NYC-based composer and pianist Felix Jarrar will team up with soprano Maria Brea and other guest artists, including violinist Adam von Housen, for a benefit concert on March 15th at 7:00 pm in Stuytown. The concert is free, but donations collected will go to Amnesty International through their website. The money will support the organization’s campaign to investigate violence in Iran. {…}
“Liederabend With Felix Jarrar & Friends” will give a concert at Opera America featuring 14 world premiere pieces. Composer and pianist Jarrar with collaborators mezzo-soprano Jessica Trainor-Tasucu, contralto Allison Gish, tenor Ryan Mangan, and baritone Miguel Angel Vasquez will present a concert of the works written throughout the pandemic. The program includes “Wild West,” song cycles “French Kisses” with texts {…}
(Credit: Eliana Brea) Pianist and composer Felix Jarrar, soprano Caroline Spaeth, and mezzo-soprano Rebecca Sacks are set to present a concert sponsored by the Wednesday Afternoon Music Club. Their program will feature works by Jarrar and lyricist/librettist Bea Goodwin including “Voyelles” (text by Rimbaud), the New England premiere of “Queen Mary’s Lament,” and the world premiere of the acapella song {…}
Felix Jarrar and Maria Brea are set to present a unique recital at SALON 58 on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2022. The recital will feature a wide range of musical works including Latin American Christmas folk songs, excerpts from Händel’s “Messiah,” and a preview of “Amethyst,” the third movement of Jarrar’s first symphony “Banishing Grief.” The duo previously performed at the {…}
Composer/pianist Felix Jarrar and librettist Robert Feng will present Jarrar’s 13th opera, “you do not recognize the bodies in the water,” in a workshop performance at OPERA America on Nov. 22, 2022. Billed as a horror opera, Jarrar and Feng relate the story of an arsonist who is set free from prison so long as she works for a shadowy {…}
It’s that spooky time of the year with Halloween around the corner, and never one to pass up presenting holiday specials, composer/pianist Felix Jarrar put on an extravaganza of creepiness with his Halloween One-act Opera Festival, which took place at Emerging Artists Theatre on Oct. 21, 2022. Jarrar showcased three of his most macabre operas, with two inspired by the {…}
(Credit: Eliana Brea) Composer and pianist Felix Jarrar has stepped down from his position as Assistant Music Director at BARN OPERA. “I would like to formally announce that I’m stepping down from my position as Assistant Music Director at BARN OPERA. While the past few years have helped me grow tremendously as an artist, my brand and business are expanding {…}
Emerging Artists Theatre is set to present “Halloween Opera Festival” by Felix Jarrar on Oct. 21, 2022. The showcase, which is the inaugural presentation of Jarrar’s work, will star Katy Lindhart, Natalie Polito, Douglas Sabo, Daniel Kamalic, John Gibney, and violinist Chloe Kim. Jarrar will conduct from the piano. The work will feature text by Thomas Hardy, Edgar Allan Poe, {…}
Felix Jarrar and Jean Kim will be the composers-in-residence at SUNY Fredonia’s Hillman Opera program. Jarrar, also a pianist, is a composer of art song and numerous operas including “Tabula Rasa,” “Mother Goose,” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” among others. In sum, he has composed 12 operas, 194 art songs, and numerous other chamber works. Kim is {…}
Brandon Vermont’s BARN OPERA has announced a new production of R. Strauss’ comedic opera, “Ariadne auf Naxos,” set to be staged on Sept. 16 and 17, 2022, at The BARN OPERA House in Brandon, Vermont. The show marks the return of live performances for the company. Artistic Director Joshua Collier’s innovative production keeps with the company’s inventive takes on opera {…}
Pianist/composer Felix Jarrar and soprano Michelle Trovato partnered to stage a themed recital centered on Mary Queen of Scots, titled “We’ve Come to Claim the Throne,” on July 29, 2022, at St. John’s in the Village, New York City. The theme came to Jarrar via soprano Michelle Trovato, who had been thinking for some time about a program focusing on {…}