The Brevard Music Center announces its 2026 summer and 90th anniversary season. This article only features vocal events. The Janiec Opera Company’s first production is Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro.” Craig Kier conducts the Brevard Festival Orchestra. Performance Dates: June 25 & 27, 2026 Zach Redler’s “The Falling & The Rising” is next. Joshua Horsch conducts. Performance Dates: July 9 {…}
North Carolina’s Brevard Music Center has unveiled its plans for the 2025 summer festival. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. The Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center will present “L’Elisir d’Amore” in a production directed by Dean Anthony and conducted by Emily Jarrell Urbanek. Performance Dates: June 26 & 28, 2025 Pauline Viardot-Garcia’s “Cendrillon” {…}
The Brevard Music Center’s third and final opera production for the 2024 Summer Festival, Weill’s “The Threepenny Opera,” emphasized the company’s versatility and devotion to training top-notch young artists. A myriad of musical skill, dedication, and artistry was displayed by the members of the Janiec Opera Company in the three mainstage operas the team produced over the last month. While {…}
(Photo credit: Charles Gilmore) Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center’s 2024 Summer Festival production of Puccini’s “La bohème” embodied the brilliance of the opera company tucked away in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. Vocal Highlights The charming nature of this production was evident from the start as Emesh Wijewardena who sang Rodolfo, and Charles Daniel as Marcello {…}