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Vocal Column February 2 - 15
KC Symphony Valentine's concert, The Met Live in HD, Fine Arts Chorale, William Baker Singers, Danielle de Niese and more!
The choral and vocal scene in KC starts to heat up in February. There are world famous vocal soloists and great local choirs. Enjoy!
The Harriman-Jewell Series
Danielle de Niese, soprano,
in her American Recital Debut
Wednesday, February 4 at 7:30 p.m.
The Folly Theater,
12th and Central, Downtown Kansas City, MO
The New York Times has said that Danielle de Niese, an Australian-born singer who grew up in Los Angeles, has "a voice seductive enough to woo gods as well as mortals." She debuted with the Metropolitan Opera when she was just 19 years old. Now age 29, Danielle is currently singing the role of Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice at the Met.
Her Kansas City program will feature an eclectic mix of music from composers Handel, Grieg, Wolf, Poulenc, Barber, and Bizet. De Niese will also lead a free vocal master class on Thursday, February 5 at 6:30pm on the William Jewell College Campus at the Pillsbury Music Building's recital hall.
For tickets call 816-415-5025 or online at www.harriman-jewell.org
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD (Encore)
Orfeo ed Euridice
by C. Gluck
Featuring Stephanie Blythe and Danielle de Niese
Wednesday, February 4 at 7 p.m.
See fiona's list for locations
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD is continuing their successful run of live broadcasts this year. The Met will transmit a total of eleven live and ten encore events this season from September to May. Don't miss the excitement of experiencing the Met on the big screen. This broadcast is of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice. This production is choreographed by Mark Morris with costumes by Isaac Mizrahi. Stephanie Blythe stars in the title role, and the alluring Danielle de Niese plays Orfeo's adored wife Euridice, who inspires the hero to face the underworld for her sake. Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine is conducting the performance. Several movie theaters in town are showing this event.
For ticket information, visit www.fathomevents.com.
The UMKC Conservatory of Music
The Conservatory Orchestra, featuring tenor Vinson Cole
Friday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m.
White Hall, UMKC Campus
4949 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO
This lovely program of French opera arias includes Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, music by Gluck, Berlioz, Bizet, Halévy, and Rachmaninoff. Kauffman Artist in Residence, tenor Vinson Cole, will be featured along with the always wonderful UMKC Conservatory Orchestra.
For tickets call 816-235-6222 or visit www.conservatory.umkc.edu.
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD
Lucia di Lammermoor
by G. Donizetti
Featuring Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, and Mariusz Kwiecien
Saturday, February 7 at noon
See fiona's list for locations
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD is continuing their successful run of live broadcasts this year. The Met will transmit a total of eleven live and ten encore events this season from September to May. Don't miss the excitement of experiencing the Met on the big screen. Anna Netrebko stars in the title role of Donizetti's fragile heroine. Tenor Rolando Villazón stars as Lucia's lover, Edgardo. Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. This hit production is staged as a Victorian ghost story.
For ticket information, visit www.fathomevents.com.
The William Baker Choral Foundation
Winterfest 2009featuring the William Baker Festival Singers and area choirs
Sunday, February 8 at 2 p.m.
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
13th & Broadway, Downtown Kansas City, MO
Don't miss this exciting annual event, sponsored by the Choral Foundation. The William Baker Festival Singers headline this festival-format concert, which will also feature Allegro Con Moto, the Northland Community Choir, and the choirs of Colonial United Church of Christ and Countryside Christian Church. The exciting mass choir finale will be the Credo from Robert Ray's Gospel Mass.
For tickets call 913-403-9223 or visit www.festivalsingers.org
The Kansas City Symphony
Valentine's Weekend
Friday, February 13 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 14 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 15 at 2 p.m.
Lyric Theatre
11th and Central in Downtown Kansas City, MO
The Kansas City Symphony will be conducted by guest conductor Nicholas McGegan and joined by the Kansas City Symphony Chorus, soprano Dominique Labelle, soprano Mary Wilson, and tenor Thomas Cooley for a program of wonderful music by Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Featured compositions are Beethoven's Leonore (the original name for Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio) and Mendelssohn's Symphony-Cantata Lobgesang ("Hymn of Praise").
For tickets call 816-471-0400 or online at www.kcsymphony.org
The Fine Arts Chorale
The Birds and the Bees
Saturday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral's Founders Hall
13th & Broadway in Downtown Kansas City, MO
Sunday, February 15 at 2:00pm
Community of Christ
Mission Road, 7842 Mission Road, Prairie Village, KS
Artistic director Terri Teal and the Fine Arts Chorale will present a whimsical and romantic interpretation for adults of the "birds and the bees" talk that they have with their children to help them begin to understand the nature of attraction and love.
For tickets, call 816-235-6222 or online at www.fineartschoralekc.org
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