From tragic to comedic to romantic to whimsical the Washington National Opera (WNO) joins the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) to present some of opera’s greatest hits at 8:00PM on Saturday, April 25 at Chesapeake College Todd Performing Art Center. Margaret Sippey, artistic planning manager and assistant to the BSO’s music director Marin Alsop, will moderate a discussion with Grant Gershon the evening’s conductor and stage director Edward Berkeley at 7:00PM.
Young Artist Program will perform in a wonderful evening featuring the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Puccini, Rossini, Donizetti, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Offenbach and Strauss.
The WNO’s Young Artists Program is a major resident training program for professional artists on the verge of international careers. The program offers exceptionally promising young singers, coach/accompanists, conductors, and stage directors a course of intensive training, study, and performance opportunities. The young artists are professional artists of the highest caliber who train in residence with the WNO for two years. They are chosen from an international pool of hundreds of applicants through a competitive audition process.
Grant Gershon is currently in his 14th year as artistic director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and also serves as resident conductor of the Los Angeles Opera. The Los Angeles Times has declared that the Chorale “has become the most exciting chorus in the country under Grant Gershon.” Opera News calls him “a first-rate conductor.” He has recorded five commercial CD’s with the Chorale.
Interview with Grant Gershon
Edward Berkeley teaches vocal arts at the Juilliard School. He is also artistic director of the Willow Cobin Theater Company, director of the Aspen Opera Theater Center, and guest faculty with the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindermann Young Artist Development Program. His long list of director credits at Juilliard include Don Giovanni and the Death of Klinghoffer. Berkeley has directed N.Y. premieres of plays by Terence McNally, Tennessee Williams and other noted authors.
Now completing its 44th year, The Mid-Shore Symphony Society presents concerts by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with partial support from Queen Anne’s County Arts Council, Talbot County Arts Council, and the Kent County Arts Council.
Tickets are $40 and $10 for students and are available at the door or call 410 827 5867
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