Experience the music wherever you are:
Opera in the Park is going digital.
Saturday, July 25 at 8 PM Central
Since 2002, Madison Opera has been bringing people together under the night sky in Garner Park for a free, festive evening of opera. This year, social distancing guidelines have forced us to think outside of the park – and thus we’re bringing our annual free concert to your backyard, to your porch, and to your living room.
In Madison and in cities across the U.S., our soloists are stepping into the studio to create a program of uplifting, entertaining, and beautiful music to share online. The program includes arias and ensembles by Mozart, Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Massenet, Rossini, and more.
Join us online on July 25 at 8pm CT for Opera in the Park in your backyard / on your porch / in your kayak. We will still be together with music under the same night sky, even though we cannot be in the same place.
Soloists
Jasmine Habersham
Soprano
Madison Opera Debut
Recently: Katie Jackson, The Fix (Minnesota Opera); Calaveras 2, Frida; Mariola, Out of Darkness: Two Remain (Atlanta Opera); Adina, The Elixir of Love (Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice); Pip, Moby Dick (Opera San Jose, Utah Opera); Clara, Porgy and Bess (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)
Upcoming: Zerlina, Don Giovanni (Seattle Opera); Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro (Madison Opera)
Karen Slack
Soprano
Madison Opera Debut: Sister Rose, Dead Man Walking (2014)
Recently: Serena, Porgy and Bess (Metropolitan Opera, Fort Worth Opera); Billie, Fire Shut Up In My Bones (Opera Theatre of St. Louis); Tosca, Tosca (Opera Birmingham); Sister Rose, Dead Man Walking (Atlanta Opera, Minnesota Opera, Kentucky Opera, Vancouver Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Addie Parker, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Arizona Opera); Micaela, Carmen (Mill City Summer Opera); Emelda Griffith, Champion (New Orleans Opera, Opera Parallèle)
Upcoming: Madison Opera’s Digital Fall
Andres Acosta
Tenor
Madison Opera Debut: Timothy Laughlin, Fellow Travelers (2020)
Recently: Father Matias, El Milagro del Recuerdo (Houston Grand Opera); Arcadio, Florencia en el Amazonas (Pensacola Opera, Pittsburgh Opera); Alejandro, Frida (Atlanta Opera); Victor Garnier, All is Calm (Theater Latté Da); Soloist, Trouble in Tahiti (Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra); Timothy Laughlin, Fellow Travelers; Borsa, Rigoletto (Minnesota Opera)
Upcoming: Jasper, The Snowy Day, Fourth Esquire, Parsifal (Houston Grand Opera); Prince Charmant, Cendrillon (Florentine Opera); Timothy Laughlin, Fellow Travelers (Florida Grand Opera)
Weston Hurt
Baritone
Madison Opera Debut: Germont, La Traviata (2019)
Recently: Rigoletto, Rigoletto (New Orleans Opera); Germont, La Traviata (Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, Opera San Antonio); Sharpless, Madama Butterfly (Seattle Opera); Creon, Medea (Opera Omaha); Scarpia, Tosca (Nashville Opera)
Upcoming: Count di Luna, Il Trovatore (Portland Opera); Germont, La Traviata (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Madison Opera’s Digital Fall
The History of Opera in the Park
Opera in the Park 2019
Sunday, July 21, 2018 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Jeni Houser – soprano
Michele Johnson – soprano
David Blalock- tenor
Ben Edquist – baritone
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2018
Saturday, July 21, 2018 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by Gary Thor Wedow
Elizabeth Caballero – soprano
Levi Hernandez – baritone
John Lindsey – tenor
Brenda Rae – soprano
with
Anthony Cao – baritone
Anna Parks – mezzo-soprano
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2017
Saturday, July 22, 2017 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by Joseph Mechavich
Will Liverman – baritone
Cecilia Violetta Lopez – soprano
David Walton – tenor
Adriana Zabala – mezzo-soprano
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2016
Sunday, July 24, 2016 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by Gary Thor Wedow
Emily Birsan – soprano
Angela Brown – soprano
Sidney Outlaw – baritone
Scott Quinn – tenor
with
Kelsey Parks – mezzo-soprano
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2015
Saturday, July 25, 2015 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Meredith Arwady – contralto
Eleni Calenos – soprano
Kyle Ketelsen – bass-baritone
Anna Laurenzo – mezzo-soprano
Harold Meers – tenor
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2014
Saturday, July 26, 2014 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Wallis Giunta – mezzo-soprano
Jamie-Rose Guarrine – soprano
Kelly Markgraf – baritone
Sean Panikkar – tenor
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2013
Saturday, July 13, 2013 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Caitlin Cisler – soprano
Nmon Ford – baritone
Brian Jagde – tenor
Alexandra LoBianco – soprano
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Youth Choirs
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2012
Saturday, July 21, 2012 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by Gary Thor Wedow
Matt Boehler – bass
Emily Fons – mezzo-soprano
Caitlin Lynch – soprano
Russell Thomas – tenor
with
Caitlin Cisler – soprano
Alan Dunbar – baritone
Heath Rush – tenor
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2010 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Maria Kanyova – soprano
Daniela Mack – mezzo-soprano
Scott Ramsay – tenor
Hyung Yun – baritone
with
Gregory Brumfield – baritone
Saira Frank – soprano
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Roderick Dixon – tenor
Anya Matanovic – soprano
Barbara Shirvis – soprano
Stephen Powell – baritone
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Youth Choirs
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Lisa Daltrius – soprano
Adam Diegel – tenor
Jennifer Holloway – mezzo-soprano
Timothy Kuhn – baritone
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Kendall Gladen – mezzo-soprano
Bryan Hymel – tenor
Luis Ledesma – baritone
Melody Moore – soprano
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Elizabeth Caballero – soprano
Stephen Costello – tenor
Lester Lynch – baritone
Leah Partridge – soprano
with
Heath Rush – tenor
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2006
Saturday, July 22, 2006 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Kristin Chávez – mezzo-soprano
Eric Fennell – tenor
Dina Kuznetsova – soprano
Guido LeBron – baritone
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2005
Saturday, July 16, 2005 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Donnie Ray Albert – baritone
Elena Bocharova – mezzo-soprano
Kyle Ketelsen – bass-baritone
Ted Lee – tenor
Barbara Quintiliani – soprano
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2004
Saturday, July 17, 2004 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by Steven White
Elizabeth Futral – soprano
Kyle Ketelsen – bass-baritone
Malcolm MacKenzie – baritone
Scott Piper – tenor
Jennifer Rivera – mezzo-soprano
with
David Wallach – tenor
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2003
Saturday, July 19, 2003 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by Steven White
Thomas Barrett – baritone
Paula Delligatti – soprano
Angela Horn – mezzo-soprano
Andrew Richards – tenor
with
Bert Adams – bass
John Green – baritone
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Opera in the Park 2002
Saturday, July 20, 2002 – 8pm
Garner Park
Conducted by John DeMain
Robin Follman – soprano
Sari Gruber – soprano
Angela Horn – mezzo-soprano
Kyle Ketelsen – bass-baritone
Malcom MacKenzie – baritone
Andrew Richards – tenor
with
Madison Opera Chorus
Madison Symphony Orchestra
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