JOHNSTON, IOWA (July 2, 2019) — Iowa Public Television will present an exclusive live stream of Bon Appétit!, an opera by Lee Hoiby being produced through a partnership between the Iowa Culinary Institute at Des Moines Area Community College and Des Moines Metro Opera. Based on a televised cooking lesson by Julia Child, the opera features acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joyce Castle portraying the master chef herself as she prepares Le Gateau au Chocolate l’Eminence Brune (a chocolate cake). The live stream will be available on Iptv.org, Facebook, and YouTube on Thursday, July 18, beginning at 8PM. A special version of the performance with additional content will be broadcast Friday, August 2, at 8:30PM on IPTV. This version will also be archived online for viewing. In conjunction with the live stream, the Iowa Public Television Foundation will host "An Evening Celebrating Julia Child", Thursday, July 18, beginning at 7PM in the Maytag Auditorium at the IPTV studios in Johnston, Iowa. The evening will feature a discussion about Child, the opera live-stream, wine, and a slice of Le Gateau au Chocolate l’Eminence Brune baked by the Iowa Culinary Institute. Register for tickets at Iptv.org/events. Learn more at Iptv.org. For more information about Iowa Public Television, please contact Susan Ramsey at 515.725.9703 or Susan.Ramsey@iptv.org. Iowa Public Television is Iowa's only statewide television network. IPTV's mission to educate, inform, enrich and inspire Iowans guides its quality, noncommercial programming that tells Iowa's stories like no one else can. Four statewide, public channels offer programs of lasting value to Iowans, regardless of where they live or what they can afford: IPTV (.1), IPTV KIDS (.2), IPTV WORLD (.3) and IPTV Create (.4) on Channel 11, Des Moines; Channel 12, Iowa City; Channel 21, Fort Dodge; Channel 24, Mason City; Channel 27, Sioux City; Channel 32, Waterloo; Channel 32, Council Bluffs; Channel 36, Davenport; and Channel 36, Red Oak. More information can be found at Iptv.org.
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