Back to Bach

I’m delighted to be back at the Carmel Bach Festival, after a hiatus of more than a decade… It’s a special year in several ways; Bruno Weil is leaving the festival after nearly 20 years, as is Elizabeth Wallfisch. The incoming conductor, Paul Goodwin, will be coming the last week to have a look around….

Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival

I’m pleased to have a great summer music festival, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, right here in my own back yard. I’m singing a couple concerts with them this season, which are coming up next week. On Friday, June 13, I’ll be singing Eugene Friesen’s “Good Providence” with the festival orchestra. And on Sunday morning,…

It’s WHYY month!

I’m still coming down from the high of performing Il Combattimento this weekend, and getting to do it with some of my favorite people. Also fun was the surprise (to me) of having it videotaped for broadcast on WHYY. (There were five robotic cameras stationed about the theater.) I also did my first television interview…

Messiah with American Opera Theater

I know that seems like an odd combination, and it’s even odder to be working on it in the middle of August. However, I’m most of the way through a week of staging rehearsals for a half dozen performances of a staged Messiah with American Opera Theater that will happen this December. Staging a work…