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Giuseppe Verdi's UN BALLO IN MASCHERA 03/17 - TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR, JOIN US!
This venue only: Pre Opera Talk!
Pre-opera presentation by Dr. Chris Pastore
University of Pennsylvania Professor Chris Pastore presents his perspectives on early opera and its relationship to later opera trends, especially as they relate to Un ballo in maschera and its composer, Giuseppe Verdi.
Opera means excitement and drama, beauty and emotion. We all relish the music, the stories and the performance but the pleasure an opera by Verdi delivers the audience today often misses the sharp and subtle frisson his works inspired when they debuted. Indeed, in turbulent times Verdi's masterpieces were vehicles for political messages and his art was central to the debate about Italian identity and statehood in an age of dissolution and unification. Before enjoying his Un ballo in maschera, we will talk about the political and social undercurrents that drove the development of the opera form from its earliest days in the Florentine court and up to the Risorgimento. In turn, we will recapture themes and revel in the daring that made the operas of Verdi and his contemporaries resonate with listeners.
Chris Pastore, Ph.D., Director, Master of Liberal Arts Program, University of Pennsylvania
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Also, Post Performance "Meet the Artists" at
City Tap House
3925 Walnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 662-0105
6pm - 9pm $5 cover
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When the curtain rose on Ulrica's cave on January 7, 1955, the audience rose to its feet to applaud Marian Anderson's Metropolitan Opera debut. That night Dimitri Mitropoulos conducted a cast including Zinka Milanov, Roberta Peters, Richard Tucker and Leonard Warren in what can be described only as the Ballo in Maschera of the 20th century.
In that tradition, ConcertOPERA Philadelphia presents this great masterpiece.
Semi-staged by Leland Kimball & Conducted by Maestro Yoonhak Baek
Accompanied by Ting Ting Wong, piano, and String Chamber Ensemble
Featuring:
Moses Yungbae Yang - Tenor - Riccardo
Galina Sakhnovskaya - Lyric Soprano - Amelia
Eric T. Dubin - Baritone - Renato
Justine Aronson - Soprano - Oscar
Diane Fox - Mezzo Soprano - Ulricha
Rocky E. Sellers - Bass - Sam
Vincent Grana - Bass - Tom
Riccardo, the Governor of colonial Boston, and Amelia love each other but are unaware of the other's feelings. Unfortunately Amelia is the wife of Renato, Riccardo's friend and adviser. She goes to the forbidding cave of the fortune-teller Ulrica to find a cure for her illicit love and is directed to seek a magic herb that grows at the foot of the gallows. Her request is overheard by a disguised Riccardo, who meets Amelia at the deadly spot. They confess their mutual love.
Amelia veils her face as Renato approaches with warning of a plot to assassinate Riccardo. Renato, escorting the veiled Amelia, then confronts the armed conspirators. To prevent bloodshed, Amelia reveals her identity. Realizing her involvement with Riccardo, a bitter Renato resolves to join the conspiracy.
The lovers and conspirators come together at a masked ball held at the Governor's mansion. Riccardo has resolved to end the affair with Amelia, but will this prevail over Ulrica's grim prophecy of his death? Passion, suspense, spectacle, Verdi at his dramatic best.
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Grandioso $250 - $499 (2 tickets and Program Listing)
Sostenuto $100 - $249 (Program Listing)
Ovazione up to $99 (Program Listing)
Cast:
Moses Yungbae Yang is well known, worldwide as a gifted baritone. This past year he has decided that his voice is best suited to performing as a tenor.
As a baritone he made his debut with the 'Dallas Opera' and 'Singapore Lyric Opera' as Figaro in Il Babiere di Siviglia and Ping in Turandot with Boheme Opera. During the 05/06 season, he sang in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Salomé, and Don Giovanni with Opera Company of North Carolina, La Fanciulla del West with the Tampa Bay Opera.
He is a native of Busan, Korea and now lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two children. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea.
Galina Sakhnovskaya
"Galina possesses a most glorious soprano voice her contributions to music have always been of the highest caliber, amply demonstrating her vocal and intellectual flexibility and accomplishment she is a great singer and performer." (John Shirley- Quirk, International baritone)
Although at the start of her career, Ms. Sakhnovskaya's impressive voice and sensitive musicianship has lead to performances in numerous cities in the United States as well as Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Israel, Moldova, and St. Petersburg, Russia. Her repertoire encompasses a vast gamut and includes lieder, chamber music, oratorio, and opera, sung in various languages, including German, French, Italian, Russian, Czech, English, and Spanish. Her most recent roles include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Nedda in I Pagliacci, Mimìa and Musetta in La Bohème, and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi. Some of the other roles are Violetta in La Traviata, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, the title role in Iolanta, Marfa in Tsar's Bride, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, and Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
Eric Dubin has made many significant debuts in his young career earning the baritone critical acclaim. Of a summer 2009 performance as Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera News said, "Eric Dubin's impressive Enrico displayed an ardent, youthful baritone that nearly turned "Cruda, funesta smania" into a sympathetic moment for his character." The Philadelphia Inquirer agreed stating, "The role of Enrico, Lucia's coldhearted brother, was sung by baritone Eric Dubin, whose sonorous voice and authoritative presence were well-suited to the part."
Recently, Mr. Dubin debuted at Fresno Grand Opera as Marullo in Rigoletto, and Opera Cleveland as Silvio in I Pagliacci, returned to Nashville Opera as Roucher/Fléville in Andrea Chenier, and returned to Opera New Jersey as Valentin in Faust. Of this performance, the Philadelphia Inquirer said "Eric Dubin (Valentin) revealed hints of vocal star quality."
Detroit native Justine Aronson is an emerging soprano based in Princeton, New Jersey. Recent performances include Yum-Yum in the Mikado with the Savoy Company of Philadelphia, Monica in The Medium with OperaMODO of Princeton, and an appearance as a finalist in the Philadelphia Lieder Society's Liederabend Competition. Ms. Aronson's 2012-2013 season includes the 2013 world premiere of Daron Hagen's After Words with Lyric Fest of Philadelphia, and a performance of Un ballo in maschera with ConcertOPERA, Philadelphia. Concert credits include Bach's Mass in B Minor and Magnificat; Respighi's Laud to the Nativity; Haydn's Missa in Angustiis and Kleine Orgelmesse; Mozart's Mass in C Minor and Litanie Lauretane; Vivaldi's Magnificat and Beatus Vir and M. Haydn's Missa Sancti Hieronymi.
Diane Fox
Mezzo soprano, Diane Fox has won critics and colleagues with her compelling performances in the dramatic mezzo soprano repertoire. Peter Spencer of the Newark Star Ledger writes, "gave a galvanic reading of Adieu, forets, from Tchaikovsky's Maid of Orleans ready to take on the most dramatic roles in the repertoire", Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, "convincing, both musically and emotionally," Marina Alexander, the late Jerome Hines, "An outstanding voicea rare type, a singer-actress", and Maestro Nam Yun Kim, of the Korea W Philharmonic, "Diane has a great, warm voice with ample volume. Coupled with that is her excellence in musicality. After she finished her aria, the audience roared with approval."
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LocationIbrahim Theater International House (View)
3701 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
United States
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