Young mezzo-soprano Deanna Ray Eberhart is a highly versatile musician from Kansas City, Missouri with a “warm and indulgent presence” onstage (KC Studio) and “considerable élan” (S. Fairbank). In the summer of 2025, Deanna made her Santa Fe Opera debut as Rossweisse in the company premiere of Wagner’s Die Walküre and was given an
Internationally Acclaimed Vocalists Join Bethany College for Historic 145th Messiah Festival of the Arts LINDSBORG, KS. January 23, 2025 —Bethany College (bethanylb.edu) today announced the world-renowned soloists for the 145th consecutive performance of the Messiah Festival of the Arts, one of the longest-running annual performances of Handel’s beloved oratorio in the United States. This year’s
Leslie John Flanagan, baritone, has performed leading roles throughout Australia, Europe and the USA, including performances at the Sydney Opera House, in London at English National Opera’s Coliseum, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Janacek Theatre in Brno and at the Edinburgh Festival. Recent operatic performances include Mitrovsky
LINDSBORG, KAN., FEB. 5, 2025 — The Bethany Oratorio Society is excited to announce the soloists for the 2025 Messiah Festival of the Arts. Since its founding in 1882, the Oratorio Society has performed Bach’s The Passion According to St. Matthew and Handel’s Messiah every year, and this year’s festival promises another spectacular celebration of
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