Alvy Powell, the bass-baritone who has sung the role of "Porgy" more than 2500 times across the globe from San Francisco to La Scala to
Carnegie Hall to Australia, will sing selections from George Gershwin's opera, Porgy and Bess, in a free noontime
concert May
1 at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square.
Accompanying
Powell will be Michael Lodico, St. John's associate organist.
In
2007 Powell debuted with the Choral Arts Society of Washington singing "Porgy"
which he has also performed with the Virginia Opera and with the Nashville
Symphony which features him in its recording of Porgy and Bess.
Click here to see and hear Powell sing the duet, Bess, You Is My Woman Now with Charlae Olaker.
Click here to see and hear Powell sing the duet, Bess, You Is My Woman Now with Charlae Olaker.
Other Powell
achievements include Bartolo
from Le Nozze di Figaro with The Virginia Opera, Sharpless from Madame
Butterfly with the Connecticut Opera, Coline in La Boheme with the
Tulsa Opera, and Opera Pacific, and as Timur in Turandot with Opera
Carolina, Opera Grand Rapids, and the Cleveland Opera.
For the Vatican production commemorating
the centennial of the death of Giuseppe Verdi, Powell was soloist in the Verdi
Requiem with the Rome Opera. He is a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army and sings solo with its chorus. Last week they performed at the dedication of the George Bush library in Texas.
His
performance at St. John's is part of the church's First Wednesday Concert
Series which begin at 12:10 p.m. and end at 12:45 p.m. This year's series ends June 5 when Jeremy
Filsell, artist-in-residence at the Washington National Cathedral, plays organ works by Bach, Dupre, and Rachmaninov.
The concerts are excellent respites from Washington's usual weekday harried cycle. Food trucks are located at nearby Farragut Square so listeners may "eat and run" back to the office.
Who: Alvy Powell, bass-baritone, and Michael Lodico, organist
When: 12:10 p.m., May 1, 2013
Where: St. John’s, Lafayette Square, 1525 H Street, NW, at the corner of 16th, Washington, D.C. 20005
How much: No charge
Duration: About 35 minutes
Wheelchair accessible
Metro stations: McPherson Square or Farragut North or Farragut West
Food trucks: Located two blocks away at Farragut Square
For more information: 202-270-6265
patricialesli@gmail.com
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