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Kara Cornell, Mezzo-soprano
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Upcoming engagements |
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August 13th
through 22nd 2010 Kara is returning to HHOT to perform in Humperdinck’s famous and
charming opera. This fully costumed and staged production will be performed in English
with orchestra. Buy tickets early, as this production is not to
be missed and may sell out! |
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September
17th through 19th 2010 Kara is returning to SPO to portray the saucy maid in Sondheim’s famous musical, singing the unforgettable song “The Miller’s Son”. |
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Saturday,
October 2nd 2010 Hubbard Hall Opera Theater will be reprising it’s summer production of Hansel and Gretel for the Bel Canto series at U staged and costumed with piano accompaniment. |
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November 5th- 7th 2010 The innovative Opera Theater of presents one of
history’s most famous love stories. This production will be presented in English with chamber orchestra at The William Penn Snyder Mansion Ballroom. |
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Tuesday, December
7th, 2010 at 7pm Join Kara, along with sopranos Kelly Hutchinson and Vedrana Kalas as they raise funds for the newly formed non-for-profit organization as t while performing beautiful, lush works by Richard Strauss.
Performances includes Lieder from opus 10 and scenes from his celebrated operas Der Rosenkavalier and Arabella. |
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Saturday,
December 11th,2010 at 2pm Join Kara as she sings the alto solos for a festive Messiah sing! Don’t forget to bring your score! |
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A vocal recital with Josh Tanis, piano January 18th,
2011 at 12 noon Tuesdays at Noon
Concert Series Kara will give a free
recital in downtown music written by women and/or set for poetry written by women. Sponsored by The |
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Saturday,
March 12th 2011 at 8pm Since they first met performing as sisters in Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Bay View
Music Festival in 2003, Kara and internationally renowned soprano Lisa Eden have been fast presenting a lively program of art song and operatic duets
including works by Handel, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Mozart, Puccini, and
more. |
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Friday,
March 18th 2011 at 3pm University
of Albany Recital Hall Frances Palozzi Wittmann, voice faculty at University at
Albany, chairs the afternoon discussion A Singer's Life with soprano, Lisa Eden, and
mezzo-soprano Kara Cornell in front of a live audience, as prelude to their Sisters in Song concert scheduled
at U |
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Sunday,
March 20th 2011 at 4pm University
of Albany Recital Hall
Since they first met performing as sisters in Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Bay View
Music Festival in 2003, Kara and internationally renowned
soprano Lisa Eden have been fast friends!
They are thrilled to sing together again, presenting a lively program of art
song and operatic duets including works by Handel, Rossini, Mendelssohn,
Dvorak, Mozart, Puccini, and more. |
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Friday,
April 29th 2011 at 8pm Chapin
Hall Originally written
as a ballet piece, Les Noces, meaning “The Wedding”, is orchestrated for chorus, soloists, percussion and 4 pianos. It will be performed in it’s
original Russian with the Williams Concert Choir and Percussion Ensemble. |
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Recent engagements |
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Monday,
June 28th 2010 at 8pm Kara will perform in this
original, premiere electronica opera written by Kristin Hevner and Royce Vavrek. Performance at Crash Mansion. |
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Friday,
June 11th 2010 at 7:30pm Kara and soprano Margaret Lampasi, along with pianist Michael Clement, will
perform duets and solos by Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss. Free admission - donations accepted |
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June 4th
through 6th 2010 Cover performances May 28th
and 29th |
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Saturday,
May 8th 2010 at 2pm and 8pm The Egg |
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Sunday,
April 25th 2010 at 4pm Kara will perform excerpts
from Carmen. Proceeds for Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless. |
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Sunday,
December 20th 2009 at 3pm |
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Sunday,
December 6th 2009 at 3pm Parts 1-4 of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio performed in
German. |
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Sunday,
November 8th at 3:30pm 2009 LGO’s annual fall recital
features a variety of selections from Mozart’s operas and
concert works. |
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Friday,
October 23rd at 7pm 2009 Kara will perform opera
scenes with Capital Opera. Performance at The
Performing Arts Center at The |
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Friday,
September 25th 2009 Kara will perform “Ocean
Dreams” with composer/pianist Jane
Leslie. |
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Saturday,
September 26th 2009 at 1pm Sunday,
September 27th 2009 at 12pm The Long Island Fringe
Festival |
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September
11th, 12th and 13th 2009 |
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August 14th
through 23rd 2009 Kara will perform title
role in Peter Brook’s version of Bizet’s famous opera. |
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Friday,
June 19th 2009 Kara will perform arias,
opera scenes and Neapolitan Songs with singers Alix Jones, Gilbert Mendoza and Steven Marking. |
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Friday,
June 12th 2009 Kara will perform the
leading female role in an abridged, children-friendly version
of The Barber of Seville. |
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June 5th,
7th and 9th 2009 Kara will cover the role in
Verdi’s famous opera. |
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Friday,
May 29th 2009 Kara and fellow young
artists will perform at The Lithuanian Club |
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Sunday,
May 17th 2009 . |
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Saturday,
April 25th 2009 Kara will perform Frauenliebe und leben
and songs by Hoagy Carmichael with baritone Steven Marking and pianist Lincoln
Mayorga. |
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Friday,
April 3rd 2009 Capital
Opera This semi-staged
production will be performed at |
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Saturday,
March 28th 2009 Kara is soloist
in Corigliano’s Fern
Hill, Mozart’s Regina Coeli and an
abridged version of Bach’s |
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Thursday, February 26th 2009 Kara and pianist Michael Clement will perform works by Berlioz,
Rossini and Jake Heggie. |
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Sunday, February 1st 2009 Kara and pianist Michael Clement will perform classical songs and
arias. |
