[Choir] Voice Masterclass, DeBaun, Friday 3/9 7pm - invitation

[Bethany Reeves]

Dear Choir,


Five of our singers* will be participating in a masterclass with Joel Sorensen, tenor, this coming Friday 3/9, 7pm at DeBaun.


Mr. Sorensen has had a long and successful career in the opera world - bio below. Each of our singers will present all or part of a song or opera aria, and he will then coach them on whatever issues he chooses - vocal technique, interpretation, etc.


Anyone and everyone who is interested in the art of singing is cordially invited to attend, including friends you may wish to invite. Do keep in mind this is a public coaching of individual singers for the benefit of the audience as well of as the person onstage, not a regular performance per se.


As in any event where people are presenting or performing, I do ask that absolute attention be paid if you attend.


I'm excited about this, and hope to see some of you there!


Best,

BR


*Julia Cahn, Max Cool, Ian DiGuilio, Yifeng Li, Greg Mercado


BIO

Joel Sorensen, tenor, is recognized as one of the finest character specialists in the United States, having given more than 700 stage performances in over seventy-five roles in virtually every major venue in the country. Most recently he sang Pong in Turandot with San Diego Opera, a company with which he has made twelve additional appearances including Caius in Falstaff, Spoletta in Tosca, Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette, Beppe in Pagliacci, Pang in Turandot, and Curley in Of Mice and Men. The Ohio native enjoyed a long association with New York City Opera where he performed in more than two dozen productions including Knas Igor, Madama Butterfly, La Rondine, Il Trittico, Mefistofele, and Mathis der Maler. He has appeared frequently at San Francisco Opera as Spoletta, Caius, Mr. Pease in Dolores Claiborne, Elder Hayes in Susannah, Balthazar Zorn in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Le Médecin in La chute de la maison Usher, Vítek in Vec Makropulos, Incredibile in Andrea Chénier. He created the role of Sciortino in the world premiere of La ciociara for San Francisco.


Internationally, Mr. Sorensen has appeared as Spoletta with the Canadian Opera Company, Curley with Manitoba Opera, Mime in Das Rheingold with Longborough Festival, UK, and Andres in Wozzeck with Salzburger Landestheater. Other career highlights include Spoletta, Caius, Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Wilhelm in The Ghosts of Versailles at LA Opera; Herodes in Salome at Florentine Opera; and Spoletta, Goro in Madama Butterfly, Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte, Valzacchi in Der Rosenkavalier, Erster Jude in Salome, and Andrès, Cochenille, Pitichinaccio, and Frantz in Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Sorensen may be heard on the world-premiere recording of Die Bürgschaft, the Clé du Mois Award-winning recording of Die Gezeichneten, and the Grammy Award-winning recording of The Ghost of Versailles. He may also be seen on DVD in Tosca from the Metropolitan Opera.


Dr. Bethany Reeves
Director, Stevens Choir & DeBaun PAC Voice Studio
Music Program Coordinator, DeBaun Performing Arts Center
Stage Director/Teacher, DeBaun Shakespeare & Summer Theatre Projects
Stevens Institute of Technology
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