DMA Recital
S Joshua Sheppard, Bass-Baritone
Candidate for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts
From the studio of Anthony Dean Griffey
William Shi, Piano
1st Doctoral Recital
Venue: Kilbourn Hall
Featuring music by Finzi, Wolf, Debussy and more!
Opera Under the Stars
Rochester Summer Opera Presents: “Opera under the Stars”
August 29th 7PM at the Highland Bowl
Fidelio Matinée
Opera Company of Middlebury
Assigned Seat Tickets $87 / $72 / $57
1:00pm — Pre-Show talk at Memorial Baptist Church with OCM Board Member Jim Pugh
2:00pm — Fidelio Matinée, Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
Young Artist Concert
Tickets: $17
Join us for a special evening with the stars of tomorrow under the direction of Young Artists Program Director Sarah Cullins. In anticipation of OCM’s fall production of Glory Denied, this celebration of opera in English, particularly chamber opera, will include comic one-acts, such as The Telephone by Menotti and A Hand of Bridge by Barber, as well as opera arias from the 20th-century American and British repertoire.
Fidelio
Opera Company of Middlebury
Assigned Seat Tickets $87 / $72 / $57
6:30pm – Pre-Show talk at Memorial Baptist Church with OCM Board Member Jim Pugh
7:30pm – Fidelio Opening Night, Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
Fidelio, cover performance
Opera Company of Middlebury
Assigned Seat Tickets $37
7:00pm – Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
Fidelio Matinée
Opera Company of Middlebury
Assigned Seat Tickets $87 / $72 / $57
1:00pm – Pre-Show talk at Memorial Baptist Church with OCM Board Member Jim Pugh
2:00, Fidelio Matinee, Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
Fidelio, opening night
Opera Company of Middlebury
Assigned Seat Tickets $87 / $72 / $57
6:30pm – Pre-Show talk at Memorial Baptist Church with OCM Board Member Jim Pugh
7:30pm – Fidelio Opening Night, Town Hall Theater, Middlebury
Rigoletto
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Andreas Delfs, conductor
The RPO’s Annual Opera Concert brings drama, orchestral excellence, and world-class singing to the stage of Kodak Hall with Verdi’s Rigoletto. Considered a masterwork of the operatic genre, Rigoletto tells the tragic story of the Duke of Mantua, his court jester, Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda. The opera was originally titled La maledizione, or The Curse, referencing a curse placed on Rigoletto and the Duke – thus the tragedy unfolds.
Add-on tickets currently available to subscribers only. Single tickets on-sale Summer 2023.
Please contact Patrons Services at 585-454-2100 for up-to-date ticket availability information.
Rigoletto
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Andreas Delfs, conductor
The RPO’s Annual Opera Concert brings drama, orchestral excellence, and world-class singing to the stage of Kodak Hall with Verdi’s Rigoletto. Considered a masterwork of the operatic genre, Rigoletto tells the tragic story of the Duke of Mantua, his court jester, Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda. The opera was originally titled La maledizione, or The Curse, referencing a curse placed on Rigoletto and the Duke – thus the tragedy unfolds.
Add-on tickets currently available to subscribers only. Single tickets on-sale Summer 2023.
Please contact Patrons Services at 585-454-2100 for up-to-date ticket availability information.
Bravo Nights
Join us at the Little Theater Cafe for a fun evening of opera!
From the Opera Guild of Rochester:
‘Eastman School of Music students joined us on April 24 to perform a selection of opera arias, along with musical theatre hits.
DMA Candidate S Joshua Sheppard, a baritone with roles in Kevin Puts's Elizabeth Cree, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Bernstein's Candide, and Puccini's Tosca was accompanied by Eastman Assistant Professor of Opera, Wilson Southerland.
Soprano Kayla Stein also performed. A senior, she has performed in Eastman Opera Theater's Lear on the 2nd Floor, Le nozze di Figaro, Rusalka and other notable operas. You may have seen Kayla's wonderful performance at the 2023 FEO Voice Competition. For a special duet, Kayla was joined by Eastman junior, Jack Merson.
This free event was a great introduction for those who are newer to the opera genre, and to opera aficionados, a great reminder of why you love it so much. Thank you to those who came and brought friends to this intimate setting, where this rising local opera talent delivered thrills and chills!”