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Teresa Perrotta, Soprano

by Bethany Gallegos

Soprano Teresa Perrotta is a 2023 Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera’s Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition and a first-year Cafritz Young Artist at Washington National Opera. In the 2022-2023 season, she made her Kennedy Center debut as Fünfte Magd in Elektra, followed by…

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Cory McGee, Bass-Baritone

by Bethany Gallegos

Hailing from Stafford, Virginia, bass-baritone Cory McGee opened his 2023-2024 season performing the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Wolf Trap Opera and making his debut with Opera Philadelphia as Pietro in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. He will also portray Theseus in Britten’s A Midsummer...

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Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano

by Bethany Gallegos

Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott is a consummate artist who balances a versatile career as a soloist and collaborator. She performs over 100 concerts a year in a combination of solo recitals, concerti and chamber music. Her repertoire choices are eclectic, spanning from Bach, Haydn, Prokofiev and…

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Biography—Lyle Lovett

by Bethany Gallegos

A singer, composer, and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel, and blues in a convention-defying manner that…

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Anthony León, Tenor

by Bethany Gallegos

An American-born, Cuban and Colombian tenor, Anthony León is a young up-and-comer who is quickly developing an international performing career. During the 2022-2023 season he was a member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program at the Los Angeles Opera. His engagements at LA Opera include...

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Philippe L’Esperance, Tenor

by Bethany Gallegos

Praised for his “agility, range, and pleasant timbre” (Opera News), tenor Philippe L’Esperance has appeared as Ernesto in Don Pasqaule and as Alessandro in Mozart’s Il re Pastore at the New England Conservatory. A recent alumnus of the Merola Opera Program, he participated in a...

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Alexi Kenney, Violin

by Bethany Gallegos

Violinist Alexi Kenney is forging a career that defies categorization, following his interests, intuition and heart. He is equally at home creating experimental programs and commissioning new works, soloing with major orchestras around the world, and collaborating with some of the most celebrated musicians of...

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Ida Kavafian, Violin

by Bethany Gallegos

Internationally acclaimed as a violist as well as a violinist, the versatile Ida Kavafian is an artist-member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and former violinist of the Beaux Arts Trio. For 34 years she has been artistic director of Music from Angel…

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Caitlin Gotimer, Soprano

by Bethany Gallegos

Praised for her "full, focused soprano," Caitlin Gotimer made her role debut as Tosca with Arizona Opera, followed by her Dallas Opera debut as Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte in the 2022–2023 season. She joined the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice program in the summer...

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Katherine DeYoung, Mezzo-soprano

by Bethany Gallegos

Mezzo-soprano Katherine DeYoung, originally from Traverse City, Michigan, is currently a third-year Ensemble Member of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In the 2022-2023 season, she sang Giovanna in Ernani and Mercédès in Carmen. She also covered Ragonde in Le Comte...

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Program Notes | Beethoven’s Ninth

by Bethany Gallegos

Sunday, May 19, 2024 / 4:00 PM HECTOR BERLIOZ Born 1803, Grenoble Died 1869, Paris Les Nuits de'ete By the time Berlioz began composing Nuits d’été (Summer Nights), he had become embittered by his failure to establish himself as a composer and musical force in...

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Program Notes | Oceana

by Bethany Gallegos

Sunday, April 21, 2024 / 4:00 pm GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Born 1685, Halle, Germany Died 1759, London Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major Ouverture—Adagio e staccato—Allegro/Andante/Allegro da capo— Andante—Passepied—Air—Bourrée—Hornpipe In 1714, Georg Ludwig, the Elector of Hanover, became King George I of England....

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Program Notes | Italian Nights

by Bethany Gallegos

Sunday, March 17, 2024 / 4:00 pm GIOACHINO ROSSINI Born 1792, Pesaro, Italy Died 1868, Paris Overture to L’italiana in Algeri L’italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) was one of Rossini’s first great successes. He composed it in just 27 days in the...

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Program Notes | Nochebuena Clásica!

by Bethany Gallegos

Sunday, December 24, 2023 / 4:00 pm CHARLIE CHAPLIN Born 165, Fusignano, Italy Died 1713, Rome Weeping Willows Mystery and controversy surround much of the life of Arcangelo Corelli. Born of a wealthy landowning family, he studied music at the cathedral of...

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Program Notes | Philippe Quint in Charlie Chaplin’s Smile

by Bethany Gallegos

January 14, 2024 / 4:00 pm CHARLIE CHAPLIN Born 1889, London Died 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland Weeping Willows Weeping Willows was written for Chaplin’s 1957 film A King in New York. It was his last leading role in a film. Presenting a satirical view of the...

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