Guild Hall & BCBC: Tenor Jack Swanson & Soprano Katherine Henly / Artist Opera Series, May 20th

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Tenor Jack Swanson and Soprano Katherine Henly

Kick-Off Guild Hall & BCBC’s Resident Artist Opera Series

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Guild Hall and Bel Canto Boot Camp’s new Resident Artist Series kicks off on Friday, May 20 with tenor Jack Swanson and soprano Katherine Henly along with BCBC’s Rachelle Jonck and Derrick Goff at the piano. The opera program will feature a solid dose of bel canto classics, including excerpts from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amoreand Don Pasquale, as well as songs by Rossini and Bellini. Gilbert and Sullivan will provide a stroll through bel canto in English with excerpts from their much beloved Pirates of Penzance. The diverse program will also explore the use of the classically trained voice in music from the 40s and 50s, and visit American opera (Kurt Weill’s Street Scene), musical theater (Kiss Me, Kate and My Fair Lady) and cinema (The Toast of New Orleans).

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FRIDAY, MAY 20, 7PM

Singing Beautifully: The Roots and Fruits of the Bel Canto Style

with Jack Swanson and Katherine Henly

Rachelle Jonck and Derrick Goff, pianists

$55 ($49.50 for Guild Hall members)

Hoie Hall, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

18 James Lane, East Hampton

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Principal Sponsor: V. Atkins Foundation

Additional Support: Dr. Ralph Gibson, in memory of Andy Jacobyansky, who generously shared his passion, knowledge, and support for the opera

Learning & Public Engagement programming is supported by The Patti Kenner Arts Education Fellowship, The Hearthland Foundation, Stephen Meringoff, Susan and Stephen Scherr, and funding from the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Endowment Fund, and The Melville Straus Family Endowment.

Music and Theater Programming is supported, in part, by The Schaffner Family Foundation, Straus Family Foundation, Michael Balmuth, Blythe Danner, and funding from The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming and The Melville Straus Family Endowment.

Jack Swanson, 2022. Photo: Lily Lancaster

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