with Matthew Aucoin and students of Opera UCLA

Dr. and Mrs. Tokita are long time patrons of the arts in Southern California. I’ve had the honor and pleasure of collaborating with them through many meaningful projects, which through the arts, brought people together. This was one of our first concerts together which featured the greatest arias in the repertory. Pictured (left to right): Eric Levintow, tenor; Kylena Parks, Soprano; Cheryl Lin Fielding, Pianist; Dr. and Mrs. Tokita, Miho Asai, Mezzo-Soprano

Scott Dunn, associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, leads the Parnassus Chamber Orchestra in an afternoon of beautiful love stories told through some of the most beloved opera music of all time - by Bizet, Catalani, Cilea, Offenbach, Puccini, Verdi and Wagner. Dancers from the Claudia de la Cruz Flamenco Dance Company accompany the singers for added expression of the lyrics and music.

Scott Dunn, Conductor

Bruce Sledge, Tenor
Milena Kitic, Mezzo-Soprano
Julie Makerov, Soprano
Aaron Pendleton, Bass-Baritone*

Young artists from OCSA and
Maggie Liu, Soprano
Elizabeth Minerman, Mezzo-Soprano*

*member of Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices

https://www.soka.edu/soka-performing-arts-center/calendar-events/parnassus-society-presents-world-opera-stories-love

Parnassus Society and Soka Performing Arts Center Present

Milena Kitic – Mezzo-Soprano
Emily Uematsu – Violinist

Stephen Karr, Conductor
Parnassus Chamber Orchestra


Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Bizet: Carmen excerpts
Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4 “Italian”

Saturday, November 23, 2019 7 PM
Soka Performing Arts Center