Ash Lawn Opera Stars Continue to Succeed

25 January 2008

Opera News magazine has featured two Ash Lawn Opera singers. Daniel Teadt, who played the role of Figaro in our 2005 performance of Barber of Seville , has received the prestigious award from the George London Foundation for Singers. The George London Foundation has been recognizing young professionals for over thirty-five years. Rochelle Bard, who will sing Micaela in Carmen this summer, was praised by Opera News reporter Brian Kellow.

We are also proud to announce that Sam Helfrich, our stage director for West Side Story in 2006, will be directing the opera Amistad this summer for the Spoleto Festival USA. The Spoleto Festival, one of the most prestigious festivals of music, theatre, and dance, takes place annually in Charleston, South Carolina, during the months of May and June. Amistad , composed by Anthony Davis, is a true story of enslavement, rebellion, and eventual trial, where gods and spirits traverse the Atlantic with captives on their journey to slavery and eventually to freedom.

Ash Lawn Opera is so excited to see Ash Lawn Opera singers dazzle audiences and reach new heights!