RCAS - Fairy-Tale Arias by Russian Composers

Friday, October 4, 2019  |  7:30 p.m.

RCAS opens its 2019-20 season with a new collaboration with Washington National Opera's

Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program 

Five rising stars from WNO's prestigious Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program will sing arias from beloved fairy-tale operas by Glinka ("Ruslan and Lyudmila"), Tchaikovsky ("Iolanta") and Rimsky-Korsakov ("Sadko" and "The Snow Maiden"). 

Performing with the singers will be distinguished pianists Genadi Zagor and WNO vocal coach Vera Danchenko-Stern, founder and artistic director of RCAS.

English narration by award-winning Washington actor Rick Foucheux will be interspersed with the vocal selections, sung in Russian.

ABOUT THE SINGERS

An alumna of Indiana University and the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco, Lebanese Mexican soprano Marlen Nahhas made her debut as Violetta in Washington National Opera's 2018 production of "La traviata."

Last season, mezzo-soprano Rehanna Thelwell, a University of Michigan alumna, appeared in Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's productions of "Rigoletto" and Terence Blanchard's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones." 

British American tenor Joshua Blue, a graduate of Oberlin and Juilliard, is a Filene Artist at Wolf Trap Opera this summer. Last May, he returned to Carnegie Hall as the tenor soloist in Verdi's Requiem with the Oratorio Society of New York. 

Baritone Samson McCrady earned his master of music degree at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. This summer, he played Pa Zegner in Missy Mazzoli's "Proving Up" at the Aspen Music Festival. 

A master of music graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago, bass Samuel Weiser appeared this summer as Daland in Miami Music Festival's Wagner Institute production of "Der fliegender Holländer."

General Admission is $75, which includes a lavish post-concert reception with wine.

VIP tickets are $99, including both the post-concert reception and an exclusive pre-concert Champagne reception at 7 p.m.

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