Showing posts with label opera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label opera. Show all posts
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Broadway World site Pushes Victoria Opera House, Sun Mar 10 3pm nyc
Cmon and make the scene tomorrow https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/Victoria-Opera-House-Brings-Classical-Music-To-Young-Audiences-With-An-Experiential-Format-20190308 at Victoria Opera House event @victoriaminingham #nyc #stjohnsvillnyc 218 W 11th ST NY 10014, at 3pm. Violeta near death scene from La Traviata, Puccini La Boheme, Mozart, Rossini, Barber of Seville, Marriage of Figaro.... $10 students $20 regular... and will give away a pair of NY Metropolitan Opera House tickets.
Friday, March 8, 2019
NYC March 10th Victoria Opera House 3pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/Victoria-Opera-House-Brings-Classical-Music-To-Young-Audiences-With-An-Experiential-Format-20190308 Victoria Opera House at #nyc #stjohnsvillnyc March10 3pm
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Review of Sylvia Olden Lee Tribute at Carnegie Hall, NYC
On Thursday, June 29, the Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture put on “Tribute to Sylvia Olden Lee” at Carnegie Hall. Sylvia was an accomplished pianist and voice coach who was the first African American employed as a professional at the NY Metropolitan Opera. This three-hour concert had the hall nearly full with 2000 people, including many high school youth.
Acapella spirituals by Elvira Green and Sheila Harris Jackson opened as they came walking on stage. Then the Schiller Institute chorus followed with soloist Gregory Hopkins in “Lord, I Don’t Feel No-ways Tired,” followed by “Go Down Moses” and “Soon I Will Be Done.” The chorus had a surprising bell-like tone due to the use of the lower tuning of A=432 and great training.
Many singers were from the Harlem Opera Theater. Indira Mahajan, soprano sang “Ritorna vincitor!” (Return victorious) from the opera Aida. What really was incredible then were the scenes from the Verdi opera Don Carlos, with the 79-year-old baritone Simon Estes giving an incredible performance first as Don Carlos; and then as King Phillip, along with Kevin Short as the Grand Inquisitor. Then, Rosa D’Imperio sang the heartbreaking aria from Don Carlos “Toi qui sus le neant.” (You who know the nothingness…).
After the intermission, Robert Sims performed the iconic Schubert song “Who is Sylvia?” accompanied by Jeremy Jordan, who then played the Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 in G-flat major by Schuber
More spirituals followed with Osceola Davis singing “Guide My Feet,” and Everett Suttle and Frank Mathis singing from the Roland Hayes spiritual song cycle “The Life of Christ.” The dramatic finale had the audience joining in, conducted by Roland Carter, in his arrangement of "Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
What a concert on June 29, Tribute to Sylvia Olden Lee at Carnegie Hall. There were many notables in attendance including Minister Louis Farrakhan, whom Sylvia supported in returning to his classical violin studies and performance. Written tributes in the program ranged from Jessye Norman to Bobby McFerrin. A proclamation from the office of the Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray declared it Sylvia Olden Lee Day. This was a fitting touch for a beautiful musical evening.
Acapella spirituals by Elvira Green and Sheila Harris Jackson opened as they came walking on stage. Then the Schiller Institute chorus followed with soloist Gregory Hopkins in “Lord, I Don’t Feel No-ways Tired,” followed by “Go Down Moses” and “Soon I Will Be Done.” The chorus had a surprising bell-like tone due to the use of the lower tuning of A=432 and great training.
Many singers were from the Harlem Opera Theater. Indira Mahajan, soprano sang “Ritorna vincitor!” (Return victorious) from the opera Aida. What really was incredible then were the scenes from the Verdi opera Don Carlos, with the 79-year-old baritone Simon Estes giving an incredible performance first as Don Carlos; and then as King Phillip, along with Kevin Short as the Grand Inquisitor. Then, Rosa D’Imperio sang the heartbreaking aria from Don Carlos “Toi qui sus le neant.” (You who know the nothingness…).
After the intermission, Robert Sims performed the iconic Schubert song “Who is Sylvia?” accompanied by Jeremy Jordan, who then played the Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 in G-flat major by Schuber
More spirituals followed with Osceola Davis singing “Guide My Feet,” and Everett Suttle and Frank Mathis singing from the Roland Hayes spiritual song cycle “The Life of Christ.” The dramatic finale had the audience joining in, conducted by Roland Carter, in his arrangement of "Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
What a concert on June 29, Tribute to Sylvia Olden Lee at Carnegie Hall. There were many notables in attendance including Minister Louis Farrakhan, whom Sylvia supported in returning to his classical violin studies and performance. Written tributes in the program ranged from Jessye Norman to Bobby McFerrin. A proclamation from the office of the Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray declared it Sylvia Olden Lee Day. This was a fitting touch for a beautiful musical evening.
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