RECENT + UPCOMING EVENTS
DECEMBER 14, 2022 - JUST BACH
Alto soloist:
BWV 659 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
BWV 248:4 Aria: Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben
BWV 200 Aria: Bekennen will ich seinen Namen
BWV 132:4 Recitativo: Ich will, mein Gott, dir frei heraus bekennen
BWV 132:5 Aria: Christi Glieder, ach bedenket
Luther Memorial Chapell, Madison, WI
Britt Brown, alto
Leanne Kelso, violin
Nathan Giglierano, violin
Charlie Rasmussen, cello
Jared Stellmacher, organ
NOVEMBER 13, 2022 - BEETHOVEN’S 9th SYMPHONY
Alto soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony
CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR - BEETHOVEN/LISZT SYMPHONY CYCLE, PART IV
Beethoven/Liszt Symphony No. 9 (1824/1865)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
APRIL 29, 2022 - MISSA IN ANGUSTIIS
Alto soloist in Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass
Orchestra and Chorus of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Christopher Hathaway, Conductor
SEPTEMBER 2021 - DARK EXHALATION
Lavinia in Dark Exhalation - Recording
A chamber opera for four vocalists, live ensemble, spatialized
sound design, and custom projection.
By Amber Vistein
Granoff Center at Brown University
JULY 22-25, 2021 - MÉLANGE OPERATIQUE
Presented by Boston Midsummer Opera
The Commander's Mansion, Watertown, MA
Scenes, Arias, & Ensembles
July 22 - 25, 2021
MAY 16 & 17, 2020 - BEETHOVEN'S 9TH SYMPHONY (COVID CANCELED)
Alto soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Newton, MA
May 16 & 17, 2020
APRIL 2020 - DARK EXHALATION - (COVID CANCELED)
Lavinia in Dark Exhalation
A chamber opera for four vocalists, live ensemble, spatialized
sound design, and custom projection.
By Amber Vistein
Granoff Center at Brown University
MARCH 10, 2020 - BERIO'S FOLK SONGS
Berio's Folk Songs
Phoenix Orchestra
FEBRUARY 1 & 2, 2020 - MAHLER'S SYMPHONY NO. 3
Alto Soloist in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3
Symphony Pro Musica
Mark Churchill, Conductor
Saturday's concert: Hudson High School, 7:30pm
Sunday's concert: St. Mark’s School, Southborough, 3:30 pm
JANUARY 26, 2020 - MISSA IN ANGUSTIIS
Alto soloist in Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass
Anne Watson Borne, conductor
Nashoba Valley Chorale
JANUARY 18, 2020 - NERUDA SONGS
Peter Lieberson's Neruda Songs
Indian Hill Orchestra
Bruce Hangen, Conductor
Haverhill, MA
DECEMBER 15, 2019 - HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Alto Soloist in Handel's Messiah (Part I)
Assabet Valley Mastersingers
Dr. Robert Eaton, Artistic Director
3:30 PM
First Church Congregational, Marlborough
NOVEMBER 10, 2019 - SYMPHONY BY THE SEA
Donald Palma, Music Director & Conductor
Arias and Duets by Bellini, Mozart, Rossini, Saint-Saens and
more
With Ryne Cherry, Baritone
Cabot Theater, Beverly, 3:00 PM
NOVEMBER 7, 2019 - NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM
Johnna in Durang/Hollands Naomi in the Living Room
Directed by Patricia Weinmann
At Room & Board
JUNE 14 & 16, 2019 - LA BELLE HÉLÈNE
Ensemble with Odyssey Opera
La belle Hélène By Jacques Offenbach
Conducted by Gil Rose
Directed by Frank Kelley
June 14, 2019 at 7:30pm
June 16, 2019 at 2:00pm
Huntington Avenue Theatre
MAY 17, 2019 - RUMPELSTILTSKIN (NYC)
Gretchen in Marti Epstein's Rumpelstiltskin
7:30pm
Opera America - Scorca Hall
330 7th Ave, New York, NY
APRIL 28, 2019 - TRIPLE HELIX PIANO TRIO
Premiere, Sekelela by Francince Trestore
With Triple Helix, piano trio
To benefit Communities Without Borders
FUUSN - 4pm
MARCH 14 & 15, 2019 - RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Gretchen in Marti Epstein's Rumpelstiltskin
Conducted my Jeffrey Means, directed by Nathan Troup
March 14, 2019 at 4:00pm
First Church Boston
66 Marlborough St, Boston, MA
March 15, 2019 at 7:30pm — Buy Tickets
$25 General / $20 Seniors / $10 Students / $10 Blind or Visually
impaired
First Church Boston
66 Marlborough St, Boston, MA
MARCH 2, 2019 - PRO ARTE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Soloist, Cain (World Premiere)
OLD FRIENDS – NEW MUSIC
KEVIN RHODES, CONDUCTOR
Saturday March 2, 2019 – 8pm
First Baptist Church in Newton
FEBRUARY 10, 2019 - PIPPIN
The Leading Player
Music on Norway Pond
Sunday, February 10 in Hancock, NH
JANUARY 17-19, 2019 - THE SCARLET IBIS
Mother in the Boston Premiere of Stefan Weisman's The Scarlet
Ibis with Boston Opera Collaborative.
DECEMBER 1 - 16, 2018 - BOSTON POPS HOLIDAY TOUR
Professional ringer with the Metropolitan Chorale
December 1 - Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
December 2 - State Theatre New Jersey, Newbrunswick, NJ
(matinee)
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Greenvale,
NY
December 3 - Proctors Theatre, Schenectady, NY
December 7 - The Hanover Theater, Worcester, MA
December 8 - Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence,
RI
December 15 - Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH
December 16 - Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA
SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 - BERNSTEIN SYMPHONY NO 1 "JEREMIAH"
NOTES FROM MAESTRO HANGEN: "Let’s celebrate the 100th
birthday of my teacher, Leonard Bernstein, by doing both his
music and the music of composers who were important to him:
Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Gustav Mahler, and a piece
by Franco Castagnone that inspired the young Bernstein when
he was still in school. Award-winning mezzo-soprano Britt
Brown (left) is in the spotlight for Bernstein’s emotional First
Symphony, subtitled ‘Jeremiah.’"
JUNE 2018 - CANTOS QUARTET
June 9 at 4pm - David Anthony Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM
June 10 at 1pm - Taos Art Museum, Taos, NM
June 12 at 7pm - KTAOS Solar Center, Taos, NM
June 16 at 4pm - The Historic Taos Inn, Taos, NM
June 20 at 12pm - Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi,
Santa Fe, NM
June 20 at 7pm - Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM
June 30 at 7pm - Gala and Reception at Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
APRIL 5-7, 2018 - GIOVANNA D'ARCO
Angel; Ensemble
Odyssey Opera, Gil Rose, Conductor
DECEMBER 8-22, 2017 - BOSTON POPS HOLIDAY TOUR
DEC 08, FRIDAY, 8:00 PM - Hanover Theater Worcester, MA
DEC 16, SATURDAY, 7:30 PM - SNHU Arena Manchester, NH
DEC 17, SUNDAY, 2:30 PM - Lowell Auditorium Lowell, MA
DEC 22, FRIDAY, 8:00 PM - Providence Performing Arts Center
Providence, RI
NOVEMBER 3-5, 2017 - CHRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS
Chrononhotonthologos is a world premiere opera commissioned
by Guerilla Opera.
Tatlanthe, her favourite
Music by Andy Vores, Libretto adapted from the play by Henry
Carey, and Stage direction by Nick O’Leary
OCTOBER 13-27, 2017 - TOSCA
Ensemble in Boston Lyric Opera's Tosca
SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 - BOSTON NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL
Recital featuring Dream Songs by Boston-based composer
Jeremy Rapaport-Stein
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. — The Boston New Music Festival presents
Juventas New Music Ensemble featuring Claire Chase and works
by Boston Composers.
The New Music Symposium, also hosted by Juventas and held
earlier on the 24th, will include workshops and panel
discussions on contemporary music. Tickets for the New Music
Symposium include a coupon for a free ticket to this evening
concert.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 - THE MAID OF ORLÉANS
Angel Chorus in Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orléans with Odyssey
Opera
Gil Rose, Conductor
AUGUST 15, 2017 - RECITAL
Recital featuring Schubert, John Williams, Bruch, and Mozart
with Melinda Masur and members of the Curtisville
Consortium.
JULY 26-30, 2017 - L'ELISIR D'AMORE
Boston Midsummer Opera - bostonmidsummeropera.org
MAY 20, 2017 - MAY FESTIVAL
Saturday, May 20 at 7:30pm
Bon Appetit!
Boston Opera Collaborative's End-of-Season Bash
Help us celebrate the end of our season with an evening of
culinary-inspired songs and other musical delights!
Luscious chocolate cake with festive drink to follow!
MAY 24, 2017 - EXPLORING RELIGIOUS PLURALITY THROUGH REV. 23, A NEW OPERA
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Registration begins April 24 at 9 am
Members $20 and Non-members $30
This program is offered in partnership with Cerise Lim Jacobs
and White Snake Projects.
APRIL 14, 2017 - DER ZWERG
7:30pm, Jordan Hall
ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY, THE DWARF (DER ZWERG)
Opera in concert based on Oscar Wilde’s short story, “The
Birthday of the Infanta”
Join the guests at this royal birthday celebration as a living gift
experiences love and despair, with a heartbreaking ending.
Sung in German with projected English translations. Conducted
by Gil Rose
New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall
MARCH 28, 2017 - SONGS OF A WAYFARER
WHEN: TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH, 7:30PM | OBERON, 2 ARROW
ST, CAMBRIDGE, MA
GOLIJOV- LAST ROUND
BALTER - BLADED STANCE
STRAVINSKY - OCTET FOR WINDS
AMINIKIA - ELEGY
BARTOK - DUOS FOR VIOLIN
MAHLER/SCHOENBERG - SONGS OF A WAYFARER
More info/tickets: http://www.phoenixorch.org/home
MARCH 22, 2017 - A CELEBRATION OF YEHUDI WYNER
7:30pm, Jordan Hall
Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize in Music and a Grammy
award, Yehudi Wyner is one of the great treasures of Boston’s
classical music world.
MARCH 12-19, 2017 - THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
Cutler Majestic Theatre
A.R.T. Resident Director Allegra Libonati helms this
quintessential cautionary tale with David Angus conducting. The
Rake’s Progress features Ben Bliss, recipient of Lincoln Center’s
2016 Emerging Artist award, making his BLO debut in the lead
role, Kevin Burdette (acclaimed for Leporello in 2015’s Don
Giovanni), Anya Matanovic, Heather Johnson, Yury Yanowsky,
and a star turn by soprano Jane Eaglen as Mother Goose.
FEBRUARY 18, 2017 - MAN WILL NOT OUTLIVE THE WEATHER
'Man Will Not Outlive the Weather' is a new chamber opera for
mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, piano, percussion and electronics
composed by Amber Vistein. On Saturday, February 18th it will
be performed by the incredibly talented musicians: Britt Brown
(mezzo-soprano), Carlos Aguilar (flute), Stephen Marotto (cello),
Jennifer Elowsky-Fox (piano), and Michael Hardin (percussion) at
Granoff Center for the Arts at Brown University.
JAN 29, 2017- EUGENE ONEGIN
Federico Cortese, Conductor
Edward Berkeley, Stage Director
TCHAIKOVSKY, EUGENE ONEGIN
Sanders Theatre
45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tickets & Info bysoweb.org/event/eugene-onegin/
JAN 6-8, 2017 - MIRROR
Staged in tandem with Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben
In the Mansion: Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 0213
Tickets and Info: www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/mirror
NOV 11-13, 2016 - MOZART & SALIERI (premiere)
MOZART: Britt Brown
SALIERI: Scott Ballantine
Music by Jeremy Van Buskirk
Libretto by Alexander Pushkin
Music Director: Monica Daly
Stage Director: Patricia Weinmann
Tickets and info at www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/operabites
NOV 2 & 9, 2016 - ROCKPORT RECITAL SERIES: PUCCINI AND THE FAR EAST
The popular Opera class series continues to expand with Opera
104—Exoticism in Opera in four night series of classes. The
classes will be led by Dr. Elizabeth Seitz and will be a partlecture,
part performance event.
At the Shalin Liu in Rockport, MA; 7:30 PM
Tickets and info at rockportmusic.org/community-concerts
OCTOBER 15, 2016 - BOSTON ART SONG SOCIETY
7pm - Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts - 41 Hampshire
St., Cambridge, MA
Songs by Respighi, Donizetti, Catalani, Tosti, and Castelnuovo-
Tedesco
Featuring: Celeste Godin, soprano; Britt Brown, mezzosoprano;
Rafael Helbig-Kostka, tenor; Junhan Choi, baritone;
Stephanie Mao, piano; and Seoyon MacDonald, piano.
SEPT 10-17, 2016 - OUROBOROS TRILOGY - MADAME WHITESNAKE, NAGA, GILGAMESH
Tickets and Production Info
The trilogy, produced by Beth Morrison Projects and The
Friends of Madame White Snake, will be presented in Boston in
the fall of 2016, both as individual operas and as seven hour
full-day events. The production will bring together an acclaimed
artistic team, including conductors Carolyn Kuan, Julian
Wachner, and Lan Shui, and composers Zhou Long, Paola
Prestini, and Scott Wheeler...Madame White Snake went on to
win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2011..."
JULY 20-24, 2016 - L'AMICO FRITZ AND IL CAMPANELLO
Madama Rosa, Il campanello
Beppe, L'amico Fritz
Arsenal Center for the Art
Boston Midsummer Opera
JUNE 11, 17, 19, 2016 - IDOMENEO
Idamante
Boston Opera Collaborative
Edward M Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138
JULY 7-8, 2016 - NATSAA NATIONAL FINALS - LEE CASS AWARD WINNER
The NATSAA competition takes place every other year in
conjunction with the NATS National Conference and is open
only to NATS members and students of NATS members.
Preliminary competitions are held at the regional level, with one
winner emerging from each of the 14 NATS regions. The 14
semifinalists then gather at the site of the NATS national
conference for the final two rounds of the competition. -
nats.org
RECITAL - 1ST PLACE WINNER
Veronica Hagman Concert Hall, Danbury, CT
MARCH 10-13, 2016 - NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM
Johanna
Just 140 seats available at the intimate
Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Avenue - Cambridge, MA 02139
One Weekend Only!
Thursday, March 10, 2016 @ 8:00 pm
Friday, March 11, 2016 @ 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 12, 2016 @ 8:00 pm
Sunday, March 13, 2016 @ 3:00 pm
MARCH 3-11, 2016 - LITTLE WOMEN
Alma March
Yamawaki Art and Cultural Center, Lasell College
47 Myrtle Avenue, Newton, MA 02466
JAN 24, 2016- OTELLO
BOSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Federico Cortese, Conductor
Edward Berkeley, Stage Director
DEC 13, 2015 - LESSONS AND CAROLS
Alto Soloist and Ensemble Member. 5pm; 9 Denton Road
Wellesley, MA
NOV 17-18, 2015 - GILGAMESH
Ensemble with Beth Morrison Project's workshop
premiere presentation of Cerise Jacobs's and Paola Prestini's
new opera "Gilgamesh".
OCT 18, 2015 - OPERA ON TAP - STELLINA
Join the singers and pianists of Opera-On-Tap for another
evening of music, mirth and mangia. Three sets of live music
drawn from opera, musicals and song interspersed with three
courses of Italian regional cuisine. The theme is Halloween,
which means Ghoulish Gounod, Haunted Handel, Macabre
Mussorgsky, Sinister Strauss….well, you get the picture. Don
your costume a little early and come enjoy the music while you
indulge in Marc Bouchard’s fine cooking.
OCT 17, 2015 - CONCERT & RECEPTION
Concert showcasing winners of the The Boston Conservatory's
Entrepreneurial Grant. Performing works by Mozart, Bernstein,
and Offenbach. 5:30-7:30pm; 8 the Fenway, Boston, MA