One of the stars of the opera world makes her Asheville Symphony debut Saturday, April 16 in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem, the highlight of the ASO’s sixth Masterworks concert of the season.
Angela Brown, who has received rave reviews for her performances on the
Metropolitan Opera stage, joins the ASO, Asheville Symphony Chorus, and Music
Director Daniel Meyer for the concert, which begins at 8 p.m. in Thomas Wolfe
Auditorium. Brown was originally scheduled to make her Asheville debut on the
symphony’s opening night in September 2015, but was forced to cancel due to
illness.
In her stellar career Angela Brown has performed with dozens of opera
companies, classical and pops orchestras, and in recitals around the world.
While opera is the main catalyst for her career, Brown’s performance career
includes everything from star hostess on stage, to producer and creator of the
witty and inspired “Opera…from a Sistah’s Point of View,” a trailblazing
educational show that dispels the
common myths of opera from Brown’s own sassy perspective, and has gained
international notoriety for bringing opera to the masses.
Joining Brown in the monumental Verdi Requiem are rising opera stars Dawn
Pierce, mezzo-soprano; Dinyar Vania, tenor; and Timothy Jones, bass-baritone.
“This program commemorates the ways in which music, in the face of
tragedy can soothe the soul and uplift the spirit,” says ASO Music Director
Daniel Meyer. “Verdi’s Requiem, based on the Latin text from the Requiem Mass,
is replete with the qualities you expect from Italy’s most celebrated composer—soaring,
memorable melodies, powerful sonics, and an indelibly Romantic spirit.”
The concert will open with the heartbreaking Memorial to Lidice, by Czech composer Martinů. He wrote the piece
upon hearing of the massacre of every man in the tiny Czech town of Lidice at
the hand of the Nazis in World War II.
“This touching piece as an elegy to the souls who lost their lives in
this brutal event,” says Meyer.
Single tickets for all concerts are $22 – $62 depending on seating
section; reduced youth pricing is available. Single tickets and season ticket
packages can be purchased at www.ashevillesymphony.org, by calling
828-254-7046, or in person at the U.S. Cellular Center box office at 87 Haywood
Street.
The Asheville Symphony Orchestra performs and promotes symphonic music
for the benefit, enjoyment and education of the people of Western North
Carolina. The ASO presents concerts in the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in
Asheville’s U.S. Cellular Center. Related organizations include the Asheville
Symphony Guild, Asheville Symphony Chorus, Asheville Symphonettes, and education
initiatives such as the Asheville Buncombe Youth Orchestra, Music in the
Schools, MusicWorks!, Spotlight on Young Musicians, Symphony Talks and
pre-concert lectures.
Masterworks 6
VERDI’S REQUIEM
April 16, 2016 • 8 p.m.
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Daniel Meyer, conductor
Dr. Michael Lancaster, Asheville
Symphony Chorus director
Angela Brown, soprano
Dawn Pierce, mezzo-soprano
Dinyar Vania, tenor
Timothy Jones, bass-baritone
Program:
Martinů Memorial to Lidice
Martinů Memorial to Lidice
Verdi Messa da requiem
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