Opera After Dark: Christmas Cabaret

Name: Opera After Dark: Christmas Cabaret
Start: 2024-12-19T19:00:00-06:00
Location: Museum of Commerce

Schedule

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Museum of Commerce | Pensacola, FL

Opera After Dark: Christmas Cabaret features an evening of festive song with Jonathan Beyer & Amanda Crider. Grab some complimentary food and wine and settle in for a program of opera, holiday favorites, and festive tunes from two world-renowned singers. The doors will open at 6:15 PM with a selection of hors d'oeuvres and wine available before the concert begins at 7 PM.
Thursday, December 19th at 7 PM
Museum of Commerce
Tickets: $40
About the Artists:
>> Jonathan Beyer is a baritone who has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, Oper Frankfurt, Florida Grand Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Dallas Opera, St. Louis Opera Theater, Austin Lyric Opera, VancouverOpera, Opera Darmstadt, Fort Worth Opera, Hong Kong Opera, Teatro Petruzzelli, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera de Montreal, Royal Opera House in Oman, Chicago Lyric Opera, Opera Naples and others. As a voice teacher, Jonathan was named the Director of the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory in 2024. He has taught at the Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, University of British Columbia, Montclair State Univeristy and others. Jonathan has also been seen on HGTV, the Food Network, is an official judge for the Miss America Program and is the co-host of The Skating Lesson YouTube channel.

>> Mezzo-soprano Amanda Crider has been recognized for her “gleaming vocalism” (Boston Globe), “star acting” (Urban Milwaukee), and “superbly clear diction and warmly burnished timbre” (South Florida Classical Review). In demand for performances of classical and contemporary opera alike, Ms. Crider created the role of Alma in Keeril Makan and Jay Scheib’s Persona in its world premiere with the Beth Morrison Projects and later at LA Opera, about which the New York Times remarked, “Amanda Crider made a winsome, vulnerable, and when the story turns dark, wildly volatile Alma,” and San Francisco Classical Voice declared, “Crider’s performance was a tour-de-force for its sustained vocal luster, dramatic variation, and sheer amount of singing.”
Performances in the 2024-2025 season include Mezzo Soloist with New World Symphony in music of Ravel, Delage and Copland, Mezzo Soloist with Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Mezzo Soloist with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park in Beethoven's Mass in C, and multiple appearances with Bach Vocal Artists and the GRAMMY® nominated ensemble Seraphic Fire. Performances in the 2023-24 season included soloist in Mozart's Requiem with Kalamazoo Symphony, Messiah and Mozart's Coronation Mass with Jacksonville Symphony, the role of Malcolm in Rossini's La Donna del Lago with Resonance Works Pittsburgh, Rossini's Stabat Mater and David Lang's little match girl passion with Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, and multiple appearances with Seraphic Fire.