Showing posts with label Christmas Concert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Concert. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

John Viscardi headlines popular Philly Christmas concert

John Viscardi (photo: Arielle Donneson)
The Philadelphia Orchestra will present its popular "Glorious Sound of Christmas®" from December 20-23 this year. It will feature American barihunk John Viscardi as the soloist, backed by the orchestra and the chorus of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia. This will be Viscardi's debut with the famed orchestra.

Some of Viscardi's selections include “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing,” “Good King Wenceslas,” "Silent Night" and “I'll Be Home For Christmas."

Tickets are available online. 

John Viscardi sings Tosti's Ideale:

Performances in the upcoming year for Viscardi include Guglielmo in Mozart's Così fan tutte with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and Chou en Lai in John Adams' Nixon in China at the Princeton Festival 

Thursday, November 19, 2015

John Brancy takes Britain by storm

John Brancy (Photo on right: James Bellorini)
The British are finally getting the chance to enjoy American barihunk John Brancy, as he tours in Glyndebourne's production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale as Malatesta. They are at the tail end of the tour with final performances in Plymouth and Woking running through December 4th. During the tour he's taken time to appear on BBC3 in Norwich (at 1:43:00) and Classicfm for a demonstration of bel canto and legato. (Check them out, as they are quite entertaining).

He'll be returning to North America after the run for a Christmas concert with his wife mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta They will join the Edmonton Symphony, the Greenwood Singers and the dancers from Shelley’s Dance Company for a program that includes Jingle Bells, Carol of the Bells, O Holy Night, Silver Bells, Sleigh Ride, music from The Santa Clause films and a Christmas carol sing-along.

On January 16, he'll join pianist Peter Dugan in Aiken, South Carolina to reprise their critically acclaimed program of WWI songs. The duo then heads to Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital hall on February 5, 2016 for a program entitled Fantasy, which includes music by Schumann, Sibelius, Grieg, Britten and Bridge. 

Enjoy 18 more barihunks in our new Charity Calendar, which is on sale now. 
Malte Roesner
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