![]() ![]() Voice of reason: With her soft, deliberate and flawless diction, Rita Rudner sounds like she should be talking about tonight’s lineup on PBS or which color scheme you should employ in your home office space. Performance time is 7:30 p.m., and tickets, $25-$50, are available at or by calling (415) 864-3330.Ĭomedian Rita Rudner takes a break from her long-running Las Vegas residency to perform at Livermore’s Bankhead Theater on Saturday. The repertoire will include pieces from Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale,” Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” John Adams’ “Doctor Atomic,” Verdi’s “Falstaff” and many more. The conductor for the program, Patrick Furrer, is a New York Metropolitan staff member. Thirty-one aspiring opera stars from all over the world - singers, coaches, pianists and one fledgling stage director - have prepared a program of arias and ensembles designed to show off their rapidly developing talents. (Photo courtesy Kristen Loken)Ĭapping it off: The largest annual class of Merola Opera Program enrollees in the prestigious apprenticeship program’s history gathers onstage at the War Memorial Opera House Saturday night for the traditional “Grand Finale” concert that brings its summer festival to a close. The 2022 class of Merola Opera Program enrollees brings its summer festival to a close with a “Grand Finale” concert at the War Memorial Opera House. The four soloists engaged for the event are soprano Clarissa Lyons, mezzo-soprano Buffy Baggott, tenor Christopher Bengochea and baritone Eugene Brancoveanu, going low for the bass part. Friday, with the California Chamber Symphony providing the orchestral support. The San Francisco Choral Society, returning to Davies Hall for the first time since the pandemic hit, is mounting a performance there at 8 p.m. Its signature movement is the thunderous “Dies irae,” recurring with the accompaniment of massive blows on the bass drum that would put the designed fear of God into just about anyone. We’re talking about Giuseppe Verdi’s glorious Requiem, the 1874 work composed in commemoration of the Italian poet and author Alessandro Manzoni. (Photo courtesy Kristen Loken)Ī veritable Verdi masterpiece: It isn’t one of his operas, but it belongs up in the pantheon along with his greatest works in that genre, even contributing, in its “Ingemisco” section, a soaring aria that many a tenor has incorporated into an ambitious solo recital program. ![]() The San Francisco Choral Society, with the California Chamber Symphony, will perform Verdi’s massive Requiem in Davies Hall on Friday. The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression, attracting artists, writers and musicians from around the globe to live, work and create. ![]()
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