Hear the Music: Carmen – The Opera In Concert
Listen to the playlist for the Signature concert, Carmen - The Opera In Concert, featuring every Act in Bizet's famous opera!
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Hear the Music
Carmen: Opera In Concert
The Saturday evening performance of Carmen is SOLD OUT. There is limited availability for the Friday evening performance.
Andrei Feher, conductor
Lucia Cervoni, mezzo soprano
Ernesto Ramirez, tenor
Alexander Dobson, baritone
Daniel Isengart, host & director
Midori Marsh* (BMus ’17), soprano
Autumn Wascher* (current student), soprano
Jamie Groote* (BMus ’16, OpDip ’18), mezzo soprano
River Guard* (BMus ’17), tenor
Chad Louwerse* (Laurier voice instructor), baritone
Opera Laurier Chorus*
Laurier Singers*
Maureen Forrester Singers*
Laurier Concert Choir*
WLU Alumni Choir*
Grand Philharmonic Children’s Choir
*This special evening features over 150 Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music students, instructors and alumni.
By popular demand, opera returns to the KWS with one of the most famous operas of all time, Bizet’s Carmen. The wildly popular and beautiful arias, a passionate Don José and the fiery Carmen, together with the French musical colours and brilliance of melody, make for a grand evening of drama and tragedy in this epic love triangle.
Prelude:
Learn more about the composers and the music with the free pre-concert talk at 7 pm.
Laurier Faculty of Music
Laurier’s Faculty of Music is a national and international leader in higher music education. Offering innovative, sector-leading programs, which include Canada’s only Master of Arts and Bachelor of Music in Community Music and Ontario’s only Master and Bachelor of Music Therapy. The reputation of the Faculty is built around outstanding students and professors, innovative programming and a welcoming and supportive learning environment.
