November - Classical Music Series

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="528" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="29" HEIGHT="33" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="350" HEIGHT="33" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"><FONT FACE="Arial"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>2009-10 Season:</B> Nov | <A HREF="january22.htm" TARGET="_top">Jan</A> | <A HREF="february26.htm" TARGET="_top">Feb</A> | <A HREF="march19-21.htm" TARGET="_top">Mar</A> | <A HREF="april16.htm" TARGET="_top">Apr</A> | <A HREF="may14-16.htm" TARGET="_top">May</A></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="221" HEIGHT="33" VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT" BGCOLOR="EEE9CC"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">           <A HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" TARGET="_top">Sign up for our <B>E-newsletter</B></A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="29"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="350" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="+1"><FONT SIZE="3"><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR>OPENING CONCERT: <BR>NIGHT AT THE OPERA</B> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="michael1.htm"><FONT SIZE="-1">Michael Morgan,<I> Conductor</I></FONT></A></FONT></SPAN><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="4">November 13, 2009</FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><BR> </SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1">Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland <MAP NAME="map1"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="3,3,97,27" HREF="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C003E82E1C0BD42?artistid=806636&majorcatid=1" ALT="Buy Tickets On-line Thruogh Ticketmaster" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/buy_tickets.gif" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="29" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map5"> <MAP NAME="map5"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="5,3,94,26" HREF=" http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C0042A5E4956F95" ALT="Buy Tickets November 13, 2009" TARGET="_top"> </MAP><A HREF="http://www.oebs.org/page/subpage.htm" TARGET="_top"></A></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="330" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial;color:navy"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="-1"><BR>Pre-concert talk by <A HREF="bailey.htm" TARGET="_top">John Kendall Bailey</A></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:red"><B><BR></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B>Program<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"></B><BR>Selections from:<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B><BR>Aida </B>(1871)<B>, La Forza del Destino </B>(1862) <BR>and<B> Nabucco </B>(1842)<B> </B>- Giuseppe Verdi<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Lucia Di Lammermoor </B>(1835) - Gaetano Donizetti<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Cavalleria Rusticana </B>(1890) - Pietro Mascagni<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Hérodiade </B>(1881) - Jules Massenet<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><BR><B>The Ring Cycle</B> (1869-1874) - Richard Wagner<BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0"><A HREF="bryan.htm" TARGET="_top">Bryan Nies, <I>Conductor</I></A></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Candide </B>(1956) - Leonard Bernstein<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="2" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0">with<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="2" BORDER="0"><BR><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0">Hope Briggs</B>, <I>soprano</I><FONT COLOR="#505050"></FONT><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0">Heidi Moss, </B><I>soprano<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0"></I><B>Patrice Houston</B><I>, mezzo-soprano</I><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0">AJ Glueckert, </B><I>tenor</I><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0">Kalil Wilson</B>, <I>tenor</I><BR><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0">Zachary Gordin</B>, <I>baritone</I> <BR><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0">Brian Leerhuber, </B><I>baritone</I><B></B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0"><B>Joshua Bloom</B>, <I>bass-baritone<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"><B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0">Oakland Symphony Chorus</B> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0">Lynne Morrow, <I>Music Director<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"></I></I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0"><B>Oakland-East Bay Gay Men's Chorus</B><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0">Michael Robert Patch, <I>Artistic Director & Conductor<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR></I><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="330" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR> <MAP NAME="map2"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="11,4,101,29" HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP> <MAP NAME="map2"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="33,52,101,78" HREF="http://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=16" ALT="Join our Email List" TARGET="_blank"> </MAP><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1">Our Night at the Opera will be a night to remember! This sparkling evening of beautiful voices and lively orchestral playing will bring together music from some of the world's grandest, most famous operas, including <I>Aida</I> and other Verdi favorites, <I>Lucia di Lammermoo</I>r and Bernstein's <I>Candide . </I>Michael Morgan has chosen arias, overtures and intermezzos from many of his favorite operas and assembled a group of exceptionally talented young singers-including former Adler Fellow Joshua Bloom, who recently made a successful debut at the Metropolitan Opera-for this special opening night program. You don't have to be an opera-goer to recognize and enjoy the wide range of well-known vocal and orchestral selections featured on this concert.<I><B><FONT SIZE="2"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="8" BORDER="0"></FONT></B></I></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="221" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="-2"><B>Concert Sponsor</B></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="4" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/wellsfargo-red.gif" WIDTH="62" HEIGHT="62" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#map3"> <MAP NAME="map3"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="2,2,62,60" HREF="http://www.wellsfargo.com" ALT="Wells Fargo Bank" TARGET="_top"> </MAP><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/windows_media_player_logo.JPG" WIDTH="23" HEIGHT="23" BORDER="0" HSPACE="2" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" USEMAP="#map4"> <MAP NAME="map4"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="1,2,25,21" HREF="../image/mp3/Nov.mp3" ALT="November Concert"> </MAP><FONT SIZE="-2"><B>Audio Podcast</B> of <BR>Michael Morgan about this concert</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT> <TABLE WIDTH="212" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD WIDTH="92" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" HEIGHT="96"><IMG SRC="../image/200910/Briggs.jpg" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="119" BORDER="1" ALT="Hope Briggs, soprano" ALIGN="TOP"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="104" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" HEIGHT="96"><FONT COLOR="#505050"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="-2">"<I>Briggs was stellar, delivering one of the evening's highlights with her lusciously intoned, lovelorn aria."</I> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><FONT SIZE="-2">~ Opera News<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH="208" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="101" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200910/heidi-moss.jpg" ALT="Heidi Moss, soprano" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="119" BORDER="1"><BR><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial">Heidi Moss</FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="107" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="../image/200910/patrice-houston.JPG" ALT="Patrice Houston, mezzo-soprano" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="119" BORDER="1"><BR><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial">Patrice Houston</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH="209" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="94"><IMG SRC="../image/200910/aj-glueckert.JPG" WIDTH="94" HEIGHT="119" BORDER="1"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-2">AJ Glueckert</FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="99" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../image/200910/Wilson.jpg" ALT="Kalil Wilson, tenor" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="119" BORDER="1"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial">Kalil Wilson<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"></FONT> <TABLE WIDTH="212" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD WIDTH="105" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200910/zachary-gordin.jpg" ALT="Zachary Gordin, baritone" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="119" BORDER="1"><BR><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial">Zachary Gordin</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial"><I><FONT SIZE="-2" COLOR="#323232"></FONT></I></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="107" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-2"><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#323232"><I><IMG SRC="../image/200910/brian-leerhuber.jpg" ALT="Brian Leerhuber, baritone" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="119" BORDER="1"><BR></I>Brian Leerhuber</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH="205" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="99" ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../image/200910/joshua-bloom.JPG" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="119" BORDER="0" ALT="Joshua Bloom, bass-baritone" ALIGN="TOP"></TD> <TD WIDTH="106" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#323232" FACE="Arial" SIZE="-2"><I>"[Bloom is] an exceptionally gifted young singer, clever actor and next major opera star." <BR></I>~ Wentworth Courier</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="29"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="350" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/200809/OSC-200809.JPG" WIDTH="185" HEIGHT="123" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-2"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0">Oakland Symphony Chorus</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="20" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="221" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="4" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/200809/LynnePhoto_brighter_186.jpg" WIDTH="97" HEIGHT="114" BORDER="0" ALT="Lynne Morrow" ALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-2"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="4" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0">Lynne Morrow, Music Director</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="29"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="350" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../image/200910/gay-mens-chorus.JPG" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="170" BORDER="0"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-2">Oakland-East Bay Gay Men's Chorus</FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="221" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="20" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="4" HEIGHT="20" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/200910/michael-patch.JPG" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="127" BORDER="0" ALT="Michael Patch" ALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-2"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="4" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0">Michael Robert Patch<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="4" HEIGHT="3" BORDER="0">Artistic Director & Conductor</FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>