Dana Brown and Scott Gilmore, music directors
Andrew Eggert and Susan Payne O'Brien, stage directors
This two-day annual festival features CCPA graduate students in voice with piano accompaniment. OperaFest takes place in multiple venues, including Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University’s award-winning architectural landmark, and the Murray-Green Library on the Auditorium Building’s 10th floor, overlooking Buckingham Fountain and Lake Michigan. The performance schedule for both Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30 is as follows:
1 p.m. Auditorium Building room 178 (1st floor, accessible from Wabash entrance only)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Impresario
2 p.m. Murray-Green Library (10th floor)
Jordan Jenkins: The Blind Date (world premiere)
Dominick Argento: Miss Manners on Music
3 p.m. Ganz Hall (7th floor)
Joseph Haydn: The Songstress
4:00 p.m. Murray-Green Library (10th floor)
Gian Carlo Menotti: Amelia Goes to the Ball
These performances are free and open to the public. Tickets are not required; seating is on a first-come, first served basis.
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Earlier Event: June 6
Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts - Classical Stage
Later Event: March 18
Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges