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.