Bel Canto: CWC Goes to the Opera

What do
heartbreak, murder, gorgeous melody and Mother’s Day all have in common? Find
out on Saturday, May 10, when the Concord Women’s Chorus presents “Bel Canto:
CWC Goes to the Opera” at 4 p.m. in Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54
Walden Street, in Concord.

The
program – a perfect Mother’s Day weekend treat – features beloved opera choruses,
arias, and duets by Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wagner, Purcell, Puccini, Giordano,
Gilbert & Sullivan, and more. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for students
and seniors, and $5 for children 12 and under, at www.concordwomenschorus.org.

Special
Mother’s Day weekend bonus! Vincenzo’s Ristorante (1200 Main Street, Concord)
is offering $10 off per entrée for dinner following the concert. Discount is for
dinner only on May 10: show the concert program to Vincenzo’s wait staff.

 “I was lucky enough to grow up with opera,”
says Artistic Director Jane Ring Frank, now in her twenty-first season with
CWC. “My role models were neither Emma Peel nor Laura Petrie, but instead,
those sparkling divas of the opera house: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas,
Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, and so many others. It is the enduring memory
of opera that drew me to this program.”

Soloists
performing with the chorus include Soprano Jaime Hartzell, praised for her
stage presence and striking acting abilities; and Mezzo-soprano Vanessa
Schukis, who is greatly acclaimed for her operatic, oratorio and Broadway
repertoire. Celebrated Boston-based pianist Scott Nicholas will accompany the
chorus.

CWC,
now in the midst of its fifty-fourth season, consists of fifty-five singers
from Concord and twenty surrounding communities. The chorus performs music
written for women’s voices and has a special mission of keeping this music
alive on the concert stage. Please visit our website, www.concordwomenschorus.org, for
more information.