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Dramatic Baritone Thomas Beard was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina and recently completed three years as artist-in-residence with Washington National Opera's Placido Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program. He was the first, and thus far the only, African-American male singer to be personally chosen for the program by Maestro Domingo and working directly under the Maestro's tutelage. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Winston-Salem State University.
Mr. Beard begins his 2010-11 season as Porgy in his company début with Dayton Opera (Oct 23, 29 and 31). |
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Novo Artists is honored to welcome tenor Derek Chester to the NAI Family.
Praised by the New York Times for his "beautifully shaped and carefully nuanced singing," tenor Derek Chester is steadily making a name for himself in the world of classical music. Mr. Chester received his Bachelor's degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Georgia where he studied with Gregory Broughton. As a student of renowned American tenor James Taylor, he completed his Master's Degree in Vocal Performance of Oratorio, Early Music, Song, and Chamber Music on full scholarship from the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music. As a Fulbright Scholar, he spent a year in Germany working as a freelance musician and furthering his training with acclaimed German tenor Christoph Prégardien. |
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Steven Ebel's "International Suite for Solo Violin" will be given its world premiere performance this Thursday September 2nd, 7pm in the Concert Hall of the Royal College of Music by violinist Sophie Alscher. Free admission!
Please check out the material produced by Wisconsin Public Radio after his interview there last month. You can view an 8 minute video of the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFND4eoz2is
Or listen to the whole entire broadcast: www.wpr.org/midday.
As a continuing member of the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme this season at the Royal Opera House Mr. Ebel will cover a lead role in Niobe (a baroque masterpiece by Steffani) in September, sing Gernando in Haydn's L'isola Disabitata in October. The composer and tenor enjoyed a wonderfully full and rewarding summer season. His composition "As I Walk From Her Grave" was premiered at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and he appeared with the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Music Festival. He returns to the ROH for a second season where he will appear as Heinrich in a new Albury production of Tannhäuser, Jacquino in Fidelio and as Malcom in Macbeth.
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Countertenor Ian Howell is looking forward to another very busy season. He will sing the role of Hamor in Händel's Jephtha (Oct 13) with Maestro Kent Tritle on New York's prestigious Sacred Music in a Sacred Place series at St. Ignatius of Loyola. He then performs as guest soloist in Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra (Oct 23). He will appear at UC Davis first in a recital entitled With a Beginner's Ear (Dec 2) and then as soloist in Bernstein's Chichester Psalms/Missa Brevis (Dec 3). He returns to the Staunton Music Festival in Virginia on December 9 for Händel by Candlelight. |
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Being called the "luminous new voice of opera"
Talise Trevigne has been universally and enthusiastically praised
for her débuts as Violetta, Mimì, Juliette and Gilda. Critics deem her Lucia as "perfect Bel
Canto singing" "ravishing!"
In mesmerizing performances she starred as Violetta with Birmingham Opera Company
and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Graham Vick's spectacular La Traviata
which won Britain's coveted Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award.
Recently she opened the Emerging Stars Concert Series at Santa Barbara's
historic Granada Theatre in a sublime recital with the great Warren Jones. She also appeared
as featured guest artist and "future star" in New York City Opera's Gala Reopening. In Feb
2010 she reprises her meltingly beautiful Gilda with Tulsa Opera in her company début.
She débuts at San Diego Opera with her first Micaëla in May 2011.
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