Are you ready to fulfill your destiny this summer? Opera Orlando's annual Summer Concert Series returns to the University Club of Winter Park this August.
Opera Orlando launches its 2024-25 Destiny + Desire season in song this August with its annual Opera Orlando in Concert: Summer Concert Series at the University Club of Winter Park.
Enjoy a fun and diverse selection of songs, arias, and duets, as well as wine, appetizers, and desserts during a post-show reception with artists featured throughout the Opera’s upcoming season.
The intimate concert series will feature select artists starring in the upcoming 2024-25 Destiny + Desire season, including Norman Garrett, Avery Boettcher, Katherine Martin, Lindsay Ohse, Ammon Perry Bratt, and Robin Stamper.
Whet your appetite for one of the company's biggest seasons yet as they perform a selection of songs, arias, and duets on August 11, 18, and 25.
Get to know these incredible performers before you see them on the MainStage in Steinmetz Hall.
Summer Concert Series
A DUET WITH DESTINY
Sunday, August 11 at 2 p.m.
Marnie Breckenridge is recognized for her sparkling soprano, intelligent musicianship, and deeply poignant character portrayals on stage. She is a leading figure in the new music and contemporary opera world, performing eight world premieres of award-winning new operas and countless art songs by living composers. Ms. Breckenridge’s leading roles have taken her to opera and symphony stages from London to New York to Tokyo, and she is also a prolific recording artist, with highlights that include appearing as a featured soloist on Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s Heroes & Villains album, New World Records’ album of Victor Herbert songs, and her holiday album Happy Golden Days.
Ms. Breckenridge will sing an eclectic program of arias and arts songs from Bel Canto to contemporary and then return later in the season on the MainStage to sing the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at Steinmetz Hall.
Additionally, for this concert only there will be a special season preview presentation of the Company’s All for Art season by Opera Orlando’s general director Gabriel Preisser and artistic director Grant Preisser.
Local pianist Ammon Perry Bratt has toured internationally throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, South Africa, and New Zealand. Recently, he performed in Carnegie Hall and at the Austria Summer Music Festival, as well as Palais Montcalm in Quebec City and Assembly Hall in Salt Lake City. In addition to performing, Mr. Bratt works as a collaborative pianist, teacher, arranger, and church organist. He will accompany Ms. Jennings, and tenor ISAAC HURTADO
DREAMS + DESIRES
Sunday, August 18 at 2 p.m.
Isaac Hurtado has drawn critical acclaim for performances of leading roles across the United States. Since making his role debut with Festival Opera in California in the title role of Roméo et Juliette, his portrayals of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Don José in Carmen, and Alfredo in La Traviata have been noted for “money notes worth every penny.”
Most recently Mr. Hurtado appeared as the tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with Salt Lake Choral Artists, "A Night in Seville" with Amelia Island Opera, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, with the choirs and orchestras of Brigham Young University, and "Opera Gems" with Opera Roanoke. He also performed and recorded the tenor solos in a new work entitled A Mosaic for Earth, and he performed Mozart's Requiem with Millennial Choirs and Orchestras in Salt Lake City, Handel's Messiah with the Southwest Symphony, and made recital debuts in Pesaro and Lesi, Italy. Audiences will see Mr. Hurtado again as the Prince in the upcoming site-specific production of Dvorák’s Rusalka.
YOUR HEART’S DESIRE
Sunday, August 25 at 2 p.m.
Avery Boettcher made her Mexican debut reprising the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with the Sociedad Artistico del Tecnológico in Monterrey Mexico, in a collaborative production with Teatro Grattacielo. She also joined El Paso Opera for the Encores & Overtures Gala as the featured soloist to celebrate the company's 30th anniversary. She made her debut with Pacific Opera Project, taking on the role of Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, followed by another role and company debut performing Gretel in Hansel & Gretel with Opera Tampa. She also performed the role of Dot/Marie in Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George with El Paso Opera.
She received the third place prize as a Regional Winner in the Central Region of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the third place prize in the Emerging Professional Division of the International Classical Singer Competition. In 2021, Ms. Boettcher was selected as a semifinalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition, a finalist in the Partners for the Arts Competition, a finalist in the Music International Grand Prix Competition, and the First Place Grand Prize winner in the MIOpera Vocal Competition.
Robin Stamper is no stranger to the Summer Concert Series, having last performed in the 2023-24 season series with soprano Marnie Breckenridge. He is currently the artistic/managing director and chorus master for Opera Tampa and continues a versatile career as a coach-accompanist, chorus master, and opera conductor. He will accompany the final two concerts featuring sopranos Lindsay Ohse and Avery Boettcher, and tenor Dominick Valdés Chenes.
Tickets for the Summer Concert Series are available exclusively through Opera Orlando. Order online using ticket link below or call (407) 512-1900, ext. 0, for purchase assistance. For additional information email Info@OperaOrlando.org.
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