 Kirsten C. Kunkle has been accepted in the 2013 NATS Intern Program - National Association of Teachers of Singing Russian Opera Workshop Credits: Iolanta and Brigitta, Iolanta (2011); Zemphira, Aleko (2012), Liza, The Queen of Spades (2012) Congratulations, Kirsten!  In addition to his regular work in the Opera Philadelphia chorus, Steve was engaged at the Metropolitan Opera extended chorus for the production of Wagner's "Parsifal" Parsifal Live in HD broadcast is on March 2, 2013 at local cinemas. Russian Opera Workshop 2011/12 Credits: Young Gypsy, Aleko; Gherman, Pique Dame; Lensky and Triquet, Eugene Onegin; Vaudemont, Iolanta Congratulations, Steve! 
Mini reunion! As I was rehearsing AVA production of Eugene Onegin, a couple of Russian Opera Workshop (ROW) alumni dropped by. In this photo left to right Brad Cawyer (ROW Russian class), Katie Kupchik (ROW 2012 Zemphira in 'Aleko'), Youna Jang (ROW 2011 Tatyana; AVA Artist 2013 Tatyana), Ghenady Meirson, (AVA faculty, ROW founder), Shelley Jackson (ROW 2011 Iolanta title role; AVA Artist 2013 Tatyana), Peggy Pei-Ju Yu (ROW 2012 Zemphira in 'Aleko') and John Viscardi (ROW 2011 Lensky; AVA Artist 2013 Lensky).  Soprano Shelley Jackson was accepted to the Academy of Vocal Arts and will join the AVA Artist Roster in the fall of 2012. Russian Opera Workshop 2011 alumna, Shelley performed the title role of Iolanta in Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta. Congratulations, Shelley! Mini Reunion01/30/2012 Brad Cawyer is back in US on a short tour from Saint Petersburg, Russia. He stopped in Philly for a quick visit with yours truly, Ghenady Meirson, and Shelley Jackson. It was nice to catch up and reminisce about Russian Opera Workshop 2011 and our work on Iolanta, where Shelley sang the title role. | BlogLatest news and updates. Check often and subscribe to RSS feed. ArchivesMay 2013 CategoriesAll |
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