Featuring John & Stephanie Sikora with Ann Kennedy
General Admission $15
($13 Opera House Members, $6 Students)
DFT Communications Spotlight Series
Acclaimed baritone and soprano John & Stephanie Sikora are joined by soprano Ann Kennedy in this program of selections from the world's greatest operas, operettas and musical theatre.
The Sikoras are both well-known throughout the United States, having sung with many regional opera companies and symphonies, he in leading roles such as Badilio/Barber of Seville, Figaro/Marriage of Figaro, and Rocco/Fidelio, and she in productions of The Merry Widow, Mikado, Die Fledermaus and Hansel and Gretel. Both also recently appeared in Paris, Nice and Frejus, France, in performances of Bach's Kaffee Kantata with the Association pour le Developpment de la Musique Baroque.
John also was heard in the world premier of Holy Blood and Crescent Moon at Cleveland Opera and has been featured in countless solo engagements that include Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem and Beethoven's Ninth.
Stephanie has sung more than 100 performances with Cleveland Opera on Tour and also has appeared in An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan under the baton of Robert Page, in Bernstein's Broadway conducted by Leonard Slatkin and in the world premier of Song in Sparrow conducted by Jahja Ling.
The Sikoras will be joined by soprano Ann Kennedy, a western NY native who has sung in many venues in NYC including with the Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas Concert Series, at the Riverside Church and St. Paul's Cathedral and in the Trinity Concert Series.
Attending from out of town? Consider staying at one of the area's beautiful inns or bed & breakfasts as part of an overnight performance package.
