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NATALIE CONTE, SOPRANO AND COLIN JOHNSON, BASS BARITONE: OPERA TO BROADWAY

NATALIE CONTE, SOPRANO AND COLIN JOHNSON, BASS BARITONE: OPERA TO BROADWAY

Germano’s is delighted to present the marvelous Natalie, Conte, Soprano, and Colin Johnson, Bass Baritone accompanied by Maestro James Harp on the baby grand as they perform opera and Broadway favorites.

Soprano Natalie Conte has won first prize in the National Federation of Music Clubs’ Young Artist Competition and the Maryland Lyric Opera Competition, the Vocal Arts D.C. Discovery Art Song Competition, and was a finalist in the Friday Morning Music Club Washington International Competition at the Kennedy Center. She enjoys performing opera, oratorio, and recitals, and has been featured in such works with the Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra, Bay Atlantic Symphony, and the Russian Chamber Art Society, among others. Beyond the local stage, Conte has performed in her hometown Detroit, Michigan, as well as internationally in Rome, St. Petersburg and Moscow. Conte has had the honor of working in masterclasses with such renowned singers as Marilyn Horne, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes, and Aprile Millo. Natalie is a professor of voice at Shepherd University and adjunct assistant professor at Shenandoah Conservatory. This season, she will be a soloist with the Fairfax Choral Society and the Russian Chamber Art Society, and will return as an extra chorister for her fourth season with the Metropolitan Opera.

Colin Brady Johnson, bass-baritone, has performed with numerous opera houses and concert venues across the country, in Germany, and Italy. In the role of Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, he was described as “ebullient in voice and manner.” His Carnegie Hall debut was in 2008 as the Norman Carlberg Award winner in the Liederkranz Foundation Competition. Mr. Johnson also was an award winner in the Connecticut Opera Guild Competition in 2006 and the Denver Lyric Opera Competition in 2005. His roles include Méphistophélès in Faust, Caspar in Der Freischütz, Sam in Trouble in Tahiti, and Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro. He has performed with such opera companies as Opera Naples, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Colorado, Connecticut Opera and Sarasota Opera. Mr. Johnson also has performed Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Rossini’s Stabat Mater. His other concert works include Baritone Soloist in Brahms’ Requiem, Elijah in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Bass Soloist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and Handel’s Messiah. Mr. Johnson is also a devoted Lieder singer. He was honored to perform Schubert’s Winterreise in 2010 and Schumann’s Dichterliebe in 2013 with Dr. John Bowen. Mr. Johnson is currently pursuing his Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy from Shenandoah University and holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Iowa.

James Harp is well known in the Baltimore area as a pianist, organist, stage director, singer, composer, lecturer, writer and conductor. He is the Artistic Director of Lyric Opera Baltimore.

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Cyd Wolf
410-752-4515

Event Details

Friday, June 7, 2019, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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