Really looking forward to getting back out in front of an audience, but for now, from January 2020, here’s the Verdi Requiem, conducted by Paul Leavitt and with my fellow soloists Patrick Cook, Elizabeth Mondragon-Groff, and Alyssa Cox!
Tag: Events
A Fairy Queen
IN Series presents, to inaugurate the INVision Virtual Opera House, Artistic Director Timothy Nelson’s reimagining of Purcell’s The Fairy-Queen and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, fittingly combining the two into A Fairy Queen, an episodic podcast opera in the style of a classic radio drama, with John as the narrator. The show premieres on the virtual opera house on September 12, and The Play’s the Thing, an hour-long musical preview of the production, will be on Music in Maryland on WBJC on September 5. Click all the links for more info!
Verdi Requiem with the Friday Morning Music Club
You may have noticed it on the calendar; John returns to the Friday Morning Music Club as the bass soloist for their performances of Verdi’s Requiem on January 16th and 18th! Admission is free, but you can reserve your spot and donate to the organization here.
Season Update
As the young season has progressed, so has the list of things you’ll be able to see me in!
October 17/20: my BSO acting debut, as the Farmhand in Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna. Thursday evening at the Meyerhoff, Sunday afternoon at Strathmore. Tickets and more info here.
November 1-2: I’ll be the bass soloist in Bach’s Magnificat and Mendelssohn’s Psalm 115 with the Friday Morning Music Club. Performances are at 8 PM at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in DC. More info here.
March 7, 8, 14, 15: the world premiere of Frances Pollock and Robert Misbin’s new opera Briscula the Magician, in which I will perform the role of Man from the City, with Bel Cantanti. Performances are at the Randolph Road Theater in Silver Spring. Tickets and more info at belcantanti.com.
April 11, 12, 16-19: a new version, orchestrated for circus ensemble, of Verdi’s Rigoletto with IN Series, in which I will sing Sparafucile. Performances are at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in DC. Tickets and more info here.
A Return to Young Vic
John returns to the Young Victorian Theatre Company for From London to Baltimore, a greatest-hits show of Gilbert & Sullivan as part 1 of their 50th anniversary celebration. The shows are July 14th, 18th, and 21st at the Gilman School; more information can be found at yvtc.org.
Die Zauberflöte with the Bethesda Summer Music Festival
On June 29th at Bethesda Presbyterian Church, the Bethesda Summer Music Festival presents Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with John in the principal bass role of Sarastro. There are two performances that day, at 2:30 and 7:30. He will also appear in an art song recital and a preview show for the opera on June 22nd.
May 2019 – The Tsar’s Bride with Bel Cantanti
John returns to Bel Cantanti Opera to sing the role of Vasily Sobakin in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Tsar’s Bride.
Performances:
Saturday, May 11, at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 12, at 3:00pm
Saturday, May 18, at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 19, at 3:00pm
Location: Randolph Road Theater – 4010 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD. Tickets are available here.
April 7, 2019 – A Spring Fete with Bach in Baltimore
Welcome spring with a concert featuring Bach’s delicate Cantatas 49 and 84, plus Handel’s masterful Organ Concerto Op. 4.
John joins Bach in Baltimore as the bass soloist for BMV 49 and the aria “Heir in meines Vaters Stätte” from BMV 32.
The concert takes place at 4pm at Grace United Methodist Church in Baltimore. Tickets are $25 Advance/ $27 Door and can be purchased here.
March 1 and 3, 2019 – The Flying Dutchman at Baltimore Concert Opera
On March 1st and 3rd, I appear in Baltimore Concert Opera’s production of The Flying Dutchman as part of the chorus. Performances take place at the Engineers Club: 11 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore MD 21201.
December 15, 2018 – Soloist with Harford Choral Society for An International Celebration Concert
On December 15th, I will be joining Harford Choral Society as a soloist for their International Celebration Concert. Their winter concert features Bach’s Magnificat and other seasonal selections. The event takes place at 4pm at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Bel Air, MD.
September 30, 2018 – Taste of Tomorrow. Opera a la Carte.
Preview of Bel Cantanti’s 15th season. The performances will include the snippets of performances of 2018-2019:
C. Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers
Franz von Suppe’s The Beautiful Galatea
W. Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro
W. Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice
N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride
September 8-23, 2018 – Viva VERDI – The Promised End
Verdi’s name* became the battle-cry of an entire revolution. Verdi and Shakespeare come together in this season-opener, a unique imagining of the Bard’s King Lear, alongside the composer’s towering Requiem. Heart-stopping melodies and breathtaking choruses reveal Verdi at the moment of his death, weighing fragments of his life, telling the story of the opera Lear which he never finished, and exploring the universal pains and joys of the aging process. Acclaimed conductor/composer/pianist Paul Leavitt and eight opera singers distill this music to its fiery spiritual core. Steven Scott Mazzola directs this world-premiere piece written by In Series Artistic Director Timothy Nelson. With designs by Jonathan Dahm Robertson (Scenic), Marianne Meadows (Lighting), and Maria Bissex (Costumes).
Starring Helen Hayes Award Winner, Nanna Ingvarsson as Verdi/Lear.
The Ensemble includes:
Teresa Ferrara
Natalie Conte
Anamer Castrello
Elizabeth Mondragon
Peter Burroughs
Brian Arreola
John T.K. Scherch
Bryan Jackson
Sung in Latin & English with English dialogue.
VENUE
Source Theatre
1835 14th Street NW – Washington DC 20009
U Street-Cardozo Metro (Green line)
Street & Garage parking available
http://www.sourcedc.org
TICKETS
General: $45
Seniors (65+): $40
Young Professional: $25
Students: $20
