Singer

Set to Carl Orff’s masterful choral score, John Butler’s Carmina Burana is among Richmond Ballet’s most popular works. In partnership with the Charleston Gaillard Center and featuring 64 musicians from the Charleston Symphony and 90 singers from the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus, this monumental performance on the Gaillard Center stage will showcase the brazen strength and hypnotizing passion of Butler’s original choreography, bringing to life one of the most groundbreaking ballets of the 20th century.

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Carmina Burana

Gaillard Center

Our second Salon, Les Parisiennes , focuses on the women composers trailblazing during the years of the Parisian Belle époque, with songs that broke barriers, pushing past the domestic confines of Paris’ salons to the city’s grand, public concert halls. The program includes works by Cecile Chaminade, Pauline Viardot , and Nadia and Lili Boulanger, performed by Nicholas Phan, plus soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano.

SFP Salons: Nicholas Phan Tenor

War Memorial Veterans Building

A devilish seducer defying both God and society, Don Giovanni has become the symbol of the libertine with a formidable life force for some, and a profane and mendacious cynicism for others. The powerful man combines all the flaws and has fascinated artists and audiences since his creation by Tirso de Molina and Molière, closely followed, in Prague in 1787, by Mozart and da Ponte. The two creators fixed the myth and offered lyric art its first hero transcending the ages. In the staging, Agnès Jaoui achieves a rare balance between comedy and drama, multiplying the expressive power of the work and bringing a renewed vision of the characters. A sparkling ensemble of soloists praises this new co-production bringing together no fewer than three French opera houses. A production not to be missed under any circumstances!

Don Giovanni

Opéra Berlioz

Brahms was not a symphonist like the others. Throughout his life, he wrote magnificent choral music, rediscovering Schütz and Bach, to whom, like Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Schumann, he felt a deep connection. Long before writing his First Symphony , his experience with the choir brought him gravity and jubilation, all human feelings contained in the seven movements of A German Requiem , three of which—the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th—are fugues reminiscent of Handel. After reaching the great German cities gripped by the fever of choral singing, this requiem of hope was heard in April 1873 in the British capital. Having become a pillar of the choral repertoire, it promises divine clemency. The two arias sung by baritone Stéphane Degout contribute powerfully to this spiritual happiness that he proclaims with faith.

Soprano

Esther Tonea

Events

Upcoming events

24 - 31 May, 2026

Don Giovanni · Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

Jun 5, 2026

A German Requiem · Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

Past events

Oct 18, 2024

Carmina Burana · Charleston Symphony

Feb 3, 2022

SFP Salons: Nicholas Phan Tenor · San Francisco Performances

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in A German Requiem by Brahms

Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by Mozart

Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

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