Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Ellen Peters' Crazy 2010-2011 Gig List

For her next trick, Ellen will successfully navigate these performances, plus rehearsals, plus a full time job and a church gig, all without ending up in the ER.

Each performance is detailed below the list

10/1/10 Fri - Otello - Opera Co of Philly
10/3/10 Sun(m) - Otello - Opera Co of Philly
10/6/10 Wed - Otello - Opera Co of Philly
10/10/10 Sun(m) - Otello - Opera Co of Philly
10/15/10 Fri - Otello - Opera Co of Philly
10/17/10 Sun(m) - The Peaceable Kingdom - Philly Singers
12/11/10 Sat(m) - Xmas on Logan Square - Philly Singers
12/12/10 Sun(m) - Xmas on Logan Square - Philly Singers
12/18/10 Sat(m) - Xmas on Logan Square - Philly Singers
1/6/11 Thu - Mozart Requiem - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
1/7/11 Fri(m) - Mozart Requiem - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
1/8/11 Sat - Mozart Requiem - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
2/11/11 Fri - Romeo & Juliet - Opera Co of Philly
2/13/11 Sun(m) - Romeo & Juliet - Opera Co of Philly
2/16/11 Wed - Romeo & Juliet - Opera Co of Philly
2/18/11 Fri - Romeo & Juliet - Opera Co of Philly
2/20/11 Sun(m) - Romeo & Juliet - Opera Co of Philly
4/3/11 Sun(m) - And You Shall Tell Your Children - Nashira
4/16/11 Sat - Seven Last Words - Philly Singers
4/29/11 Fri - Tosca - Opera Co of Philly
5/1/11 Sun(m) - Tosca - Opera Co of Philly
5/1/11 Sun - Farlorn Alemen - Nashira
5/4/11 Wed - Tosca - Opera Co of Philly
5/6/11 Fri - Tosca - Opera Co of Philly
5/8/11 Sun(m) - Tosca - Opera Co of Philly
5/12/11 Thu - Holst The Planets - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
5/13/11 Fri - Holst The Planets - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
5/14/11 Sat - Holst The Planets - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
5/17/11 Tue - Holst The Planets - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
5/19/11 Thu - Beethoven 9th - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
5/21/11 Sat - Beethoven 9th - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
5/22/11 Sun(m) - Beethoven 9th - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
5/27/11 Fri - Berlioz Faust - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
5/28/11 Sat - Berlioz Faust - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
6/25/11 Sat - Wanamaker Organ Day - Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Festival Chorus

OTELLO
by Giuseppe Verdi
Opera Company of Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Friday, October 1, 2010 at 8:00 p.m
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 2:30 p.m
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Friday, October 15, 2010 at 8:00 p.m
Sung in Italian with English translations
Opera Company of Philadelphia opens a rich and varied season with the Company Premiere of Verdi’s tour-de-force Otello. Based on Shakespeare’s famed work and widely considered to be Verdi’s greatest opera, Otello tells the story of a slave who overcomes great obstacles to become a noble general, but is then driven to unspeakable jealousy by a scheming, envious officer in his army. Passion, political intrigue and a fatal flaw are at the center of this intense musical drama that stands at the pinnacle of grand opera experiences.
Several powerhouse company debuts are in store. Tenor Clifton Forbis, one of today’s foremost dramatic tenors, in demand from La Scala to the Metropolitan Opera, shares the title role with tenor Arnold Rawls, a frequent guest artist at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Star baritone Mark Delavan, known internationally for his command of Wagner and Verdi, is Otello’s foil, Iago. French soprano Norah Amsellem, with recent leading diva credits at Royal Opera Covent Garden and the Met, makes her role debut as Desdemona in this stunning, classic production.
Estimated Running Time: Approximately 3 hours
Tickets: 215-732-8400

THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM
Philadelphia Singers Chamber Ensemble
Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 4:00pm
Church of the Holy Trinity, 19th & Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
How are you inspired by art and literature? On our opening concert, Randall Thompson draws from Edward Hicks’ painting of the same name in The Peaceable Kingdom, an a cappella American classic; texts by the ancient Roman poet Ovid inspire Philadelphia composer David Shapiro’s Metamorphoses; Abbie Betinis sets her Bar xizam (Upward I Rise) to medieval Persian poetry; and Gavin Bryars, whose work received audience acclaim last season, chooses Pope Leo XIII’s words praising photography for On Photography, scored for chorus, harmonium and piano.
Tickets: (215) 751-9494
www.philadelphiasingers.org

CHRISTMAS ON LOGAN SQUARE
Philadelphia Singers Chamber Ensemble
Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 5:00pm St. Clement’s Church, 20th and Cherry Streets Philadelphia
Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 4:00pm Church of the Good Samaritan, 212 West Lancaster Avenue, Paoli
Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 5:00pm St. Clement’s Church, 20th and Cherry Streets Philadelphia
Join The Singers for “Christmas on Logan Square”. This annual concert features traditional works and new favorites including Benjamin Britten’s much loved Ceremony of Carols for women’s chorus and harp. You’ll also hear a set of motets by San Francisco composer Ingram Marshall and David Shapiro’s Et Incarnatus Est along with other holiday gems and a glorious audience carol sing-along.
Tickets: (215) 751-9494
www.philadelphiasingers.org

MOZART'S REQUIEM
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Thursday, January 6, 2011 8:00 PM
Friday, January 7, 2011 2:00 PM
Saturday, January 8, 2011 8:00 PM
Verizon Hall
Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Conductor
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Orchestra’s Music Director Designate, returns to conduct Mozart’s Requiem for chorus, soloist, and orchestra. A piece not heard by Philadelphia Orchestra audiences in 20 years, the Requiem remains a magnificent torso and the numerous attempts to complete it have only enhanced its mystique. Hear the final, poignant utterances of one of the greatest musical geniuses ever known.
Tickets: 215-893-1999
www.philorch.org

ROMEO & JULIET
by Charles Gounod
Opera Company of Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Friday, February 11, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 18, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Sung in French with English translations
Never in the history of romance were two lovers more star-crossed than Shakespeare’s passionate Romeo and Juliet. This universal story has been adapted in countless plays and films, in popular culture and in dance, but perhaps no medium better expresses the love, longing and ultimate tragedy of this fated pair than Gounod’s sweeping and supreme opera. Replete with ecstatic French melodies, this heartbreakingly beautiful production arrives just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Rising international stars Stephen Costello and Ailyn Perez - real life spouses and Academy of Vocal Arts alumni - return home to Philadelphia in the title roles. Director Manfred Schweigkofler conceives this new production that paints the Capulets and Montagues as dueling fashion houses. Against a backdrop of models, paparazzi and high style, Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other unfolds to its deadly conclusion.
Estimated Running Time: Approximately 3 hours, 30 min
Tickets: 215-732-8400

AND YOU SHALL TELL YOUR CHILDREN
Nashirah, the Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia
Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 3:00pm
Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Nashirah presents
a special concert event
featuring the music and melodies of Pesach (Passover)
and premiering the instrumental and choral works of
GERALD COHEN
&
ANDREA
CLEARFIELD.

SEVEN LAST WORDS
Philadelphia Singers Chamber Ensemble
Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 8:00pm
Church of the Holy Trinity, 19th & Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
This concert at the start of Holy Week opens with J.S. Bach’s Cantata No.182 “King of Heaven, Welcome”. It is the only extant cantata that Bach wrote for Palm Sunday. The program concludes with Sir James MacMillan’s powerful and moving Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross.
Tickets: (215) 751-9494
www.philadelphiasingers.org

TOSCA
by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Company of Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Sung in Italian with English translations
From Madama Butterfly and Turandot to La Bohème’s Mimi, composer giant Giacomo Puccini is famous for the grace and strength of his glorious heroines. Enter Floria Tosca, a diva with flashing eyes and a jealous heart who loves only one man – Mario Cavaradossi. When he is taken as a political prisoner, his captor, Baron Scarpia, has met his match in Cavaradossi’s faithful Tosca. Featuring the breathtaking Te Deum chorus and the renowned tenor anthem E lucevan le stelle, plus one of the most famed soprano arias in all of operatic repertoire, Vissi d’arte, Puccini’s beloved work has not been seen at the Opera Company of Philadelphia for over ten years.
Three dazzling stars make their OCP debuts in this production. Beautiful Romanian soprano Adina Nitescu sings the title role after making a name as a Puccini leading lady at Paris National Opera, and sizzling Brazilian-Italian tenor Thiago Arancam is her Cavaradossi. As Scarpia, formidable Russian baritone Boris Statsenko promises a villainous star turn in the acclaimed, grand and classic Opera Company of Philadelphia production.
Estimated Running Time: approximately 2 hours, 45 min
Tickets: 215-732-8400
FARLORN ALEMEN
Nashirah, the Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 8:00pm
Andrea Clearfield Salon
Nashirah presents
an encore performance of their commissioned piece Farlorn Alemen by the Philadelphia composer
Andrea Clearfield at her famed salon.

HOLST THE PLANETS
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Thursday, May 12, 2011 8:00 PM
Friday, May 13, 2011 7:00 PM
Saturday, May 14, 2011 8:00 PM
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 2:00 PM
Verizon Hall
Charles Dutoit - Conductor
Gil Shaham - Violin
Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale -
Program:
Walton - Violin Concerto
Holst - The Planets
One of the most significant violin talents of our time, American-born Gil Shaham has been praised by Strings magazine for his virtuosity and his "innate musicality and beautiful, expressive tone, which can glow like bronze and shimmer like gold." Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, multiple Grammy awards, and the 2008 Avery Fisher Prize, Shaham presents Walton's Violin Concerto, commissioned by Jascha Heifetz and structured similarly to the composer's better-known Viola Concerto. The piece was part of an outpouring of great violin concertos during the 1930s--a repertoire that Shaham has highlighted recently through performances of works by Barber, Berg, Stravinsky, Bartók, and Prokofiev. Maestro Dutoit casts the Walton against Holst's beloved The Planets, composed a generation before and inspired by the characteristics of the Roman gods for whom each planet is named.
Tickets: 215-893-1999

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 9
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 21, 2011 8:00 PM
Sunday May 22, 2011 2:00 PM
Verizon Hall
Program:
Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 ("Choral")
Charles Dutoit – Conductor
Melanie Diener - Soprano
Mary Phillips - Mezzo-soprano
Philippe Castagner - Tenor
Nathan Berg - Bass-baritone
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale
Composed a century apart, Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony both share a sense of pushing the symphonic genre into new areas, in both cases partly through the inclusion of chorus. But while Beethoven's final work in the genre bears an outwardly "symphonic" structure--four movements and a big finale--Stravinsky's from 1930 feels more oratorio-like. "It is not a symphony in which I have included Psalms to be sung," Stravinsky said. "On the contrary, it is the singing of the Psalms that I am symphonizing." In any event Stravinsky's finale, "Alleluia-Laudate Dominum" delves the same celebratory spirit that made Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" an unprecedented expression of ecstasy in 1824. Maestro Dutoit is joined in this ingenious pairing by renowned soloists and the Philadelphia Singers Chorale.
Tickets: 215-893-1999
www.philorch.org

BERLIOZ DAMNATION OF FAUST
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Friday, May 27, 2011 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 28, 2011 8:00 PM
Verizon Hall
Charles Dutoit - Conductor
Paul Groves - Tenor
Susan Graham - Mezzo-soprano
David Wilson-Johnson - Baritone
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale
At once operatic, oratorio-like, even cinematic, The Damnation of Faust is perhaps Berlioz's masterpiece, a légende dramatique (in his words) that he spent the better part of his life creating. Maestro Charles Dutoit, a peerless exponent of the works of Berlioz, has led performances of the composer's Goethe-inspired Faust worldwide that are the stuff of legend. He concludes his third season as chief conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra with concert performances of the piece, part of his continuing cycle of Berlioz's major work with the ensemble. He is joined by a star cast, including Susan Graham as Marguerite--whose mezzo the New Yorker described as "a voice without regrets, healthy, rounded, ineffably musical." Versatile American tenor and Richard Tucker Award-winner Paul Groves sings the title role of the aging scholar on a quest for meaning. David Wilson-Johnson is Mephistopheles, the dark, devilish figure who is more than happy to guide the hapless hero into the fires of hell.
Tickets: 215-893-1999

WANAMAKER ORGAN DAY
Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Festival Chorus
Saturday, June 25, 2011 5:00 PM
The Friends are planning their usual, major, day long and mainly free celebration spotlighting assistants to Peter Richard Conte at 10am, live broadcast/performance at 11:30am on an expanded WRTI Jill Pasternak "Crossover" broadcast featuring Peter Richard Conte and Peter Krasinski , a $10 admission silent movie at 2pm in Greek Hall with Peter Krasinski at our Mighty Wurlitzer, and the Grand Concert at 5, featuring Peter Richard Conte, Rudy Lucente, Philadelphia Brass and the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Festival Chorus.