Opera in Brookings on November 13

An Afternoon of Opera and Musical Theater Sunday, Nov 13, 2011, 3:00 pm - Calvary Assembly of God Church Featuring the talents of baritone Eugene Brancoveanu, tenor Thomas Glenn, soprano Ronit Widmann-Levy, and pianist Peter Gruenberg, a wonderful array of music from both the opera house and the Broadway stage will delight the audience. Something for everyone!
	Eugene Brancoveanu's virile voice and superior stagecraft have earned him critical acclaim in both North America and Europe. Following recent performances of San Francisco Opera's The Little Prince, the San Francisco Chronicle lauds the superb cast as being "led by extravagantly gifted baritone Eugene Brancoveanu as the Pilot. With his unforced charisma, vocal clarity, and total heft, Brancoveanu managed the tricky feat of doing most of the show's heavy lifting ..." In the 2010-11 season Eugene Brancoveanu appears with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New World Symphony, and the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, in Michael-Tilson Thomas' The Thomashevskys conducted by the composer. He also returns to the Santa Cruz County Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and sings as soloist in Carmina Burana with Spokane Symphony Orchestra. He continues his extensive recital career in 2011-12, performing with Brookings-Harbor Friends of Music. Mr. Brancoveanu does not have a website, but has a page on his agency's site.
Thomas Glenn (tenor) began his solo career singing the Evangelist roles in the St. Matthew and St. John Passions of J.S. Bach and continues to sing concert engagements with institutions like The Cleveland Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, Colorado Symphony, Berkeley Symphony and Marin Symphony. He is a graduate of the Adler Fellowship program at the San Francisco Opera. He created the role of the Physicist, Robert Wilson, in the World Premiere of John Adams’ Doctor Atomic at the San Francisco Opera. Since then, he reprised this role at the Netherlands Opera in 2007, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2007-2008, at the Metropolitan Opera of New York in 2008 and the English National Opera in 2009. Thomas Glenn's website
	Ronit Widmann-Levy has received accolades for her operatic and concert performances throughout the world. A versatile artist equally at home on both concert and opera stages. Ronit has sung in opera houses and festivals in San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, Tanglewood, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Berlin, Munich, London, Bangkok and Jerusalem. She sang at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, the Bath and Dartington Festivals in England, the Jüdische Kulturtage in Berlin, and the America Haus Concert Series in Munich. Ms. Widmann-Levy made her début with the San Francisco Symphony in February 2005 in Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher. Since her debut Ronit has regularly performed with Michael Tilson Thomas and the SFS in Carnegie Hall, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the New World Symphony Orchestra as well as with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Widmann-Levy’s interpretation of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire has won praise and she has been invited to perform the piece in Europe and the U.S.A. Ronit is renowned for her interpretation of Ladino romance. In Spring of 2010 she embarked on a world concert tour with Ladino Soul. Ronit Widmann-Levy's repertory includes the roles of Violetta, Constanza, Madama Butterfly, Micaela, Mimi, Liù, Gilda and Freia. Symphonic works include among others: Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mahler's 2nd and 4th Symphonies. Ronit Widmann-Levy's website