THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF DETROIT PRESENTS DENYCE GRAVES, MEZZO-SOPRANO AND WARREN JONES, PIANO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2009, AT SELIGMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
This concert marks Denyce Graves’ first classical recital in the metropolitan Detroit area.
Mezzo-soprano DENYCE GRAVES, best known for her appearances on the stages of the world's greatest opera houses, will make her Detroit classical music recital debut Saturday, January 24, 2009, presented by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit at Seligman Performing Arts Center. The Seligman Performing Arts Center is located at 22305 West 13 Mile Road (at the corner of Lahser and 13 Mile Roads), Beverly Hills, on the campus of the Detroit Country Day School.
Ms. Graves, accompanied by the distinguished pianist Warren Jones, will perform the following program:
Handel: Ombra mai fu, from Serse
Iris, Hence Away, from Semele
Schubert: Heimliches Lieben, Op, 106 no. 1, D. 922
Der Tod und das Mädchen, Op. 7 no. 3, D. 531
Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118
Cilea: Acerba voluttà from Andrea Chenier
Saint-Saëns: Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix, from Samson et Dalila
Bizet: Habañera, from Carmen
Montsalvatge: Cinco canciones negras
Cuba dentro de un piano
Punto de Habanera
Chévere
Cancio de cuna para dormi a un Negrito
Canto Negro
Arr. Copland: Zion’s Walls
Boatman’s Dance
Scheer: Lean Away
Arr. Copland I Bought Me a Cat
Bizet: Seguidilla
This year the Chamber Music Society of Detroit participated in The Margaret Garner Educational Partnership in collaboration with The Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit School of Arts, Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit Public Television and WRCJ 90.9 FM; the collaboration is designed to provide an extraordinary learning opportunity for young people with Denyce Graves, who created the title role in the acclaimed opera, Margaret Garner. Winners of the vocal competition will receive tickets to Denyce Graves’ January 24 recital.
DENYCE GRAVES is known for her expressive, rich vocalism, elegant stage presence and exciting theatrical abilities. Ms. Graves began her musical education at the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts, a public school in her hometown of Washington, D.C. After studying at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory, she received her first national exposure from 1988-1990 with the Houston Grand Opera.
Her debut with the Metropolitan Opera took place in the 1995-96 season, when she sang the title role of the opera Carmen. Another signature role is that of Dalila in Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila In May 2005, she created the title role in Richard Danielpour's Margaret Garner, which premiered at the Detroit Opera House in a Michigan Opera Theatre production.
Ms. Graves has worked with such conductors as Riccardo Chailly, Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti and Mstislav Rostropovich; has shared a stage with singers such as Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes and José Cura.; and has sung at major opera houses worldwide, including the Royal Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala Milan, Vienna Staatsoper and Opera Nationale de Paris.
Tickets
Single tickets: $100, except for the following:
• As a special Advantage to Subscribing, Opus 3 subscribers may purchase tickets for this performance at regular single ticket prices: $43 - $75.
•Upper Crescent seats: $43 - $50.
•This concert is included in the Opus 9 subscription series.
Tickets for all 2008-2009 concerts may be purchased by calling the Chamber Music Society of Detroit Ticket Service at (248) 855-6070.
The Chamber Music Society of Detroit's 2008-2009 Opus 9 Series continues with:
ATOS Trio
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Guarneri String Quartet
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Pacifica Quartet, with Erik Rönmark, Saxophone
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio with the Miami String Quartet
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Upcoming concerts in the Opus 3 Series feature:
Garrick Ohlsson, Piano
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
Saturday, May 30, 2009
HOUR Detroit, dbusiness and WRCJ are the media sponsors for the 2008-2009 season.
For further information about the 2008-2009 concert season, please visit the Chamber Music Society of Detroit web site at www.ComeHearCMSD.org.
The Chamber Music Society of Detroit is a nonprofit organization committed to presenting the highest quality chamber music performed by musicians of international stature in acoustically outstanding venues. The Chamber Music Society of Detroit is recognized both locally and nationally for the high caliber of its performances.
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