Madison Lyric Stage is set to perform present Franz Schubert’s “Schwanengesang” on Feb. 17. The one-night-only event is set to star Tenor Marc Deaton and pianist Kelly Horsted performing Schubert’s final work – his “swan song.” The old lore that swans sing a beautiful song just before death has a long pedigree in Western thought, and this 90-minute collection of {…}
Connecticut-based Madison Lyric Stage will present “Postcards from Pierrot” on June 24 and 25. The production will feature Marc Deaton as he performs Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” and “The Book of the Hanging Gardens” and Berg’s “Altenberg Lieder.” The performance of “Pierrot Lunaire” will be accompanied by a full five-person orchestra conducted by Nathaniel Baker. Deaton will be joined by dancer {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage will showcase tenor Marc Deaton in “Hotel Fables: Episodes in a Life” on Nov. 15-17 at the Deacon John Grave House in Madison, Connecticut. The program will feature scenes from “Billy Budd,” “The Rape of Lucretia,” “Samson et Dalila,” “Manon Lescaut,” “Play,” “The Dressers,” “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “Fidelio,” and “Die Tote Stadt.” The perfomance will also feature {…}
Madison Lyric Stage is set to showcase a concert “From Broadway to the Met” at the Guilford Performing Arts Festival in Madison, Connecticut on Sept. 27, 2019. The performance will feature members of the company’s Emerging Artists Program. The program will include a wide range of pieces from Broadway and the opera world. Marc Deaton and Jacob Boergesson will take {…}
Madison Lyric Stage in Connecticut will present an immersive production of Humperdinck’s fairytale opera “Hansel and Gretel” this October. Allison Lindsay will star as Hansel alongside Sarah Himmelstein as Gretel. They will be joined by Carly Henderson as Mother, Jacob Boergesson as Father, Jessics Rost as the Dew Fairy, Felicia Baker as the Sandman, dancer Sarah Kennedy as the Angel, {…}
Tenor Marc Deaton will lead a major season fundraiser for the Madison Lyric Stage on April 6, 2019 at the Deacon John Grave House. The concert, entitled “Spring Will Come Again – Songs of Hopes and Dreams,” will feature a wide range of music by American composers, Broadway hits, opera arias, and other popular classics by such composers as Barber, {…}