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For Music Education
Written By: Michael Crowe | Issue: July 2023
The 2023 Bel Canto, set for Sunday, September 10, at the Highlands Performing Arts Center, continues an extraordinary tradition that’s enraptured audiences for 31 years.
The 31st annual Bel Canto Recital will be held in Highlands on Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 4:00 PM at the Performing Arts Center. This yearly recital series is an affiliate of The Bascom, and proceeds go to supplement music education at two preschool programs, music education at our public schools, a college scholarship in the performing arts, and to the acquisition of art for special art exhibitions and for the Bascom’s permanent collection.
In total, Bel Canto has contributed over $750,000 to these worthy programs. This year’s performers are soprano Greer Lyle, who is a Carrollton, Georgia, native. She is a graduate of Georgia State University School of Music and the Yale Opera Program within the Yale School of Music. Ms. Lyle made her professional debut in 2018 with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. In spring of 2021, she competed at the semifinalist level for the first-ever livestreamed Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Lucy Baker will be the mezzo-soprano. Lucy has sung with the DePaul Opera Theatre, the Chautauqua Institution, and with the Chautauqua Opera Company. She is currently singing with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. American tenor Sahel Salam is known for his “warm, plangent voice” and “gleaming tone.” As a 2023 National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and winner of the Mario Lanza Competition, he has performed at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the San Francisco Opera, The Music Academy of the West, and the Cincinnati Opera.
Baritone Phillip Addis will round out the quartet. He has established himself as one of Canada’s leading performers of opera, concert, and recital repertoire. He has extensive international concert experience, and he has given recitals worldwide with pianist Emily Hamper.
For information about this recital series, please call The Bascom at (828) 787-2885.
