University Chamber Music Series: Vinson Cole, tenor with Tracy Cowden, piano
Venue: Squires Recital Salon, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost:
General Public: $15.00 Seniors: $10.00 Students: $5.00

Description:
American tenor Vinson Cole is internationally recognized as one of the leading artists of his generation. His career has taken him to all of the major opera houses across the globe including the Metropolitan Opera, Opera National de Paris Bastille, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Theatre Royale de la Monnaie, Brussels, Berlin State Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Munich State Opera, San Francisco Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Opera Australia and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Seattle Opera and many more.

Equally celebrated for his concert appearances, Cole has been a frequent guest of the most prestigious orchestras throughout the world and has collaborated with the greatest conductors of this era including Christoph Eschenbach, Claudio Abbado, Carlo Maria Giulini, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, James Conlon, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Gerard Schwarz, as well as Sir Geor Solti and Giuseppe Sinopoli.

Cole had an especially close working relationship with the late Herbert von Karajan, who brought the artist to the Salzburg Festival to sing the Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier -- the first of many performances there together. Their collaboration went on to include works such as Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis,. Mozart's Requiem, Bruckner's Te Deum. Many of these were issued on recordings on Deutsche Grammaphon.

For a sampling of Mr. Cole's music, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLPsMPxetRM&feature=related

Tickets are available at the venue door one hour prior to the performance.

For more information, visit: http://www.music.vt.edu/department/calendar/

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