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Toledo Opera will host their annual fundraising Gala at the Toledo Club. The gala will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a cocktail hour. The concert will commence at 7:00 p.m., followed by a plated dinner prepared by the Toledo Club. Toledo Opera is thrilled to present an evening of songs and arias with the 2022-2023 Resident Artists: Sara Mortensen, soprano; Imara Miles, mezzo-soprano; Brendan Boyle, tenor; Matthew Payne, baritone, and Steven Naylor, piano. Co-Artistic Director and Head of Music Preparation Kevin Bylsma will serve as Master of Ceremonies and as accompanist.

Our singers will perform a variety of solo selections ranging from classical opera, to Broadway selections,  plus many more. They will be accompanied by both Kevin Bylsma and Steven Naylor.

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Gala 2023

Toledo Club

Toledo Opera will present Celebrazione del Coro, a concert of Great Opera Choruses with conductor Kevin Bylsma leading the renowned Toledo Opera Chorus and soloists accompanied by orchestra. The Toledo Opera Chorus is at the heart of Toledo Opera’s musical activity and in this concert, we feature them. The Toledo Opera Chorus members are involved in almost every production, performing as everything from priests and nuns, to townsfolk and milk maids to courtesans and everything in between! Highlights will include famous choruses and arias from popular operas by Bizet, Verdi, Puccini, Bernstein, Wagner, and much more. Also featuring the Toledo Opera Children's Chorus!

Celebrazione del Coro

Valentine Theatre

Just in time for Valentine’s Day! The Merry Widow dances into our hearts with its beautiful melodies and witty storyline. Hanna Glawari is a vastly wealthy young widow from the small and poverty-stricken Balkan province of Pontevedro. Ambassador Baron Zeta is anxious that when Hanna re-marries, it is to a Pontevedrian and not a Frenchman, to keep her money in the country and save them all from ruin. J. Ernest Green conducts this bubbly delight while Jamie Offenbach and James M. Norman bring the light-hearted comedy to life. Starring as the merry widow is Alyson Cambridge (Toledo Opera’s Carmen) and BGSU voice professor Keith Phares as Count Danilo.

Matthew Payne

Baritone

Events

Past events

May 12, 2023

Gala 2023 · Toledo Opera

21 - 23 Apr, 2023

Celebrazione del Coro · Toledo Opera

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