Mark has been the selector, and has made a practice of auditioning and engaging young singers of high promise, as well as some artists who have built careers outside the Euro-American opera mainstream. Who, then, would cast the productions, and how? Albert, the opera board’s president-elect, has hinted that the company may take the latter course, as it already does with stage directors and designers. Will it appoint a new artistic director who is expected to conduct most performances, or engage conductors production by production? Alan D. Details: (866) 673-7282 Having dismissed Peter Mark, its founding artistic director, a year and a half before his contract was to expire, the Virginia Opera has shortened the time frame for making some decisions that will profoundly affect its future. The orchestra, drawn from Hampton Roads’ Virginia Symphony, made fine work of Mozart’s score, especially his wind writing (oboist Sherie Lake-Aguirre was especially stellar), and played with more panache and sparkle than might have been expected, given the rather lumbering tempos. Director Groag sprinkles every scene with broadly comic touches that enliven the show without bogging down its pace or interfering with characterization and interaction. The show delights the eye with a set (by Michael Yeargan) of elegant simplicity, as well as vivid costumes and sunny lighting (by Kenneth Steadman). (Occasional raw tones and dropped notes suggested that several singers were suffering from the bronchial bug that had much of the audience coughing.) In ensembles, however, none sounded much inclined to rein in tone or timbre to balance and complement other voices. Soprano Jan Cornelius (Fiordiligi), mezzo-soprano Katharine Tier (Dorabella), tenor David Portillo (Ferrando), baritone Timothy Kuhn (Guglielmo), bass Todd Robinson (Don Alfonso) and soprano Camille Zamora (Despina) made fine work of some solo numbers – Portillo’s caressing treatment of the great love aria "Un’ aura amorosa," for example, or Zamora’s playfully wry rendition of "Di pasta simile." Stage director Lillian Groag paces and garnishes the comedy very effectively but, in the first of two Richmond performances, the slowish tempos set by conductor Joseph Walsh sapped much of the score of its vivacious energy, and the voices of six young singers too rarely combined agreeably in ensembles of more than two. The Virginia Opera’s current production of "Così" gets it half right. To pull it off, performers need an unerring sense of comic timing and gesture, and the ability to blend voices and instruments in tightly and subtly woven ensembles. "Così fan tutte," last of the three great operatic collaborations of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, is a comedy of manners, mores and mistaken identities. 26, Carpenter Theatre, Richmond CenterStage For more information, visit Tickets for the concert are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and $3 for students and youth.Nov. Master classes for 1A through 4A schools will be at 1 p.m., and master classes for 5A and 6A schools will be at 2 p.m. "Much of the program will be devoted to performing tangos," Scott said.īrass Day at SFA is an outreach event in which high school brass students work with SFA brass faculty to prepare for region and area auditions to qualify for the Texas All-State Bands.
The ensemble will perform Saglietti's "Piccola Suite" and Piazzolla's "Contrabajeando" and "La Muerte del Angel." The most well-known composers on the concert program are Astor Piazzolla of Argentina and Corrado Maria Saglietti of Italy. The members of Viento Sur, which include Pablo Fenoglio, Carlos Ovejero, Enrique Schneebeli, and Jorge Urani on bass trombone, will also spend two days working with SFA trombone students, teaching them and listening to them perform in master class settings. "SFA is included on their current North American tour." Deb Scott, professor of trombone in the SFA School of Music. "Viento Sur is a trombone quartet known worldwide for their beautiful ensemble playing and distinct sound when playing arrangements of authentic Argentine tangos," said Dr. Austin State University in conjunction with Brass Day at SFA.
12, in Cole Concert Hall on the campus of Stephen F. 12, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campusNACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Argentinian trombone quartet Viento Sur will perform at 4 p.m.
Viento Sur, a world-renowned Argentinian trombone quartet, will perform at 4 p.m.
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