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| Justin Hopkins |
The 2019 Glimmerglass Festival kicks off on July 6th with a slew of barihunks, including three for their opening night production of
Show Boat.
The Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II classic, which gave us such immortal songs such as "
Ol' Man River," "
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" and "
Make Believe," will feature Michael Adams as Joe Ravenal, Justin Hopkins as Joe and Glimmerglass Young Artist Charles H. Eaton as both Steve Baker and Max.
The world premiere of Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson's
Blue will feature barihunk Kenneth Kellogg as the central character of the father. He'll be joined by Briana Hunter as the mother andAaron Crouch as the son.
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| Michael Adams, Kenneth Kellogg and Charles Eaton |
Kellogg says of the piece on the Glimmerglass website, "[
Blue]
came at a point in my life, as a Black
Man in America, I was feeling like opera wasn’t doing enough to address
issues we are facing as a culture. Blue is the first piece I’ve been a
part of that I feel I can lend my authentic self to in telling a real
story that reflects the lives of people that look like me. The subject
matter actually mirrored things and conversations that were happening in
my life at the time, being a new father and dealing with the real fear
of raising a Black Boy in America.”
Also at this year's Festival is Verdi’s La traviata, John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles, Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, Britten’s Noah’s Flood, a talk by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a gospel extravaganza and Stars’ Night Out, featuring principal artists of the 2019 Festival.
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| Ben Schaefer |
Barihunk Ben Schaefer, who is a
Glimmerglass Young Artist and new to this site, is having a breakout
season in his young career, singing both Figaro in The Ghosts of Versailles and Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades.
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| Christopher Carbin |
Also, new to this site is bass-barihunk Christopher Carbin, who is singing Narumov in The Queen of Spades and in the Ghost Quartet in The Ghosts of Versailles. Carbin is a second-year young artist at Glimmerglass.
The 2019 Festival runs July 6 through August 24, 2019. All tickets are on sale now. For more information, visit
www.glimmerglass.org.
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