Singers from the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program perform selections from popular operas in an Everett Symphony concert Saturday at the Everett Theatre.
| The Everett Symphony Chamber Orchestra and the singers from the Seattle Opera Young Artists program at 8 p.m. Saturday, Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett. Tickets, $15 festival seating, at the box office, 2710 Colby Ave., Everett, 425-258-1605, www.everettsymphony.org. on |
“A Night at the Opera” features six young singers accompanied by the Everett Symphony Chamber Orchestra. The conductor is Paul-Elliott Cobbs, music director of the Everett Symphony.
The program includes selections from Bizet’s “Carmen,” Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutti” and Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride,” plus arias from operas written by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini and Gluck.
The Young Artists Program brings singers from around the country to Seattle for weeks of intensive training in all aspects of opera, including performance and acting. They perform concerts and conclude their training with a fully staged opera production in the spring.
Graduates of the program have gone on to substantial opera careers, including frequent performances with the Seattle Opera. They have performed in Everett for the past couple of years, reflecting Cobbs’ interest in opera and goal to add more opera performances to the Everett Symphony’s season. Cobbs has conducted opera in both the United States and Europe.
The singers coming to Everett are mezzo-soprano Lucia Cervoni, baritone Jeremy Alan Kelly, sopranos Alexis Martin and Anya Matanovic, tenor Ted Schmitz and contralto Teresa S. Herold.
The contralto, which is the deepest female singing voice, is fairly rare in opera but much loved and in demand nonetheless.
Herold is the first contralto singer to participate in the Young Artist Program. A native of Maine, she received her musical training at the University of Southern Maine and Indiana University.
Rozarii Lynch photo
Seattle Opera Young Performers feature Ted Schmitz (left), Teresa Herold, Lucia Cervoni, Alexis Martin, Anya Matanovic, Jeremy Kelly.
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