Academy of Vocal Arts presents Donizetti’s “Lucia Di Lammermoor”
The Academy of Vocal Arts, located in Philadelphia, Pa, will conclude its 2008-09 season with a production of Donizetti’s most famous opera, Lucia di Lammermoor. Performances are scheduled for May 2, 5, and 7 in the Helen Corning Warden Theater at AVA. May 9 at the Gordon Theater at Rutgers/Camden. May 12 and 14 at Centennial Hall, Haverford, and May 16 at Central Bucks South High School in Warrington. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m.
Maestro Christofer Macatsoris conducts the AVA Opera Orchestra and award-winning resident artists. Among them are soprano Angela Meade, who made her Metropolitan Opera debut last season in Ernani. Tenor Michael Fabiano, who debuted at La Scala Milan last spring, will make his Metropolitan Opera debut next season in Verdi’s Stiffelio. Joshua Major is the stage director for this production. For more information about The Academy of Vocal Arts click here.
To read more about about Donizetti and Lucia di Lammermoor click here.
CBC 108: Dan Krekeler interview part 2
We’re concluding our interview (check out part 1 here) with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra bassist Dan Krekeler this week on the podcast. John Grillo of classicalmusicnews.tv and I co-interviewed Dan, which was particularly cool since we’ve both known Dan for many years. I played with Dan in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and John went to Indiana University with him as an undergraduate. It’s great to see an old friend have such great professional success, and it was a lot of fun to catch up with Dan and hear about his experiences on the road to a major orchestral position.
In our conversations about audition prep, Dan brings up musician coach Don Greene, and I realized that we’ve never actually talked about Don before on any blog posts or podcasts. This is surprising, since I’m a big fan of Don’s concepts and strategies for successful auditioning, so we’ll have to delve more into that topic at a later date.
If you’re in the mood to learn about the world of opera bass playing, these episodes from our archives would be a good start:
* Opera Excerpts Breakdown with John Grillo
* Jeremy McCoy (asst. principal bass of the Met) interviews
* Greg Sarchet (Lyric Opera of Chicago) interviews
* Andy Anderson (Lyric Opera of Chicago) interviews
CBC 106: Dan Krekeler interview
We’re featuring an interview with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra bassist Dan Krekeler this week on the podcast. John Grillo of classicalmusicnews.tv and I co-interviewed Dan, which was particularly cool since we’ve both known Dan for many years. I played with Dan in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and John went to Indiana University with him as an undergraduate. It’s great to see an old friend have such great professional success, and it was a lot of fun to catch up with Dan and hear about his experiences on the road to a major orchestral position.
In our conversations about audition prep, Dan brings up musician coach Don Greene, and I realized that we’ve never actually talked about Don before on any blog posts or podcasts. This is surprising, since I’m a big fan of Don’s concepts and strategies for successful auditioning, so we’ll have to delve more into that topic at a later date.
If you’re in the mood to learn about the world of opera bass playing, these episodes from our archives would be a good start:
- Opera Excerpts Breakdown with John Grillo
- Jeremy McCoy (asst. principal bass of the Met) interviews
- Greg Sarchet (Lyric Opera of Chicago) interviews
- Andy Anderson (Lyric Opera of Chicago) interviews
CBC 88: Guy Tuneh video episode
We’re featuring a video episode of double bassist Guy Tuneh on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. Guy has been featured many times on the podcast in the past, and it’s a real pleasure to hear his fine playing again on the show. This episode is being released in both audio and video versions. You can check out our previous episodes featuring Guy Tuneh in our archives.
We’re also featuring listener feedback, bass news, a link of the week, and much more. Enjoy!
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How do you like your Handel?
This is a guest post from early music specialist and Ars Antigua director Jerry Fuller.
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I’m really looking forward to this coming week. I will be performing concerts with Chicago’s Baroque Band that will use period instruments on June 4, 5 and 11. During the same week I will be playing with an orchestra using modern instruments for Chicago Opera Theater’s new production of Handel’s opera “Orlando” on June 3, 6, and 8. It will be interesting to perform back to back concerts using modern instruments for one and period instruments for the other to see what the musical impact is in each situation. I invite you to attend a performance of each and let me know if you prefer the use of modern instruments or period instruments and why.
In the meantime check out the free music downloads available at ArsAntiguaPresents.com. This month we are featuring Elizabethan Delites and in June you will hear music of the Scottish Baroque.
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