“An Afternoon at the Opera” concert by the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra featuring memorable music — overtures, preludes and arias –from classic Operas including the Light Cavalry overture; Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana and Orpheus in the Underworld overture. Featured soloist is soprano Emma-Grace Dunbar. (full program below)
Where/When: Sunday, November 17 3 pm FREE Parking
Veterans Memorial Auditorium 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City, 90230
Tickets: $15/general $10/students/seniors 62+ Free/Children 12 and under /at the door
Online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/482708
Who: Founded in 1953, the LA Doctors Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest community orchestras in the United States with its roots in the medical professions and is dedicated to enriching the Southern California communities through the healing power of music. Originally composed of only medical professionals, the orchestra now welcomes all accomplished musicians. Doctors Symphony Music Director since 1990 is Dr. Ivan Shulman. Soloist Emma-Grace Dunbar is a rising soprano maker her orchestral debut with the Doctors Symphony. A Thousand Oaks native, Ms. Dunbar recently completed her Master’s Degree in Vocal Arts from USC’s Thorton School of Music. This past summer she was Resident Artist with the Utah Festival Opera and was awarded 2nd place in the festival’s Concorso Lirico International Opera Competition.
Full Program:
Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
Donizetti: Overture to Don Pasquale
Puccini: Quando me’n vo from La Boheme
Delibes Bell song from Lakme
Verdi: Caro nome from Rigoletto
Mozart: Deh vieni, Non Tardar from the Marriage of Figaro
Lehar: Vilia from The Merry Wives of Windsor
Intermission
von Suppe: Light Cavalry Overture
Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanchina
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Puccini: Scene d’opera (arr. ElMahmoudi) – World premiere
Wagner: Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin
Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
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