UT Welcomes Soprano, Kirsten Chambers March 29th - 30th

Daily Dose  |  03/23/2018 9:00 am

Guest artist, soprano Kirsten Chambers will be present a master class at The University of Toledo March 29 from 6-8 p.m. in the UT Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall and will appear in concert along with her husband and accompanist, Keith Chambers, at the Toledo Museum of Art “It’s Friday!” event March 30 at 7 p.m. in the TMA GlasSalon. Keith Chambers is a former assistant conductor of the Toledo Opera. Both events are free and open to the public. These events are co-presented by the Toledo Museum of Art, the University of Toledo School of Visual and Performing Arts and the UT Opera Ensemble.

ABOUT KIRSTEN CHAMBERS

Kirsten Chambers (soprano) made her Metropolitan Opera house debut on short notice in 2016 in the title role of Salome. Her Carnegie Hall debut came on just two days’ notice when she sang the fiendishly difficult role of Maria in Richard Strauss’ Friedenstag with the American Symphony Orchestra. Her 2016-17 season started when she joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera for the first time that fall as a cover of Isolde in Tristan und Isolde.

Upcoming engagements for 2017-18 include Infantin in Der Zwerg with Odyssey Opera in Boston, the Angel in Angels in America for New York City Opera, Erwartung with The Orchestra Now, and the title role of Salome with Florida Grand Opera.

The 2015-16 season she debuted Rusalka at Lyric Opera of Kansas City and Leonore in Fidelio for the grand opening of New Amsterdam Opera. For her performance at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, she “sang convincingly as the beautiful, conniving Foreign Princess, without sacrificing great vocal sounds for characterization.” (The Examiner) https://www.kirsten-chambers.com/ 

ABOUT KEITH CHAMBERS

Keith Chambers has conducted over 100 performances of 40 different operas for companies including The Dallas Opera, Amarillo Opera, Shreveport Opera, Asheville Lyric Opera, First Coast Opera, American Lyric Theater, Manhattan Opera Studio, Moores Opera Center, The Living Opera, Martha Cardona Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, and American Opera Projects.  He has served as Cover and/or Assistant Conductor for over 40 different operas and has assisted noted conductors Emmanuel Villaume, Patrick Summers, Willie Anthony Waters, and Riccardo Frizza, among others.  He is currently the Principal Guest Conductor of Manhattan Opera Studio and the Founder & Artistic Director of New Amsterdam Opera. http://www.keith-chambers.com/

Visit the UT Department of Music opera page at http://www.utoledo.edu/al/svpa/music/ensembles/utopera.html