Next up for operamission —
RECITAL & LIVE RECORDING SESSION –
SOPRANO MARCY RICHARDSON sings ‘Seconda Donna’ Arias from Handel’s Italian Operas
presented by operamission and Neke Carson at the Gershwin Hotel
Showpieces rarely heard and recorded from:
Almira, Ariodante, Deidamia, Orlando, Il Pastor Fido, Serse, and Teseo
with countertenor Bryan DeSilva and the operamission HANDEL BAND on original instruments
JENNIFER PETERSON, leading from the harpsichord JOAN PLANA and TATIANA DAUBEK, baroque violins AUDREY SELPH, baroque viola BEILIANG ZHU, baroque celloFriday, April 29, 8:00 PM
Gershwin Hotel, the Living Room
7 East 27th Street, just east of 5th Avenue
$10 cover, pay at the door, general admission
wine will be served, courtesy of Vina Robles
click to view the program
Then, in May:
The CONCORDIUM HARMONIE ENSEMBLE
in their Manhattan Debut, Inaugural All-Mozart Program
ALEX MEYER, KANG DONG – oboes MOLLY WYRICK-FLAX, BALAZS ERDELYI – clarinets FERENC FARKAS, JIMMY HABER – horns DAVID A. NAGY, JOSH HODGE – bassoons
presented by operamission and Neke Carson at the Gershwin Hotel
Monday, May 16, 8:00 PM
Gershwin Hotel
7 East 27th Street, just east of 5th Avenue
$10 cover, general admission
And then, in JUNE:
SCHOENBERG and STRAVINSKY
Defining classics.
Pierrot Lunaire, 1912
L’Histoire du Soldat – The Soldier’s Tale, 1918
also at the Gershwin Hotel
Friday & Saturday, June 3 & 4, 2011.
The luminous mezzo-soprano JENNIFER BERKEBILE will be featured in the Schoenberg.
Stay tuned for our fundraising drive, or drop by operamission’s support page, as well as the impending announcement of the much-demanded August 2011 ‘Assembly Required’ adventure…. if you’re up for holding the dates, we’re looking at sometime around August 15-21.
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