Saturday, April 22, 2023 – 7:30 p.m.
The Palace Theatre, Greensburg directions
Daniel Meyer, Artistic Director, and Conductor
The Palace stage will be filled with the voices of the WSO Chamber Choir and opera soloists for the return of Beethoven’s glorious Mass in C and opens with Stravinsky’s Danses concertantes.
Program:
Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
-intermission-
Beethoven: Mass in C
WSO Chamber Singers, Marc Tourre, director
featuring soloists Corrie Stallings, mezzo-soprano; George Milosh, tenor and Pittsburgh Opera resident artists Julia Swan Laird, soprano and Evan Lazdowski, bass
Press:
WQED Interview with Daniel Meyer April 20, 2023 click to listen
Westmoreland Season Finale Combines Sacred and Secular April 19, 2023 Tribune Review
Guest Artists Bios:
WSO Chamber Singers
Marc Tourre, Director
Marvin Huls, rehearsal accompanist
| Sylvia Andrae Danielle Bach Margie Barish Chris Bartley Dennis Bell Michael Bilik Bobbi Borgo David Bridge Rick Carson Bethany Cirota Amber Eade Shawn Frederick Tom Hankinson Robert Hawk Frantz Herko Marvin Huls Shirley Huls Patti Flowers Jacobina Robin Jennings Jeff Jones Josh Jordan
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Charles Kaylor Christie King Ralph Knouse Karl Kunkle Cecilia Long Michael Long Susan Mahady Zach Malavite James Materkowski Chelsea Mazzotta David McMunn Heather Nabuda Kelly Newsted Carol Patterson Sarah Peck Jean Pistentis Melissa Raichel John Sereno Michael Simoncelli Mariella Slatter Beth JiYeong Smaligo John Smaligo Mary Smaligo |
Morgan Stouffer Rick Stouffer Crystal Stryker Alexandra Swartz Rebecca Symms Mary Alice Connor Taylor Monica Theroux Brad Thompson Reno Vitale Tom Watkins Jonathan White Stephanie White Lynne Williams Stephanie Zalewski Aaron Zavatchan Katie Zuzik |
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