Opera Shots is our annual series of casual pop-up concerts throughout the community, held in unexpected places and designed to break down the stereotypes of opera. Opera Shots concerts feature members of the Opera Birmingham Chorus and surprise guest artists presenting an open-mic-style concert of the greatest hits of opera and musical theatre.
Pianist – Sebastian Black
Drew Duncan – Non piu andrai (Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro)
Lauren Tinsely – Va! Laisse couler mes larme (Massenet, Werther)
Emily Scott – La Pastorella (Rossini)
Caitlyn Rodrigue – Quando m’en vo (Puccini, La Boheme)
DeLee Benton – Ach, ich fühls (Mozart, The Magic Flute)
Camryn Rodrigue – Ah! Non giunge (Bellini, La Sonnambula)
Joseph Robinson – Camille’s Aria (Lehar, The Merry Widow)
Lauren Tinsely – Porgi amor (Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro)
Zoe Wirt – Je veux vivre (Gounod, Romeo and Juliet)
Temperance Jones – Willow Song (Douglas Moore, The Ballad of Baby Doe)
Louisa Smith – Dearest Mama (Douglas Moore, The Ballad of Baby Doe)
Noel Fendlason – If I Were A Rich Man (Bock and Harnick, The Fiddler on the Roof)
Jonathan Michael Smith – Mr. Cellophane (Kander and Ebb, Chicago)
Zoe Wirt – Some Things Are Meant to Be (Jason Howland, Little Women)
DeLee Benton – With You (Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard, Ghost)
Caitlyn Rodrigue – When He Sees Me (Sarah Bareilles, Waitress)
Camryn Rodrigue – Nothing Short of Wonderful (Pasek and Paul, Dogfight)
Joseph Robinson – Dudley’s Song (Little Red’s Most Unusual Day)
Louisa Smith – Into the Unknown (Christophe Beck, Frozen 2)
Drew Duncan – Some Enchanted Evening (Rogers and Hammerstein, South Pacific)
Temperance Jones – Almost There (Randy Newman, The Princess and the Frog)
The students of the Opera Birmingham Studio at Samford University are sponsored by Michael J. and MaryAnne Freeman, in celebration of Mike Freeman’s 70th birthday.
