Saturday, October 16, 2010

Concert Details

• 2010-2011 Season
• Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Jed Gaylin
• Works Performed:
• Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish) by Felix Mendelssohn
• Excerpts from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
• Featured Artists: Michelle Seipel John Brandon John Bowen Frederic Rey Christopher Austin
• Pre-Concert Speaker: John Bowen and Jed Gaylin
• Venue: Shriver Hall

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Opus 56 (Scottish)

Gaetano Donizetti: Excerpts from Lucia di Lammermoor
Michelle Seipel, soprano – Lucia
Frederic Rey, tenor – Edgardo
John Brandon, baritone – Enrico
Christopher Austin, bass-baritone – Raimondo
Peter Scott Drackley, tenor – Arturo
Jennifer Blades, mezzo-soprano – Alisa
John Bowen, narrator

Lucia di Lammermoor Excerpts

This concert was a collaboration between the Hopkins Symphony and Baltimore’s Opera Vivente. Opera Vivente performed a fully staged “Lucy of Lammermoor” in English, with these singers and Jed Gaylin conducting, on October 22, 24, 28, and 30 in the Great Hall of Emanuel Episcopal Church, 811 Cathedral St., Baltimore. To learn more, visit www.operavivente.org.