Vocal Masterclass with Amanda Forsythe, Soprano

You are invited to observe internationally acclaimed soprano Amanda Forsythe as she leads a masterclass on singing in opera, featuring several undergraduate students of the Lowell House Opera. Harvard undergraduates Marina Connelly ’12, Lily Kass ’10, and Francesca Reindel ’11 will sing arias from Handel’s Rinaldo, Donizetti’s La fille du régiment, and other operas. Ms. Forsythe, who has been praised by Opera News for her “light and luster,” “wonderful agility and silvery top notes,” has performed at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, and will make her debut at Covent Garden this season. Also a frequent soloist with symphony orchestras, she has sung recently with the Calgary Philharmonic (Golijov’s Ainadamar) and L’Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México (Mahler Symphony No 2). A resident of Cambridge, she is well known to area opera audiences, most recently for her performances of Minerve and La Grande Prêtresse on The Boston Early Music Festival’s premiere recording of Lully’s Thésée, a “Best Opera Recording” nominee for the 2008 Grammy™ Awards, and her début with Opera Boston as The Angel in the North American premiere of Peter Eötvös’s opera Angels in America, a performance that the critics hailed as “gorgeous” (Musical America), “heavenly” (The Boston Herald), “radiant” (The Financial Times), “brilliant” (Opera News) and “powerfully sung” (The New York Times). Photo: Claire Folger

Amanda Forsythe’s official website

Sunday, December 6th at 4:00 PM in the New College Theatre Studio, 3rd floor, 10-12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Free and open to the public; no tickets required.

Lowell House Opera Undergraduate Opera Workshop: Fall 2009

The Lowell House Opera holds its fifth Undergraduate Opera Workshop, which gives Harvard undergraduates an opportunity to study and perform operatic scenes in the original language. Scenes are carefully chosen to fit the unique voices of participating singers. All scenes are fully staged and costumed, and the program will culminate in several performances in December 2009. More information >>

A special welcome to the Class of 2013

Lowell House Opera presents Puccini’s Tosca

For its 72nd annual production, the Lowell House Opera will present Tosca, a melodrama in three acts, with music by Giacomo Puccini. The libretto, by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, is based on Victorien Sardou’s play La Tosca. Passion runs high in this operatic masterwork dealing with political intrigue, love, lust, and murder. Channing Yu conducts this fully staged and costumed performance, which will be sung in Italian with projected English translations. Performances will take place February 24, 26, 27, and 28; March 3, 5, and 6, 2010; all performances will begin at 8:30 p.m. Stage roles, orchestra, and staff positions are open to all; no Harvard affiliation is necessary. Tickets will go on sale in late January 2010. Audition and staff information>>