Summer 2020
Arias Alfresco at St. Francis Xavier
August 8, 2020
Program
"Ain't it a pretty night" from Susannah
"Cruda sorte" from L'italiana in Algeri
"Casta Diva" from Norma
"Cortigiani" from Rigoletto
"Habanera" from Carmen
"Toreador Song" from Carmen
"The Jewel Song" from Faust
"Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" from Samson et Dalila
"Un bel dì" from Madama Butterfly
"Be My Love" from The Toast of New Orleans
"I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story
"Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific
"Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz
He's Got the Whole World in His Hand arr. Margaret Bonds
"You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel
Cast
Christine Lyons, soprano
Taylor Boykins, mezzo-soprano
Tim Mix, baritone
James Harp, piano
Arias Alfresco at Boordy Vineyards
July 24, 2020
Program
"Brindisi" from La Traviata
"Non più andrai" from Le nozze di Figaro
"Dich teure Halle" from Tannhäuser
"Pourquoi me réveiller" from Werther
"Épouse quelque brave fille" from Manon
"Lensky's Aria" from Eugene Onegin
"In questa reggia" from Turandot
"Blues" from Street Scene
"Lost in the Stars" from Lost in the Stars
"Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiß" from Giuditta
"Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific
"Vissi d'arte" from Tosca
"Nessun dorma" from Turandot
"You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel
Cast
Amy Shoremount-Obra, soprano
Yi Li, tenor
Jarrod Lee, baritone
James Harp, piano
2019-2020 Season
Passion at the Pendry “French Fantasies”
February 14 & 16, 2020
The Sagamore Pendry Baltimore
Program
Thaïs – Act 2, Scene 1
Samson et Dalila – Aria “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix”
Manon – Act 3, Scene 2 (St. Sulpice Scene)
Esclarmonde – Finale of Act 1 (Incantation Scene)
Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Act 3 (The Venetian Act)
Cast
Alexandra Batsios – Thaïs, Esclarmonde
Jason Lee Berger – Nicias, Pittichinaccio
Won Whi Choi – Le Chevalier des Grieux, Hoffmann
Inna Dukach – Manon, Giulietta
Jeffrey Grayson Gates - Schlemil
Katelyn Jackman – Dalila, Parséïs, Nicklausse
Mark Walters – Athanaël, Dappertutto
INTERMISSION
Viva Verismo
November 22 & 24, 2019
The Cambridge School
Program
Cavalleria Rusticana
- Intermezzo
- Santuzza/Turridu Duet “Tu qui, Santuzza?”
Tosca – Act 2
Pagliacci
- Prologue
- Finale of Act 1 (The “Ballatella” through “Vesti la giubba”)
L’Arlesiana – Lamento di Federico
Adriana Lecouvreur – Acerba voluttà
Andrea Chénier – Nemico della patria; Final Duet “Vicino a te”
Cast
Colleen Daly - Nedda
Peter Scott Drackley – Turiddu, Canio
Stephen Gaertner – Baron Vitellio Scarpia, Tonio, Gerard
Grace Hebeisen – Lola
Hakeem Henderson – Spoletta, Beppe
Katelyn Jackman – Santuzza, The Princess de Bouillon
Amy Shoremount-Obra – Floria Tosca, Maddalena de Coigny
Dane Suarez – Mario Cavaradossi, Federico, Andrea Chénier
James Wright – Sciarrone, Silvio
INTERMISSION
2018-2019 Season
Puccini at the Pendry
April 7, 2019
The Sagamore Pendry Baltimore
Program
La Bohème
- Act 1 Finale
- Act 2 Quando m'en vo
- Act 3 Complete
Tosca
- Act 1 "Recondita armonia" and Love Duet; Instrumental Interlude
- Act 2 "Vissi d'arte"
- Act 3 Opening and Shepherd's Song; Finale
Edgar - Act 1 "Questo amor"
Turandot
- Act 2 "In questa reggia";
- Act 3 "Nessun dorma"
Cast
Elizabeth Caballero - Mimì
Colleen Daly - Musetta
Kirk Dougherty - Rodolfo, Calaf
Samual Keeler - Spoletta
John Allen Nelson - Marcello, Angelotti, Sciarrone, Frank
Amy Shoremount-Obra - Tosca, Turandot
INTERMISSION
Verdi in the Valley
February 3, 2019
Inscape Theatre at Stevenson University
Program
La traviata – Act 1 - Brindisi; Un dì felice;
È strano...Ah, fors'è lui...Sempre libera
Rigoletto – Act 3 complete
Otello – Act 1 Love Duet; Act 2 – Sì, pel ciel; Act 4 complete
Nabucco – Va, pensiero
Cast
Jennifer Forni - Violetta, Desdemona
Rachele Gilmore - Gilda
Kate Jackman - Maddalena, Emilia
Samual Keeler - Cassio
Kenneth Kellogg - Sparafucile, Montano
Limmie Pulliam - Otello
Todd Thomas - Rigoletto, Iago
Dinyar Vania - Alfredo, The Duke of Mantua
INTERMISSION
In keeping with Maryland Opera's commitment to the health and safety of our patrons and in accordance with state mandated closures, we were forced to postpone our season finale production, "Bravissimo Bel Canto," originally scheduled for April 26.
We still look forward to presenting this glorious program featuring selections from Italian operas including Norma, Lucia di Lammermoor, and I Puritani. This inspiring program will be rescheduled when state and local officials and prevailing health conditions make it safe to welcome our audiences back. We will communicate that here, as well as via our email list and Facebook page. (Not sure if you're on our email list? contact and we'll be happy to add you!)
In the meantime, click below to see video from past performance, our education outreach programs, and virtual selections presented right from our singers' homes.
Please check back here for updates as we'll soon be announcing the exciting and innovative presentations we are preparing to bring the glory of opera to those who long for it and all led by Maryland Opera's famed Artistic Director James Harp!