Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra Launches 2024-2025 Season with 'An Afternoon at the Opera' Featuring Renowned Guest Artists
The Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-2025 season opener: “An Afternoon at the Opera,” exhibiting on October 20 at the Stafford Centre. The performance will introduce patrons to a meticulously chosen selection of opera arias and choruses, backed by the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Two guest artists, René Vasquez (tenor), and Dominique McCormick (soprano), are slated to feature in the concert. Highlights include "Anvil Chorus" from Verdi’s Il torvatore, "Va, Pensiero," from Nabucco, and the Polovtsian Dances from Borodin’s Prince Igor. Soprano Dominique McCormick will perform "Casta Diva" from Norma and Vilja from The Merry Widow, while Tenor René Vasquez will render "Una Furtiva Lagrima" from the Elixir of Love and "Granada" by Lara. McCormick and Vasquez will also ally for a duet from Bizet’s Carmen, "Parle-moi de ma mère," and conclude the performance with the chorus in the Brindisi from Verdi’s La Traviata.
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Guest conductor Julie Sorensen, known for her work with the Wyoming All-State Orchestra, the Cheyenne Symphony, and the Idaho State-Civic Orchestra, will be making her professional debut on Houston’s stage.
Adding to the diversity of the afternoon's repertoire, winners of the 2024 HMTA Concerto Competition will perform their winning selections. Elias Yuen, 11, will perform the third movement of Haydn’s Piano Concerto No. 11 in D Major, while high school sophomore Michelle Hung is set to perform the third movement of Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor.
Ticket prices range from $12.00 to $25.00, with sales opening to the public on September 28, 2024, and are available for purchase at the official box office of Stafford Centre. To purchase tickets, go here.
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