Performances
MAGICAL night! Das Rheingold
A totally MAGICAL night! TUNDI Productions‘ “Das Rheingold” was a resounding success – artists, orchestra, conductor Hugh Keelan – everyone at the top of their game. I have never been more thrilled to perform Wagner than I am with this stellar team of artists, stage tech, videographer. Six of my dear friends/colleagues ventured north from…
Read MoreTODAY IS THE DAY! Das Rheingold
TUNDI Productions’ first performance of “Das Rheingold”, the opening installment of Wagner in Vermont Festival’s Ring Cycle. I am so grateful and excited to be a part of this epic project right here in New England – at Brattleboro, VT’s Latchis Theatre. The production values, superb artists, fantastic orchestra – all combine for an epic…
Read More“Notes from the Field” – Brattleboro, VT – site of TUNDI Productions’ “Wagner in Vermont” Festival.
I am so thrilled and honored to be a part of this groundbreaking event right here in little ol’ VERMONT! Maestro Hugh Keelan and his wife, the astounding Organizer-in-Chief Jenna Rae (who is also our beautiful Brunnhilde), have accomplished a Herculean (oh, right – he’s a god, but not a Norse god) task by producing…
Read MoreWagner’s Ring in One Evening
“Wagner’s Ring in One Evening” – who would ever put those 5 words together in one sentence? Well, Peter Furlong would, and he DID! Last night, July 23, Peter and 9 other artists accomplished something unique – highlights of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” in a 2 hr. concert at the Sawyer Auditorium on the…
Read MoreWagner’s Ring in One Evening (BWG)
Ho jo to jo, y’all! I’m proud to announce that I will be participating in the Berlin Wagner Gruppe’s upcoming concert, “Wagner’s Ring in One Evening” this July in New London, NH. My treasured colleague Jeffrey D. Brody has been tasked with reducing 14+ hours of Wagner into, well, a “few” hours. I will be…
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Twenty four years ago today, I experienced one of the most exciting and artistically fulfilling singing engagements of my entire career – the opportunity to sing Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” (The Song of the Earth – in Czech, Pisen o zemi, see below for proper title in Czech) – in one of Europe’s…
Read MoreWagner, Then and Now
“Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour.”-Gioachino Rossini My passion for Wagner started fairly early. As a very young singer in my teens, I was only assigned Italian and a few French songs, as well as songs of English and American composers, during early vocal study. My first exposure to Wagner’s…
Read MoreQuirk Cars Supports American Red Cross Blood Drive on Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Quirk Auto Dealers hopes to boost local participation for their blood drive with musical performances by mezzo-soprano Janice Edwards, accompanied by pianist Charlie Blood, as a way of saying “thank you” to participating donors. Janice will perform popular jazz standards as well as Musical Theatre songs from such iconic musicals as Sondheim’s A Little Night…
Read MoreDuets for Dems
SAVE THE DATE! October 3, 2020 Laura and Joel Iwaskiewicz perform Duets for Dems, a program of 16 songs from musical theatre to entertain and bring joy during these uncertain times – and most importantly, to get out the vote in support of Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. Laura and Joel will host a…
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Save the Date – August 29, 2020
Die Walkure
UPDATE: This year has had many ups and downs and this event had to be reimagined. Stay tuned for more information about a Complete Ring Cycle in 2022. Ho jo to ho! to friends, family, and colleagues. I am thrilled to announce that this August, I will be performing with a new opera company, TUNDI…
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