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Funding Music Education
Issue: August - 2022
For its 30th Anniversary, Bel Canto’s September 11 Recital at Highlands Performing Arts Center puts a graceful note on this busy season in this busy year. For information about tickets, call (828) 787-2867.
The Bel Canto 30thYear Celebration Recital will be heldin Highlands on Sunday, September 11, at 4:00 P.M. atthe Highlands Performing Arts Center.This will be followed by dinner at the Highlands Country Club.Bel Canto contributions fully fund music education at the twopreschool programs in Highlands, supplement music educationat our public schools, fund a college scholarship in the perform-ing arts, and aid in the acquisition of art for special art exhibi-tions and for The Bascom’s permanent collection. In total, BelCanto has contributed over $650,000 to these worthy programs.This year’s artists include SopranoKathryn Henry,who’sgrown a devoted following after appearances on stages from theMetropolitan Opera in New York to the Rohm Theatre in Kyoto,Japan.She’s a graduate of the Juilliard School.Acclaimed for her “magnificent color and simplicity” (WilliamBarnewitz,Urban Milwaukee), Ms. Henry’s opera creditsinclude roles inThe Turn of the Screw, Die Zauberflöte, SuorAngelica,Hansel and Gretel, Le nozze di Figaro, Roméo etJuliette, andLa Bohéme.Mezzo-sopranoKathleen Reveille,who has been acclaimedfor her “soaring and poised vocals,” is a twice-nominated BestOpera Album of the Year recording artist for her performanceswith the Warsaw Philharmonic.Some of her opera credits include roles inThe Turn ofTheScrew,Riders to The Sea,At the Boars Head,AMidsummer Night’s Dream,GianniSchicchi,Le nozze diFigaro,andSuor Angelica.TenorJoseph Tancredi,who has been lauded byOpera Newsfor his “high notes with a ringing, clarion tone,” is currentlypursuing a Professional Studies Certificate in Opera from theCurtis Institute of Music.Earlier credits include roles inCosì fan tutte, the titleroleinAlbert Herring,Il barbiere di Siviglia,I due timidi,EugeneOnegin, The Lord of Cries,andThe Thirteenth Child. Othercredits includeL’elisir d’amoreandThe Student Prince.Thispast summer, he performed inThe Fall of the HouseofUsherandDer fliegende Holländer.BaritoneAlex DeSocio, who is a graduate of the prestigious SanFrancisco Merola Opera Program, has been described byTheNew York Timesas having a “buttery, booming baritone.”Most recent engagements include roles inLa Bohème,Pagliacci, L’elisir d’amore,Roméo et Juliette, andCarmen.Dr. Stephen Dubberly, the Bel Canto maestro for the past 29years, will accompany the singers. An already recognizedmaster in his field when he began with Bel Canto, Stephen hasbecome a sought after conductor of opera all over the country.
