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Please join us for an evening of Slavic songs and arias this Tuesday, August 27th, at 7:30pm, at Broadway Presbyterian Church, W114th and Broadway!!! Our final performance!

After two incredible performances and cover run, we have officially closed this year's performances! Thank you all for your support this season, we hope for your continuing support in seasons to come.

Dora Hastings and Kyle van Schoonhoven in the premiere of Prokofiev's "Maddalena". Opera Slavica 2013.
Photo credit: Derek Halsey

Last chance! After an incredible opening night and premiere we're ready to do it again! Tonight Iolanta features Kelsey Stark, and Chris Eaglin. Maddalena features Dora Hastings, Kyle Van Schoonhoven, Gerard Michael D'Emilio, Daniel Kerr, and Regan Bisch.
Countless other great singers, incredible music, incredible orchestra, and it your last chance!

We're open! Come on in an enjoy an evening of firsts!

NYCs first performance, and the US's first Russian performance of Prokofiev's first opera "Maddalena", followed by Tchaikovsky's last opera "Iolanta".

Both operas feature premieres of incredible orchestrations by maestro William Hobbs, and are visually stunning thanks to Kara-Lynn Vaeni and her incredible team.
Doors open at 7pm, curtain up at 7:30pm! Don't miss out! ---- Bohemian National Hall, NYC.

IOLANTA AND MADDALENA OPEN TOMORROW!

CASTS:

THURSDAY AUGUST 22, 7:30 pm

MADDALENA
Maddalena: Dora Hastings
Genaro: Kyle van Schoonhoven
Stenio: Michael D'Emilio
Gemma: Renata Kapilevich
Romeo: Daniel Kerr

IOLANTA
Iolanta; Amber Daniel
Brigitta: Christian Sineath
Laura: Kirsi Esch
Marta: Kerry Gottschall
Vaudemont: Chris Eaglin
Almeric: Daniel Kerr
Robert: Boris Mitchell
Ebn-Khakia: Claudio Mascarenhas
Bertrand: Jonathan Dauermann
Rene: Duncan Hartman


FRIDAY AUGUST 23, 7:30 pm:

MADDALENA
Maddalena: Dora Hastings
Genaro: Kyle van Schoonhoven
Stenio: Michael D'Emilio
Gemma: Regan Bisch
Romeo: Daniel Kerr

IOLANTA
Iolanta: Kelsey Stark
Brigitta: Alexandra Porter
Laura: Briana Hunter
Marta: Catherine Leech
Vaudemont: Christopher Eaglin
Almeric: Daniel Kerr
Robert: Kevin Rockower
Ebn-Khakia: Claudio Mascarenhas
Bertrand: Jonathan Dauermann
Rene: Duncan Hartman

Watch the video for details on next weekend's performances! If you like being a part of history you won't want to miss these performances!

OPERA SLAVICA PRESENTS MADDALENA AND IOLANTA Please help us cover production expenses for our performance of Prokofiev's Maddalena (New York Premiere, U.S. premiere in Russian) and Tchaikovsky's Iolanta.

Opera Slavica featured artist of the day is Julie-Anne Hamula, Soprano


Where are you from originally? Orlando, FL

Where do you reside now? Fair Lawn, NJ

Role (s)- Maddalena

What's your favorite part about singing in Russian? I love the different colors of the consonants and vowels- it provides such nuance to the music!

Least Favorite? It is very difficult for American speakers to get the hang of the many unique sounds to Russian


Favorite Russian Opera? Eugene Onegin

What else do you enjoy besides singing? I love cooking, travelling, gardens (even though I don't have one), and being a detective.

What's your most epic stage story? (Fail or triumph!) Once I was singing with a pretty renown tenor in an Opera Gala. Before I went onstage to sing with him, my toe got a terrible cramp- the kind where it shoots out and all you can do is bite your tongue to make sure you don't scream. Alas, I had to sing the entire Lucia sextet with my toe cramping and all I could think the entire time was to not make a scene and start jumping around on one foot!