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To the World offers a musical geography lesson at the Glimmerglass Festival

By Cameron Kelsall, 09 August 2021
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Reviewed at Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown on 8 August 2021
Programme
Programme to include:
Kander, Music from Cabaret
Bernstein, Candide
Bock, Fiddler on the Roof
Herman, Film music from Hello, Dolly!: Before the Parade Passes By
Porter, Kiss me, Kate
Schönberg, Music from Les Misérables
Guettel, The Light in the Piazza
Leigh, Man of La Mancha
Loewe, My Fair Lady
Bernstein, On the Town
Rodgers, The Sound of Music
Horner, Film music from Titanic
Performers
Eric Sean Fogel, Director
Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-soprano
William Burden, Tenor
Alexandria Shiner, Soprano
Helen Zhibing Huang, Soprano
Michael Mayes, Baritone
Aaron Crouch, Tenor
Kameron Lopreore, Tenor
Armando Contreras, Baritone
Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra
James Lowe, Conductor
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Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall is a classical music critic and cultural reporter. He has written for Bachtrack since 2019, and his byline has appeared in many national and international classical music publications. Based in Philadelphia, he regularly travels around the United States for musical events. In addition to his career in journalism, Cameron also teaches in the Theatre Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified sommelier and avid home cook. His favorite composer is Mahler. Twitter: @CameronPKelsall.