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Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano. COURTESY THE CHURCH
Pianist John Arida. COURTESY THE CHURCH
Liv Redpath, soprano. COURTESY THE CHURCH
Sag Harbor Song Festival Music Director Robert Tweeten. COURTESY THE CHURCH
Zachary Nelson, baritone. COURTESY THE CHURCH
Brandon Cedal, bass-baritone. COURTESY THE CHURCH
Jack Swanson, tenor. COURTESY THE CHURCH
After a successful inaugural festival in fall 2022, the Sag Harbor Song Festival is back. Sag Harbor Song Festival 2023 will feature three concerts at The Church on successive days from Friday, September, 22, to Sunday, September, 24. Six opera stars, each a musician of great talent and accomplishment, will present a program of opera, musical theater, songs and lieder.
Concerts will be presented on Friday and Saturday, September 22 and 23, at 6:30 p.m., and Sunday, September 24, at noon. The 2023 festival will again be led by artistic director Brad Woolbright, who is working closely with music director Robert Tweten, and will also feature pianist John Arida. This year’s singers are: Sopranos Alaysha Fox and Liv Redpath, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, tenor Jack Swanson, baritone Zachary Nelson, and bass-baritone Brandon Cedel.
The program includes the music of: Donizetti, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Vaughn-Williams, Handel, Mozart, Debussy, Massenet, Jimmy van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, Offenbach, Verdi, Liszt, R. Strauss, Saint-Saëns, Brahms, Verdi, Adam Guettel, Bernstein, J. Strauss, Copland, Frederick Keel, Korngold, Mahler, Sondheim, Thiele and Weiss, Arlen, Stephen Foster, Charles Marshall, Sir Granville Bantock,| Sondheim, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Rogers & Hammerstein.
The Sag Harbor Song Festival, the vision of East End resident Lena Kaplan, debuted in September 2022 in collaboration with The Church. Under the artistic helm of Woolbright, who served for 43 years at the Santa Fe Opera, the festival welcomes audiences into a unique and special “salon” setting of brilliant music in three performances on consecutive days.
Tickets are $75 for individual performances or $200 for a festival pass. For the full schedule, visit thechurchsagharbor.org or sagharborsongfestival.org. The Church is at 48 Madison Street, Sag Harbor.
Staff Writer on Sep 19, 2023