Voice

By Hayden Gooding, UKNow

Beasley, a mezzo-soprano from Madison, Georgia, who earned her master's degree in May from UK, and Thompson, a bass from Lexington, are still in the running to sing on the Metropolitan Opera stage.

Due to COVID-19, that week had to be postponed indefinitely.  

The annual international choral festival was held virtually from July 7th-12th in Curitiba, Brazil, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. The “Henrique de Curitiba” Choir Week is an annual event produced as through an initiative between the Santa Maria Chapel, a major performance venue, and the Curtibia Institute of Arts and Culture, and named after the well-known Brazilian choral composer, Henrique de Curtibia Morozowicz.  

“Nearly as soon as the outbreak began to have its effects here in the United States, Caitlin reached out to me and asked if I would be willing to help her put together a virtual choir,” said Vanover, who is currently Director of Choirs at Lexington Catholic High School.  “I am very proud of Caitlin, who is a former choir student of mine at Lexington Catholic.”

Dr. Justin Vickers received his Master's of Music in vocal performance from UK in 2000. After leaving the University of Kentucky, Dr. Vickers, now Associate Professor of Voice at Illinois State University, earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance and Literature, while completing the coursework for the Ph.D. in historical musicology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Story and video courtesy of UKNow, by Whitney Hale and Jenny Wells-Hosley

Audrey Belle Adams (BM '19), originally from Louisville, Ky., was a 2015 All-Tech Music Scholar at UK. Throughout her time in the Opera Theatre program, she was seen on stage during It’s a Grand Night for Singing, Ragtime, The Barber of Seville, The Old Maid and the Thief, and Amahl and the Night Visitors. Audrey also performed regularly with the Lexington Theatre Company during their production of Legally Blonde, Mary Poppins, and Concert with the Stars.

Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica
a Puccini Double Bill

Music by Giacomo Puccini, Librettos by Giovacchino Forzano
October 11 & 12, 7:30 p.m., October 13, 2 p.m.

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