life through their integrated media mix. Kitchen Opera Company has created a repertoire of original new songs that cross over from classical to pop to Broadway. The entire collection is available and / or original custom created music can be developed for sponsored events and/or advertising. The group features some of opera’s brightest stars, including Grammy-nominated counter tenor Ryland Angel, who is also Kitchen Opera Company’s Executive Producer.  To tempt the palate, some of these titles are “What Could Be Better than Chocolate”, “Talking About Tea”, “I’m Just a Vegetarian”, and “Food, Food, Food”.  For a complete listing of performances, and to listen go to http://kitchenoperacompany.com/ About Kitchen Opera Company: Kitchen Opera Company creates extraordinary experiences for the senses that celebrate diversity and unity by bringing culture and art together through song and food.  It is a live performance arts idea that can be transformed into branded platforms.  Advertising partners can be integrated into original material, and product descriptions and benefits can be custom scripted into the lyrical content to present an engaging entertainment experience. About Meredith Corporation: Meredith Video Studios, part of Meredith Corporation (www.meredith.com), creates network-quality video for multi-platform delivery, based on Meredith’s highly trusted magazine brands.  Its growing portfolio includes branded-entertainment and original programming production capabilities such as ideation, strategy, development, production and distribution.  It also includes        the “Better Show”, a 60-minute nationally syndicated daily women’s lifestyle show, shot and produced in MVS’s new HD studio in New York City, and airing in more than 150 markets and nearly 80 percent of US households.  Meredith Video Network includes BetterTV.com, Parents TV and MyFirstBaby.com. Press Contact: Aruna Naomi Inalsingh, Tel. 917-553-3790 Email: aruna@AniMarketingService.com