Honegger's King David: Composer, Concert Information, Directions, e-News, Narrators, Program Notes, Soloists

Honegger's KING DAVID

Sunday, March 12, 2006
3:00 p.m. in the Roswell UMC Sanctuary

Soloists Angela Gilbert, Janara Kellerman, and Bradley Howard are from the Southeastern Festival of Song.

Angela Gilbert, soprano
Angela Gilbert made her professional debut as Sandrina in La finta giardiniera in her native Cape Town where she has also performed a variety of roles including Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi. A graduate of the South African College of Music in Cape Town, Angela Gilbert was the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including the 1996 VITA award, the 1997 Oudemeester Music Prize, the Adcock Ingram Music Prize and the Chiappini Opera Trust and was also chosen to represent South Africa at the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2003.

Operatic repertoire includes Antonia/Olympia and Giulietta Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Norina Don Pasquale, Violetta La Traviata and title role Lucia di Lammermoor for Cape Town Opera, Micaela in Peter Brook's La Tragedie de Carmen (which toured South Africa and Namibia), Morgana Alcina at the Handel Festival in Germany, title role Adelia, Inez La Favorita and Elena La Donna del Lago for the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall, Madame Hertz Der Schauspieldirektor, Norina and a solo recital with Steven Blier for Wolf Trap Opera, title role Lucia for Palm Beach Opera and Violetta for the Spiers Festival in Cape Town.

In the 2000/2001 season, Angela Gilbert joined the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera New York where she has appeared in several Young Artist Gala Concerts under James Levine and her operatic roles have subsequently included Unborn Die Frau ohne Schatten (Christian Thielemann and Philippe Auguin), Dew Fairy Hänsel und Gretel (Sir Charles Mackerras), Peasant Le Nozze di Figaro (Donald Runnicles) and Shepherdess L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (James Levine).

Recent engagements include appearances at the New York Festival of Song with Steven Blier, Violetta in Pretoria, Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte at the Lyrique en Mer Festival in Belle Ile, France and Gilda Rigoletto in South Africa. In addition, Angela recently covered the roles of Queen of the Night and Olympia Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Met.

Concert engagements include extensive concerts with the Cape Town Philharmonic and the Natal Philarmonic in South Africa, a series of opera concerts at the Hanover Festival in Germany, Cunegonde in highlights of Bernstein's Candide at the Met (James Levine) and Konstanze in highlights of Die Entführung aus dem Serail (James Levine) at the Danny Kaye Playhouse. A keen recitalist, Angela has performed for both NYFOS (New York Festival of Song) and in repeat engagements with SEFoS (Southeastern Festival of Song), who sponsor her in the US.

Engagements in 2006 include her debut with San Diego Opera in the title role Lucia di Lammermoor (Richard Bonynge), a recital at the Klein Karoo Festival in South Africa and Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Icelandic Opera. Subsequent engagements include title role Maria Stuarda for San Diego Opera.

Bradley Howard, Tenor
With a career spanning the classical and modern choral works, solo recitals, and operatic roles, Bradley Howard has developed a repertoire of some of opera's most classic roles, including Mozart's Tamino in The Magic Flute and Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte, Puccini's Rodolfo in La Boheme, Leoncavallo's Beppe in I Pagliacci, Rossini's Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Britten's Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw, and the title roles of Albert Herring and Candide. 

Mr. Howard's concert engagements include Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem, Weill's Seven Deadly Sins, Beethoven's Mass in C Major and Choral Fantasy, Mozart's Requiem, Haydn's Creation, Mendelssohn's Lobegesang, Handel's Messiah and Saul, Bach's St. John Passion and B minor Mass.

Other events for Bradley this year include West Side Story in Washington, Britten's Serenade for Tenor, horn, and strings, and a song recital tour in several regions of the U.S.

Mr. Howard's bachelor's and master's degrees in music and voice performance from Baylor University and the University of Cincinnati opened doors to America's musical stages. A coveted fellowship to the Tanglewood Music Center brought him to the attention of famed conductor Seiji Ozawa, as he sang the role of Bob Boles in the 50th anniversary production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes. He teaches privately in Atlanta, GA.

Janara Kellerman, mezzo-soprano
Mezzo Soprano, Janara Kellerman is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She has sung with many regional companies including Nashville Opera, Opera Memphis, Des Moines Metro Opera, Eugene Opera, Opera San Jose, Lyric Opera San Antonio, Opera Southwest, Central City Opera, Chautauqua Opera and Natchez Opera Festival.

Ms. Kellerman was the recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation, administered by Des Moines Metro Opera for her work as Suzuki and Dryade in the summer of 2004. She returned to Des Moines Metro Opera this past summer and sang Lady Essex in Benjamin Britten's Gloriana and Antonia's Mother in Les Contes d'Hoffmann of which Opera News said "…the portrait trio a highlight of the evening with Janara Kellerman's Mother displaying a mezzo timbre velvety as the nap of a big, juicy peach."

Other roles include the title role in Carmen, Tisbe in La Cenerentola, Meg Page in Falstaff, the Mother in the world premiere of The Tale of the Nutcracker, the Mother in Amahl & the Night Visitors, Berta in Il barbieri di Siviglia, Florence in Albert Herring, Baba in The Medium, Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro, Katisha in The Mikado, Rebecca Nurse in The Crucible, Vera Boronel in The Consul, Mrs. McLean in Susannah, Third Lady in The Magic Flute and Arnalta in The Coronation of Poppea.

Ms. Kellerman feels equally at home on the concert stage singing the alto solos in Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Mass in C Minor, Bach's St. John's Passion, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, and in a Viva Verdi! Concert with Opera Southwest.

Search our site! Enter one or more keywords, and click the Search button.
The Michael O'Neal Singers: P.O. Box 1008, Roswell, GA 30077
Office 770-594-7974, Fax 770-650-5933, e-mail: Staff@mosingers.com
  Privacy Statement