Award-winning Baritone Nathan Gunn in Concert Nov. 19

The McAninch Arts Center (MAC) welcomes “Nathan Gunn and Friends: A Stroll Down Broadway” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19. “Nathan Gunn commands an operatic baritone whose mighty hefty and richness confer an outsize authority on everything it touches,” raves The New York Times.

Widely acclaimed for his diverse performing career that bridges opera, musical theater and recitals, the operatic baritone will be accompanied by pianist, vocalist music director Julie Jordan Gunn, who is also his wife. Program selections will include classic musical theater works from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, and their artistic heirs Jason Robert Brown, Jeanine Tesori and Adam Guettel.

The South Bend, Ind.-born Gunn’s many awards include the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording “Billy Budd” and the Metropolitan Opera’s first ever Beverly Sills Award. He has frequently collaborated with many stars of musical theater, including Mandy Patinkin, Audra McDonald and Kristin Chenoweth. Gunn starred in two sold-out performances of Broadway in Concert: “South Pacific” earlier this year with the New Philharmonic. As professor and Swanlund Chair at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Gunn developed and founded the first Bachelor of Musical Arts in the Lyric Theatre curriculum in the nation.

Julie Jordan Gunn has performed on many of the world’s most prestigious recital series, including the Aspen Festival, Auckland’s Aotea Centre, Boston’s Celebrity series and Brussel’s La Monnaie. As Music Director, she has served as a coach or conductor at the Chicago Opera Theater, Highlands Opera Studio, the Metropolitan Opera Young Artists program and more.

As the Co-Director of the Lyric Theatre program at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, she has produced three mainstage operas or musical theater works each year at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

The McAninch Arts Center, located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage presents “Nathan Gunn and Friends: A Stroll Down Broadway” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19. Tickets are $58-$68. For tickets or more information visit AtTheMAC.org or call 630.942.4000.