Don Giovanni with Opera Grand Rapids

Don Giovanni with Opera Grand Rapids

Opera Grand Rapids will be staging Don Giovanni, Mozart’s comedic masterpiece. Under the direction of Maestro Robert Lyall, Dorcas Giles makes her second performance of the season with Opera Grand Rapids as a member of the Opera Grand Rapids chorus. Performances...

Review: Bach Festival Chorus

“BachFest Christmas Concert, a holiday tradition in Kalamazoo, plays to sold-out Stetson Chapel crowd” – Kalamazoo Gazette “There was a different look to the group of soloists employed in this year’s concert. They were generally younger...
Review: OGR Sampson and Delilah

Review: OGR Sampson and Delilah

Dorcas Giles sang in the Opera Grand Rapids chorus for their 2012 season debut of Samson and Delilah. “Camille Saint-Saens’ wild bacchanal in the Temple of Dagon, just before the mighty Samson brings the temple down, does for the ear what Cecil B. DeMille does...

Steps to Help Vocal Health

I’ve been attending every workshop that I can since I have arrived here at WMU. Last week I attended the first of a two part vocal health seminar. There was a lot of really great information that was given out. I wanted to share just one portion of that with...

Vocal Literature

So it’s only been, you know, three months since I last posted. NBD, right?! Wrong. I owe you all a LOT of information, especially several Family Fridays, but I’ll get to those later. Right now you get to hear about the Vocal Literature class I’m taking as part of my...
La Boheme with Arbor Opera Theater

La Boheme with Arbor Opera Theater

Thursday, June 14 – 7:30pm Friday, June 15 – 7:30pm Saturday, June 16 – 7:30pm Sunday, June 17 – 2:00pm Few operas continually captivate audiences like Puccini’s La Bohème. From its lush, romantic score to its endearing characters, this...