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Texas-born baritone stars in Opera San Antonio s bloody good tragedy
Texas-born baritone stars in Opera San Antonio s bloody good tragedy Texas-born baritone Scott Hendricks is making his Opera San Antonio debut.
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Lucia di Lammermoor, audiences get two phenomenal experiences. First, this Italian tragedy is OSA s grand return to live performance following the pandemic, and second, it brings Texas-born baritone Scott Hendricks back to the Tobin Center stage. The celebrated singer is playing Enrico, the main character s brother who wants to use her as a pawn to restore his family s power. Torn between her brother and her lover, who cannot see past his own pride, Lucia is driven to madness and a frightening finale (which also happens to be one of the most famous scenes in opera).
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Making his San Diego Opera debut in the upcoming drive-in production of “The Barber of Seville” is bass singer Peixin Chen.
Chen, who plays Don Basilio, is a rising opera talent from China who recently graduated from the Houston Grand Opera Studio and was part of San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Merola Program.
The singer was born in Inner Mongolia, but went to college in Beijing. That’s where he’s been for much of the past year due to the pandemic. When he returns to live performances, it will be under unique circumstances singing for people in their cars, and using amplification on his voice.
Houston Grand Operaâs
Giving Voice concert last January was a triumphant celebration of Black voices in opera. Now Houstonians can give a standing ovationâalbeit from their living roomsâfor its sequel, which is available to stream through February 21.
This yearâs concert features several of the most renowned African American opera singers in the country, including tenor Larry Brownlee and soprano Nicole Heaston as co-hosts and performers. Joining them are baritone Donnie Ray Albert, tenor Frederick Ballentine, mezzo-soprano and HGO Studio alumna Zoie Reams, and soprano Karen Slack, as well as four current HGO Studio artists: baritone Blake Denson, bass Cory McGee, soprano Raven McMillon, and bass-baritone Nicholas Newton. Kevin J. Miller, assistant conductor with HGO, accompanies them on piano.