Next up... Rusalka 1/31/14 & 2/1/14

Dvorak's Rusalka 

San Antonio Symphony and Opera San Antonio

Promo video featuring yours truly:

http://youtu.be/_l2_s-s4u_E

Review: San Antonio Symphony concert

The Music Beat
Music news from the Express-News.
Review: San Antonio Symphony
Posted on 02/12/2011 by dmartin
By David Hendricks
San Antonio seemingly reverted to the Spanish colony it once was during the San Antonio Symphony’s performance Friday night of Manuel de Falla’s “The Three-Cornered Hat.”
Falla’s two ballet suites by far was the highlight for a night of uneven performances of music by Antonio Vivaldi, Leo Brouwer and Ludwig van Beethoven attended by about 1,450 people at the Majestic Theatre.

The Falla was an experience enhanced by the swirling choreography of the Guadalupe Dance Company, the attractive mezzo voice of Crystal Jarrell and subtitles projected above the stage that told a Valentine’s Day weekend-appropriate story of love conquering all.

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Christian News of South Texas

December 2010

Jarell receives classical singing award

 

SAN ANTONIO -- Crystal Jarrell received the George Cortes Special Prize in Classical Singing Award from the Artist Foundation of San Antonio on Nov. 18. The recipient of the award also receives $5000 in prize money.

“It’s a huge blessing,” says Jarrell. “I feel like God has been the  one to open doors for me in my singing career.

 

“He’s the one who gave the skills and talent and I know I could not do it without him.” Jarrell is a mezzosoprano classical vocalist and performs regularly in this area.

The award has been given yearly by the foundation since 2006 and last year, Jarrell was a finalist for the award. She grew up in San Antonio where her family was among some 

of the founding members of the Northwest Church of Christ.

She earned a Bachelor of Music in Music and Vocal Performance from Abilene Christian University. She received a Master’s Degree in Voice from Indiana University.

She is married to Richard Johnson (she maintains Jarrell as her stage name); both are active members in the Northwest congregation, volunteering to help in the youth ministry.

 

Jarrell has performed with the San Antonio Symphony and in other musical productions. She has a studio in San Antonio where she teaches voice to students who are at least 14 years old.

 

For more information on the voice programs offered by Crystal Jarrell, visit her website at

www.cjarrell.com. For more nformation on the award, to hear some

samples and read more about the inspiring career of Jarrell, visit www.artistfound.org.

Upcoming Performances!

August 22, 2010 at 7:30pm
          Passport to the World: A Night In France
          San Diego Symphony
          Embarcadero Marina Park South,
                    San Diego, CA


September 17, 18, 19, 2010
          The Monitor
          Suor Angelica
          San Antonio Opera


September 21, 2010 8:00pm
          Recital with Tenor Eric Schmidt
          Ward Hall
          David Lipscomb University
          Nashville, TN

San Antonio Opera presents Verdi's Rigoletto this weekend...

http://www.saopera.com/rigoletto/

Rigoletto
By Guiseppe Verdi
Friday June 18 at 8:00 PM
Saturday June 19 at 8:00 PM
Sunday June 20 at 2:00 PM

Location:	Municipal Auditorium
Street:	100 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, TX

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi's tragic classic is the story of the cursed court jester whose obsession to revenge his violated daughter's honor turns viciously against him. Its familiar music includes the arias "Caro nome" and "La donna e mobile." Incensed by the rapacious Duke of Mantua's seduction of his beloved daughter Gilda, Rigoletto plots the duke's assassination. But Gilda, hopelessly in love, sacrifices herself to save the duke. The curtain falls as Rigoletto in a horrifying mistake causes Gilda's death and in despair embraces his dying daughter. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Cast
Rigoletto: Daniel Sutin
Gilda: Audrey Elizabeth Luna
Duca: Michael Wade Lee
Maddalena: Dana Beth Miller
Sparafucile: Matthew Trevino
Count Ceprano: Brace Negron
Countess Ceprano: Crystal Jarrell
Monterone: Matthew Arnold
Marullo: Ryan Kuster
Borsa: Jeffery Halili
Giovanna: Diane Jiminez
Paggio: Crytsal Jarrell
Usher: Carlos Saenz



Conductor Enrique Patron de Rueda
Director Sam Mungo

http://www.saopera.com/single_tickets/

Concert a success... on to Rigoletto...

The concert last Sunday with the San Antonio Choral society was a huge success; not only did I have the opportunity to work on an incredibly interesting new piece, but also I was able to sing with friends old and new and work with some incredible San Antonio musicians!


Next up on the calendar is Verdi's Rigoletto with San Antonio Opera! I am singing the role of Contessa di Ceprano in Act 1 and then appear in Act 2 in the pants role of Il Paggio. The cast is supposed to be pretty well stacked talent-wise... It is at the Municipal Auditorium June 18-20.

An upcoming concert you won't want to miss...

Sunday, May 16, 2010, 5:00pm
          Alto Soloist
          Seven Last Words **World Premier**
          by San Antonio composer Jerome Malek
          with the San Antonio Choral Society
          Recital Hall, University of Texas at San Antonio