Bellingham Festival of Music: Gala Evening of Favorite Opera Arias & Choruses w/ Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
$45-$55 (students $12)
Francesco Cilea — Selected works
Gaetano Donizetti — Selected works
Georges Bizet — Selected works
Giuseppe Verdi — Selected works
Camille Saint-Saëns — Selected works
Gioachino Rossini — Selected works
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
The Bellingham Festival of Music hosts their Gala Evening featuring opera star Jamie Barton with the BFM Chorus and Orchestra performing some of the greatest moments in opera from composers Gioachino Rossini, Camille Saint-Saëns, Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, Francesco Cilea, and Leonard Bernstein.
Nestled between snow-capped mountains and island-studded bay, the spectacular natural beauty of Bellingham, Washington provides the ideal backdrop for the celebration of classical music. Since 1993, the Bellingham Festival of Music has enlivened the summer season with outstanding live orchestral performances and chamber music recitals for Pacific Northwest audiences.
Under the artistic direction of co-founder and noted American conductor Michael Palmer, the festival orchestra is composed of some of the finest musicians in the United States and Canada – many of them holding positions with illustrious orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic and the Boston, Chicago, and Atlanta Symphonies.
There will be a pre-concert lecture at 6:30pm by Dr. Mitchell Kahn.
About Bellingham Festival of Music
The Bellingham Festival of Music is one of America's premier virtuoso orchestra festivals. Each summer the Festival returns to Bellingham, Washington to perform a repertoire of the finest symphonic music. Members of the orchestra all hold artistically prestigious positions elsewhere, and many of them are principal players in major North American symphony orchestras. The Festival also features world famous guest artists and young rising stars.
http://bellinghamfestival.org/