We invite you to join us on Saturday, December 19, at 8:30 p.m. (EST) for the second installment of Connecticut Lyric Opera’s free online monthly concert series, From the Small Stage. Our featured artist this month will be celebrated Tenor Daniel Juárez. From the Small Stage will be broadcast live on […]
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Sat 12/19/20
Sun 11/29/21
VIRTUOSI MAIN STAGE:
Timeless Harmonies:
A Celebration of Bach Violin Masterpieces
The Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra is pleased to present Timeless Harmonies: A Celebration of Bach Violin Masterpieces at the Trinity-On-Main Arts Center in New Britain on Sunday, November 29, at 3 p.m. For those who are unable to join us in person, we will broadcast the performance live on our […]
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Sun10/18/20
VIRTUOSI MAIN STAGE:
BY COMPOSER JOHNATHAN KANE
10/11 – 3 pm – Trinity – On Main – New Britain 10/18 – 6 pm – Cyril and Methodius Church – Hartford A concert commemorating the pain and suffering of all people caused by the COVID-19. A new piece commissioned by the Virtuosi from the Connecticut composer Jonathan Kane […]
Read MoreConnecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra to present concert in memory of those lost to COVID-19 in October
This concert will include a classic work written during a time of crisis – Béla Bartók’s Divertimento for String Orchestra, a modernist energetic protest piece composed in response to the Nazi regime in Europe – and the world premiere of Stays the Year One Moment, a new work from Newington, […]
Read More2020 Virtuosi Summer Music Festival
PORTRAITS OF TIMES AND PLACES – Vivaldi – Respighi Vivaldi: “Le Quattro Stagioni” (The Four Seasons) – Adrian Sylveen, violin Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 3 – Connecticut Virtuosi Sunday, August 9, 7 PM – Courtyard of St. James Episcopal Church, Farmington Saturday, August 15, 7 PM – […]
Read MoreORFEO ED EURIDICE by Christoph Willibald Gluck (Archive record)
Opera Baroque: “Orfeo ed Euridice” by Christoph Willibald Gluck staged in collaboration with the Connecticut Lyric Opera’s Young Artist Program and with students and faculty of the Virtuosi Music Academy and Greve Opera Academy. – Guest Conductor – Giacomo Benedetti Stage Director – Alan Mann Rebecca […]
Read MoreDec. 20, 7 pm – RECITAL – Beethoven Sonatas
Friday, December 20, 7 pm St. James Episcopal Church 3 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT 06032 Brunilda Myftaraj. violin, Blake Hansen, piano LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano and Violin Sonatas Concert Program: Ludwig van Beethoven…………………………….Sonata Op.12 no. 1, in D major Allegro con brio Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto Rondo: Allegro Ludwig van […]
Read MoreMUSIC OF WIENIAWSKI, SZYMANOWSKI & Annual Polish Christmas with the Moniuszko Choir & Virtuosi Baroque Youth Ensemble
The Stanislaus A. Blejwas Endowed Chair in Polish and Polish American Studies & Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra present: Karol Szymanowski – La Fontaine d’Arethuse, op. 30, Henry Wieniawski – Violin Concerto in d-minor, no. 2, Polish & English Christmas Carols Adrian Sylveen, violin, Moniuszko Choir, Virtuosi Baroque Youth Ensemble Hugh Keelan, guest […]
Read MoreNov. 8, 16, 17, 30 TRISTAN UND ISOLDE BY RICHARD WAGNER
Extraordinary Tristan und Isolde – “The love story that changed opera for ever” – An internationally acclaimed cast of singers performs one of the pinnacles of the operatic repertoire. The influential Tristan und Isolde is notable for Wagner’s use of chromaticism, tonal ambiguity, orchestral color, and harmonic suspension. More than a […]
Read MoreIsolde – Jenna Rae
Wherever Jenna Rae performs, there is beauty, rigor, generosity of emotion, and an unusual ability to connect. With her first performance of Isolde with TUNDI Productions in 2019, Jenna Rae received breathtaking accolades from critics, from colleagues, from Wagnerites who travel internationally for Wagner productions, and from attendees who possibly […]
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