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Opera combat coach Girard teaches safety through violence

July 30, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

A large, goateed man stands in an open room in the middle of a circle of opera singers.

“Promoting tolerance, friendship and understanding through violence” is printed on his black T-shirt.

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Musical Theater Revue takes Young Artists to the fair

July 30, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Josh Cooper | Staff Writer The songs of the fair will be featured in tonight’s Musical Theater Revue at 10:30 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 4 in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall. The program will feature songs of great American musical theater composers like Rodgers and Hammerstein, Comden and Green and Jones and Schmidt, to name but [...]

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The Magic of Mozart

July 29, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Normally, few comparisons can be made between Mozartian opera and AMC’s hit drama “Mad Men.”

However, if the Chautauqua Opera Company is involved, the two can be mentioned in the same sentence, and quite easily, according to Jay Lesenger, the company’s artistic/general director.

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Quartet of Young Artists to present weekly Artsongs

July 28, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

At 4 p.m. today in the Hall of Christ, four singers, rather than the usual three, will present their songs at the weekly Artsongs recital.

Mezzo Kaitlin Bertenshaw, tenor Jeffrey Hill and baritone Matthew Klauser originally were slated to perform today, and they will be joined by soprano Alize Rozsnyai, who was unable to perform at an earlier recital due to illness.

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Songs of Britten, Russians featured in Artsongs recital

July 21, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

This week’s Artsongs recital, held at 4 p.m. today in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall, will feature songs of famous Russian composers, as well as those of Benjamin Britten, a legendary 20th century British composer.

The program will showcase the voices of three Young Artists: bass Heath Sorensen, mezzo Courtney Miller and soprano Kasey King, all new to the Chautauqua Opera Company.

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Opera’s Lesenger sees his art as expression of spirituality

July 20, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Opera is part of Jay Lesenger’s soul, but his soul has been burdened lately.

At 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy, Lesenger, the general and artistic director of the Chautauqua Opera, will explain the challenge the arts are facing right now. His lecture is titled “Opera as a Spiritual Journey: My Confession.”

“I also will talk about the time that we’re in right now, which is a very difficult time,” Lesenger said. “Our souls are burdened now because of the economy and because of the lack of exposure to the arts in schools. So the focus will be on how we got there and the impact of what’s going on today.”

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Opera singer Conrad fought racism with song

July 20, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Growing up in the segregated south, Barbara Smith Conrad knew firsthand the pain racial discrimination brought. She also knew firsthand the healing power of music.

“Music absolutely saved my life,” Conrad said.

Conrad grew up in a very musical environment, and singing was her passion. She came to the forefront of national attention in 1957, when she was forcibly removed from the cast of an opera production at the University of Texas.

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Opera, with an American flavor

July 16, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

The works of John Adams, Leonard Bernstein, Jonathan Dove, Benjamin Britten and Lee Hoiby, among many others, will be featured in the Opera Highlights concert, held at 8:15 p.m. Saturday in the Amphitheater.

The performance will feature eight Apprentice Artists from the opera company’s Young Artists program and members of the CSO, under the baton of Steven Osgood.

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Contemporary music highlighted in today’s Artsongs recital

July 14, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

At 4 p.m. today in the Hall of Christ, three Opera Company Studio Artists will present the latest in the weekly Artsongs recital series.

This week, the songs will have a distinctly modern feel. All but two of them were written in the 20th century.

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A grand spectacle

July 10, 2011 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Following last season’s grand Norma, the Chautauqua Opera Company achieved even finer results Saturday evening with a fine but under-appreciated Giuseppe Verdi work that represents a midpoint between the bel canto style of Norma and the full-out “music drama” Verdi and Wagner were to develop later in the 19th century: 1849’s Luisa Miller. While, it’s never been a crowd-pleaser like Rigoletto or La traviata, it’s a passionate story — full of melodrama, but also full of feeling — and the music is wonderful, culminating in a third act that ranks among the great single acts in Verdi’s huge output.

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