Perkin Opera Scenes
Enjoy an evening of scenes which display the work that goes on daily in NEC's opera program, as faculty prepare student singers for performing careers.
This is an encore presentation of the program airing on Saturday, December 19 at 7:00 p.m.
The Perkin Opera Scenes are made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of longtime NEC supporter Winifred Perkin Gray and the Perkin Fund.
Winifred "Winnie" Perkin Gray is an important and valued member of the NEC and NEC Opera family. She is a former NEC Trustee and Overseer. Her generous support has made much music possible here at NEC.
Winnie graduated from Mt. Vernon Jr. College and is an alumna of the Thomas School in Rowayton, CT. Winnie herself is a soprano and has performed with the Syracuse and Indianapolis opera companies, the Connecticut Concert Opera, the Berkshire Choral Institute, and as a member of the Boston Academy of Music's ensemble.
From Joshua Major:
The following performances feature graduate voice students currently enrolled at the New England Conservatory. This project is a remarkable feat of engineering, a miracle really. The singers you see and hear have been attending the Conservatory and participated in this project from various locations around the world. The challenges of recording sound from remote locations, using video taken on a variety of cameras from professional to iPhones, working in different time zones, rehearsing and filming with the restrictions put in place due to COVID, and learning to lip sync, on top of the usual challenges of preparing opera, has been exciting, overwhelming and inexplicably beautiful. We would be remiss not to thank Kathy Wittman for teaching all of us a little something about the art of filmmaking.
Creativity, perseverance and passion never cease. Happy Holidays and may the dark cloud lift soon.
WATCH CONCERT STREAM:
Gaetano Donizetti | L'Elisir d'amore
Adina: Angela Yam
Nemorino: Philippe L’Espérance
Belcore: Han-Wei Chen
Director: Joshua Major
Coach/Pianist: Timothy SteeleBedřich Smetana | The Bartered Bride
Mařenka: Theodora Nestorova
Vašek: Sam Rosner
Director: Steven Goldstein
Coach/Pianist: Damien Francoeur-KrzyzekJules Massenet | Werther
Ana Mora
Director: Joshua Major
Coach/pianist: Damien Francoeur-KrzyzekGeorge Frideric Handel | Xerxes
Romilda: Jaeeun Shin
Arsemenes: Theodora Nestorova
Director: Joshua Major
Coach/Pianist: Daniel WynekenIgor Stravinsky | The Rake's Progress
Ann: Sara Buggy
Tom: Sam Rosner
Director: Steven Goldstein
Coach/Pianist: Daniel WynekenGaetano Donizetti | Don Pasquale
Ernesto: Anthony León
Don Pasquale: Zizhao Wang
Director: Joshua Major
Coach/Pianist: Daniel WynekenGaetano Donizetti | Don Pasquale
Norina: Jaeeun Shin
Malatesta: Nick Duffin
Director: Joshua Major
Coach/Pianist: Daniel WynekenW. A. Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro
Susanna: Michaela Kelly
Count: Nick Duffin
Director: Steven Goldstein
Coach/Pianist: Timothy SteeleChristoph Willibald Gluck | Orfeo ed Euridice
Euridice: Lizzy Stant
Orfeo: Lucas Coura
Director: Joshua Major
Coach/Pianist: Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek