December 9, 2023 – August 13, 2024
Dec 2023
HANDEL - Messiah with San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall • San Francisco
Messiah - George Frideric Handel
Jonathan Cohen, Conductor
Heidi Stober, Soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, Mezzo Soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Michael Sumuel, Bass
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony
Dec 2023
HANDEL - Messiah with Chicago Symphony
Symphony Center • Chicago
Experience the power of nearly 100 voices in magnificent harmony. From “The Trumpet Shall Sound” to the rousing “Hallelujah” Chorus, Handel’s Messiah is packed with regal choral passages, exultant arias and glittering instrumental fireworks. The award-winning Chicago Symphony Chorus and four world-class soloists join Sir Andrew Davis in this must-see holiday favorite.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Joélle Harvey, Soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, Mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, Tenor
John Relyea, Bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Dec 2023
HANDEL - Messiah with Chicago Symphony
Symphony Center • Chicago
Experience the power of nearly 100 voices in magnificent harmony. From “The Trumpet Shall Sound” to the rousing “Hallelujah” Chorus, Handel’s Messiah is packed with regal choral passages, exultant arias and glittering instrumental fireworks. The award-winning Chicago Symphony Chorus and four world-class soloists join Sir Andrew Davis in this must-see holiday favorite.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Joélle Harvey, Soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, Mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, Tenor
John Relyea, Bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Dec 2023
HANDEL - Messiah with Chicago Symphony
Symphony Center • Chicago
Experience the power of nearly 100 voices in magnificent harmony. From “The Trumpet Shall Sound” to the rousing “Hallelujah” Chorus, Handel’s Messiah is packed with regal choral passages, exultant arias and glittering instrumental fireworks. The award-winning Chicago Symphony Chorus and four world-class soloists join Sir Andrew Davis in this must-see holiday favorite.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Joélle Harvey, Soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, Mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, Tenor
John Relyea, Bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Feb 2024
Recital with Christopher Cano - Friends of Chamber Music
Lincoln Performance Hall • Portland
BELLINI
Vaga luna, che inargenti
Malinconia, ninfa gentile
Dolente immagine di Fille mia
Per pieta, bell’idol mio
GRIEG Sechs Lieder, Op.48
MAHLER Rückert-Lieder
DUPARC
L’invitation au voyage
Philylé
Au pays où se fait la guerre
RACHMANINOFF Vocalise, Op. 34, No.14
DOVE Nights Not Spent Alone
Feb 2024
Recital with Christopher Cano - Friends of Chamber Music
Venue TBA • Linfield
BELLINI
Vaga luna, che inargenti
Malinconia, ninfa gentile
Dolente immagine di Fille mia
Per pieta, bell’idol mio
GRIEG Sechs Lieder, Op.48
MAHLER Rückert-Lieder
DUPARC
L’invitation au voyage
Philylé
Au pays où se fait la guerre
RACHMANINOFF Vocalise, Op. 34, No.14
DOVE Nights Not Spent Alone
May 2024
WAGNER - Schwertleite in Die Walküre
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center • Dallas
FABIO LUISI Conductor
SARA JAKUBIAK Sieglinde
CHRISTOPHER VENTRIS Siegmund
STEPHEN MILLING Hunding
MARK DELAVAN Wotan
DENIZ UZUN Fricka
LISE LINDSTROM Brünnhilde
MARCY STONIKAS Gerhilde
MIRIAM CLARK Ortlinde
DENIZ UZUN Waltraute
JENNIFER JOHNSON CANO Schwertleite
KIM-LILLIAN STREBEL Helmwige
SUN-LY PIERCE Siegrune
RENÉE TATUM Grimgerde
MELODY WILSON Rossweisse
ALBERTO TRIOLA stage director
May 2024
WAGNER - Schwertleite in Die Walküre
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center • Dallas
FABIO LUISI Conductor
SARA JAKUBIAK Sieglinde
CHRISTOPHER VENTRIS Siegmund
STEPHEN MILLING Hunding
MARK DELAVAN Wotan
DENIZ UZUN Fricka
LISE LINDSTROM Brünnhilde
MARCY STONIKAS Gerhilde
MIRIAM CLARK Ortlinde
DENIZ UZUN Waltraute
JENNIFER JOHNSON CANO Schwertleite
KIM-LILLIAN STREBEL Helmwige
SUN-LY PIERCE Siegrune
RENÉE TATUM Grimgerde
MELODY WILSON Rossweisse
ALBERTO TRIOLA stage director
May 2024
NEIKRUG - A Song by Mahler
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center • Philadelphia
A love song by Gustav Mahler is at the center of this probing new work by eminent pianist and composer Marc Neikrug. Liebst du um Schönheit (“If You Love for the Sake of Beauty”), from Mahler’s Rückert Lieder, is “a key element to the drama,” Neikrug says, and, as it “embodies the message of love as an aspiration, a self-embodied posture, and a state of being,” it speaks to the emotional core of the work as well. A Song by Mahler centers on the changing realities of two characters: a concertizing singer who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s and her husband, who is also her accompanist. This work of music theater “is not an attempt at documenting the myriad aspects of the disease,” Neikrug says. Instead, it’s “an attempt to address the specific emotional evolution of this couple, touching on their love and their particular relationship to music.”
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Ryan Bradford, baritone; David Shifrin, clarinet; FLUX Quartet
Neikrug: A Song by Mahler Philadelphia Premiere
Jun 2024
VERDI - Emilia in Otello with The National Symphony Orchestra
Kennedy Center • Washington
Experience the thunderous music of Otello in the hands of our opera-loving Music Director, Gianadrea Noseda. Verdi’s score offers a thrilling exploration of uncontrolled human emotion at its most extreme. Hailed as a pinnacle of Italian operatic repertoire, Verdi’s transformation of the Shakespeare play was described by The New York Times as an “ascent towards a higher musical plane” following its 1887 premiere.
Jun 2024
VERDI - Emilia in Otello with The National Symphony Orchestra
Kennedy Center • Washington
Experience the thunderous music of Otello in the hands of our opera-loving Music Director, Gianadrea Noseda. Verdi’s score offers a thrilling exploration of uncontrolled human emotion at its most extreme. Hailed as a pinnacle of Italian operatic repertoire, Verdi’s transformation of the Shakespeare play was described by The New York Times as an “ascent towards a higher musical plane” following its 1887 premiere.
Jul 2024
SPEARS & SMITH - Michele in The Righteous WORLD PREMIERE
Santa Fe Opera • Santa Fe
Faith. Power. Ambition.
David struggles to reconcile spiritual humility with ambition. His desire for more wreaks havoc on his family, friendships and, perhaps, his own faith. His journey from preacher to Governor, like the lives of those closest to him, is shaped by the current affairs of the 1980s.
Jul 2024
SPEARS & SMITH - Michele in The Righteous WORLD PREMIERE
Santa Fe Opera • Santa Fe
Faith. Power. Ambition.
David struggles to reconcile spiritual humility with ambition. His desire for more wreaks havoc on his family, friendships and, perhaps, his own faith. His journey from preacher to Governor, like the lives of those closest to him, is shaped by the current affairs of the 1980s.
Jul 2024
SPEARS & SMITH - Michele in The Righteous WORLD PREMIERE
Santa Fe Opera • Santa Fe
Faith. Power. Ambition.
David struggles to reconcile spiritual humility with ambition. His desire for more wreaks havoc on his family, friendships and, perhaps, his own faith. His journey from preacher to Governor, like the lives of those closest to him, is shaped by the current affairs of the 1980s.
Jul 2024
SPEARS & SMITH - Michele in The Righteous WORLD PREMIERE
Santa Fe Opera • Santa Fe
Faith. Power. Ambition.
David struggles to reconcile spiritual humility with ambition. His desire for more wreaks havoc on his family, friendships and, perhaps, his own faith. His journey from preacher to Governor, like the lives of those closest to him, is shaped by the current affairs of the 1980s.
Aug 2024
SPEARS & SMITH - Michele in The Righteous WORLD PREMIERE
Santa Fe Opera • Santa Fe
Faith. Power. Ambition.
David struggles to reconcile spiritual humility with ambition. His desire for more wreaks havoc on his family, friendships and, perhaps, his own faith. His journey from preacher to Governor, like the lives of those closest to him, is shaped by the current affairs of the 1980s.
Aug 2024
SPEARS & SMITH - Michele in The Righteous WORLD PREMIERE
Santa Fe Opera • Santa Fe
Faith. Power. Ambition.
David struggles to reconcile spiritual humility with ambition. His desire for more wreaks havoc on his family, friendships and, perhaps, his own faith. His journey from preacher to Governor, like the lives of those closest to him, is shaped by the current affairs of the 1980s.