Rossini Concert Artist Preview: Monica Ziglar
From recital to opera stage Monica Rose Ziglar is known for “possessing a gift of transcending angelic high notes.” Tucson Citizen Press. Ms . Ziglar hails from Tucson, Arizona where she studied music at the University of Arizona and developed her love for art song and sacred oratorio from her beloved teacher Soprano Elizabeth Mosher. While there Monica was known throughout the Southwestern region and Sonora Mexico for her opera and concertizing programs as well as festival
Rossini Concert Artist Preview: Richard Zuch
Richard Zuch has been captivating audiences for over three decades. His rich bass voice has been noted for its power and beauty, and he consistently receives praise for his musicianship and dedicated performances. Mr. Zuch has performed the role of Nourabad in Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles with Winter Opera of St. Louis and has appeared in multiple productions at the Utah Festival; as Daland in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, The Old Doctor in Barber’s Vanessa, Lazar Wolf
Rossini Concert Artist Preview: Laura Zahn
A rising dramatic mezzo-soprano, Laura Zahn has been praised for her “warm, voluptuous voice” “captivating with her powerful delivery.” The current season will see Ms. Zahn sing Sea Pictures with the Adelphi Orchestra, return to the Emory Symphony as the Alto soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, perform Maddalena (Rigoletto) in her mainstage debut with Indianapolis Opera, and sing Ma Moss (The Tender Land) in Park City Opera’s first full season. Other notable roles include D
Rossini Concert Artist Preview: Ronald Naldi
Ronald Naldi is an American lyric tenor who has sung on the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Arena di Verona, Salzburger Landestheater, L'Opéra Français, and New Jersey State Opera, under the baton of maestri James Levine, Valery Gergiev, James Conlon, David Robertson, Leonard Slatkin, Joseph Colaneri, Charles Mackerras, Christopher Keene, Alfredo Silipigni, Lukas Foss, Nello Santi, Vincent LaSelva, Thomas Booth, and Eduardo Müller, and alongside sing
Rossini Concert Artist Preview: Dr. Gordon Turk Organist/Director
A critically acclaimed concert organist, Gordon Turk has performed throughout the US, Europe, Russia, Ukraine and Japan. He has performed in churches, cathedrals, universities, and concert halls throughout the US
Rossini Concert
St Mary’s Masterworks Chorale and Soloists will perform Rossini’s dramatic sacred composition “Stabat Mater”. This poetic text of the Middle Ages presents the heart-rending emotions of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, as she stands at the foot of the Cross. The music was composed by one of the greatest composers of Italian opera of the 19 th century, and it makes exciting and virtuoso demands of the soloists and chorus. Guest tenor for this concert will be Ronald Naldi, veteran pe