The Verdi Chorus will open its 43rd season with “From Verdi to Verismo,” two performances at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica on Nov. 14 and 15, 2026. Anne Marie Ketchum, the chorus’s founding artistic director, leads the ensemble in her 43rd consecutive year. The program features sequences from Verdi’s “Otello,” “Giovanna d’Arco,” and “Il Corsaro,” along with selections from {…}
The Verdi Chorus will continue its 42nd season with a master class led by dramatic baritone Malcolm MacKenzie on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. The event, which is set to take place at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, will feature six members of the Verdi Chorus’ Fox Singers. MacKenzie has appeared at major opera houses in {…}
The Verdi Chorus is set to launch its 2025-26 season with a performance of scenes from “Faust.” The concert will feature music by Berlioz, Gounod, and Boito with such soloists as Jessica Tivens-Schneiderman, Alex Boyer, and Gabriel Manro. Conductor Anne Marie Ketchum noted that her inspiration for the program was derived from visiting the birthplace of German writer and poet {…}
The Verdi Chorus will make a comeback on April 26 and 27, 2025 at the Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica to present “Bella Bellini.” The concert will feature operatic sequences from “La Sonnambula,” “Norma,” and “I Puritani.” As a bonus, the performance will also include a segment from Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino.” Guest soloists include soprano Jamie Chamberlin, mezzo {…}
The Verdi Chorus has canceled its upcoming “Verdi Chorus Sing-Along” as a result of the Los Angeles fires. “This last week has been an unprecedented tragedy in Los Angeles. Our hearts are with all who have been deeply affected by the fires that have devastated our community. So many people’s lives have been changed forever. At least two of our {…}
(Credit: The Verdi Chorus) The Verdi Chorus is set to present “We Are Verdi Bizet” on Nov. 16 and 17, 2024 at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica. The showcase will feature music from three Verdi operas – “I Lombardi,” “Don Carlo,” and “Rigoletto” – to go along with two Bizet classics – “Carmen” and “The Pearl Fishers.” Soloists {…}
Soloist Jamie Chamberlin Granner, Nathan Granner, and Colin Ramsey perform in the Verdi Chorus’ 40th Anniversary season finale concert “Star Crossed!” The Verdi Chorus presents selections from Mozart’s “Idomeneo” and “Don Giovanni,” Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette,” and Lehar’s “The Merry Widow,” with guest soloists soprano Jamie Chamberlin Granner, tenor Nathan Granner, and bass Colin Ramsey. Artistic {…}
The California-based Verdi Chorus has announced its 40th anniversary season, which consists of four performances and one opera showcase. “Our 40th Anniversary season is such a landmark event, not only for the chorus and audience members who have been with us from the very beginning, but for new opera enthusiasts we are welcoming for the first time on both sides {…}
The Verdi Chorus will finish their season with two performances of “Verdissimo! Plus!” at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica on Apr. 29 & 30, 2023. Soprano Jessica Tivens-Schneiderman, mezzo-soprano Danielle Marcell Bond, tenor Todd Wilander, and baritone Roberto Perlas Gómez will join the Verdi Chorus, the only choral group in Southern California that focuses on music for opera chorus. The concert will {…}
On May 14, 2022, The Verdi Chorus will kick off its 39th season with the spring concert, titled “Helas mon Coeur.” Conducted by Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum, the concert will be comprised of selections from Verdi’s “Ernani” and “Macbeth,” Beethoven’s “Fidelio,” Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda,” Giordano’s “Andrea Chenier,” and Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffman.” The concert will feature soprano {…}
(Credit: The Verdi Chorus) The Verdi Chorus is set to present its first online concert on April 18, 2020 when it streams its 2018 showcase “The Force of Destiny.” The performance, which featured sequences from such operas as “La Forza del Destino,” “La Traviata,” “Nabucco,” and “Die Fledermaus,” will be streamed on the company’s Facebook page. That concert featured four {…}