The AVA 2011-2012 Season

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	New Artists Recital September 26 & 27, 2011 NEW this season! Here is your chance to hear the incoming class and look forward to their performances during the season.
	The Giargiari Bel Canto Competition October 4, 2011 You be the judge! Choose the Audience Favorite in what has become one of the Delaware Valley's most popular musical events. AVA's talented young artists compete for cash prizes, awarded by a panel of experts. Master Vocal Coach Danielle Orlando is music director and pianist. Sponsored by Walter and Alice Strine
	Les Contes d'Hoffmann · Offenbach November 12 - 22, 2011 In a Nuremburg tavern, the poet Hoffmann recounts his fantastical tales of lost love - Olympia, a lifeless doll he is tricked into seeing as a real woman; the frail Antonia, whose desire to sing causes her death, and Giulietta, a Venetian courtesan who steals his reflection. In each story, a sadistic villain thwarts his romance. The scintillating score features the famous "Barcarolle." AVA's Music Director Christofer Macatsoris conducts the AVA Opera Orchestra. David Gately is the stage director. Sponsored by Drs. Rosalie Burns and Herbert I. Goldberg and the Jacob Burns Foundation
	An Evening of Russian Romances December 13 & 15, 2011 Russian repertoire specialist Ghenady Meirson is music director and accompanist for a recital of Russian opera and song. Sponsored by Walter and Alice Strine
	Oberto in concert · Verdi January 26, 27 and 31, 2012 Verdi's first opera is a classic love triangle set in 13^th century Italy, where family rivalries and blood feuds inspired Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Oberto, Count of San Boniface, has been defeated in battle by Ezzelino da Romana. Riccardo, the Count of Salinquerra and a da Romana ally, has seduced and abandoned Oberto's daughter Leonora, and is about to marry Cuniza, Ezzelino's sister. Oberto and Leonora attempt to disrupt the wedding, with tragic results. Christofer Macatsoris conducts the AVA Opera Orchestra. Performed in concert, Italian with English supertitles. » purchase single tickets
	Pelléas et Mélisande · Debussy February 25 - March 3, 2012 While hunting in the forest, Prince Golaud finds a frightened and lost girl who calls herself Mélisande. He brings her to his grandfather's castle, and marries her. Mélisande becomes attracted to his younger half-brother Pelléas, arousing Golaud's jealousy. Music Director Luke Housner accompanies on piano. Sung in French with English supertitles. Sponsored by Dr. Raymond Friday, AVA Class of 1964 » purchase single tickets
	Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music March 11, 17, & 18, 2012 An AVA favorite, this concert features three centuries of sacred vocal music, from Baroque to Gospel and beyond. The AVA soloists are joined by the 100 voice New Jersey MasterChorale. David Antony Lofton conducts the AVA Opera Orchestra. » purchase single tickets
	L'elisir d'amore · Donizetti April 28 - May 13, 2012 The peasant Nemorino is in love with Adina, daughter of a wealthy landowner. The charming plot follows Nemorino's efforts, with the help of a traveling quack doctor, to buy a magic elixir that will make Adina fall in love with him, instead of the boastful young soldier who is his rival for Adina's affections. Christofer Macatsoris conducts the AVA Opera Orchestra. Nic Muni, Stage Director. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. » purchase single tickets
	Farewell Recital May 11, 2012 Previously available only to subscribers, this eagerly anticipated concert will be open to the public for the first time. You will not want to miss the launch of AVA's class of 2012! » purchase single tickets