Thursday July 29, 2010 7:00PM

SummerStage
Jackie Robinson Park
Bradhurst & Edgecombe Avenues, West 145 to West 155 Street
New York, NY

The Summer Recital Series closes on July 29 in Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan, with an evening of favorite arias and duets performed by soprano Monica Yunus, tenor Matthew Plenk, and bass-baritone Donovan Singletary, accompanied by pianist Jonathan Kelly.

Monica Yunus made her Met debut in 2003 as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro and has since performed in six operas at the Met, most recently as Papagena in Julie Taymor’s celebrated production of Die Zauberflöte. Yunus’s other recent engagements include performances as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore at Opera East Texas and, last September, as Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera at Washington National Opera.

Matthew Plenk, currently in his third year in the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, made his Met debut in 2008 as the sailor’s voice in Tristan und Isolde, conducted by James Levine, and has since performed the role of the Song Seller in Il Tabarro. Most recently at the Met, Plenk performed the role of Marcellus in Hamlet, seen around the world live in HD. Next season at the Met, he takes on the role of Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor and makes his debut at the Atlanta Opera as Ferrando in Così fan tutte.

Donovan Singletary, winner of the 2006 National Council Auditions and member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, made his Met debut in 2008 as a Nazarene in Salome. That same season, Singletary made his Carnegie Hall debut in Mark Hayes’s Te Deum. The American bass-baritone returned to the Met in 2009 as Pinellino in Gianni Schicchi. Singletary is the first prize winner in the 2009 Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition, the Mount Dora Festival Competition, and the Heinz Rehfuss Singing Actors’ Competition.

Jonathan Kelly has served as an official accompanist for the San Francisco Opera Center, Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, and Chicago Opera Theatre. Kelly has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Kirk in the Hills, the National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall, and for the Marilyn Horne Foundation at Zankel Hall.

FREE!

Tuesday July 27, 2010 7:00 PM

SummerStage
Queensbridge Park
Queens, NY

The Summer Recital Series continues on July 27 in Queensbridge Park, Queens, with an evening of favorite arias and duets performed by soprano Monica Yunus, tenor Matthew Plenk, and bass-baritone Donovan Singletary, accompanied by pianist Jonathan Kelly.

Monica Yunus made her Met debut in 2003 as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro and has since performed in six operas at the Met, most recently as Papagena in Julie Taymor’s celebrated production of Die Zauberflöte. Yunus’s other recent engagements include performances as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore at Opera East Texas and, last September, as Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera at Washington National Opera.

Matthew Plenk, currently in his third year in the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, made his Met debut in 2008 as the sailor’s voice in Tristan und Isolde, conducted by James Levine, and has since performed the role of the Song Seller in Il Tabarro. Most recently at the Met, Plenk performed the role of Marcellus in Hamlet, seen around the world live in HD. Next season at the Met, he takes on the role of Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor and makes his debut at the Atlanta Opera as Ferrando in Così fan tutte.

Donovan Singletary, winner of the 2006 National Council Auditions and member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, made his Met debut in 2008 as a Nazarene in Salome. That same season, Singletary made his Carnegie Hall debut in Mark Hayes’s Te Deum. The American bass-baritone returned to the Met in 2009 as Pinellino in Gianni Schicchi. Singletary is the first prize winner in the 2009 Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition, the Mount Dora Festival Competition, and the Heinz Rehfuss Singing Actors’ Competition.

Jonathan Kelly has served as an official accompanist for the San Francisco Opera Center, Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, and Chicago Opera Theatre. Kelly has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Kirk in the Hills, the National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall, and for the Marilyn Horne Foundation at Zankel Hall.

FREE!

Tuesday July 20 7:00PM

SummerStage
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn, NY

The Summer Recital Series continues on July 20 in the newly-landscaped Brooklyn Bridge Park, with an evening of favorite arias and duets performed by rising stars Susanna Phillips (soprano), Michael Fabiano (tenor), and Christopher Magiera (baritone) accompanied by pianist Jonathan Kelly.

Rising American soprano Susanna Phillips made her Met debut in the 2008-09 season as Musetta in La Bohème and returned as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, a role she reprises in the coming season. A graduate of the Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Phillips has won four of the world’s leading vocal competitions: the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the MacAllister Awards, the George London Foundation, and Plácido Domingo’s Operalia. In April, Phillips was named the fifth recipient of the Met’s prestigious Beverly Sills Artist Award.

Michael Fabiano made his Met debut last season as Raffaele in Stiffelio. A winner of the 2007 National Council Auditions, this exciting young tenor recently made his London debut at English National Opera as the Duke in Rigoletto. His other recent engagements include Alfredo in La Traviata for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore with the Fort Worth Opera. In 2008, Fabiano made his debut at La Scala as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi. He has upcoming engagements at the Paris Opera, Dresden State Opera, and the Limoges Opera.

Christopher Magiera is a 2008 finalist of the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions. A former Young Artist at Munich’s Bavarian State Opera and a 2008 member of the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program, he is also a recipient of the 2009 Sullivan Foundation Grand Prize and was an International finalist in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Competition. This summer, he performs the title role of Eugene Onegin with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis before joining the roster of the Dresden State Opera with the beginning of the 2010-11 season.

Jonathan Kelly has served as an official accompanist for the San Francisco Opera Center, Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, and Chicago Opera Theatre. Kelly has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Kirk in the Hills, the National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall, and for the Marilyn Horne Foundation at Zankel Hall.

FREE!

Thursday July 15 7:00 PM

SummerStage
Crotona Park, Bronx, NY

The Summer Recital Series continues on July 15 in Crotona Park, the Bronx, with an evening of favorite arias and duets performed by soprano Monica Yunus, tenor Matthew Plenk, and bass-baritone Donovan Singletary, accompanied by pianist Jonathan Kelly.

Monica Yunus made her Met debut in 2003 as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro and has since performed in six operas at the Met, most recently as Papagena in Julie Taymor’s celebrated production of Die Zauberflöte. Yunus’s other recent engagements include performances as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore at Opera East Texas and, last September, as Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera at Washington National Opera.

Matthew Plenk, currently in his third year in the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, made his Met debut in 2008 as the sailor’s voice in Tristan und Isolde, conducted by James Levine, and has since performed the role of the Song Seller in Il Tabarro. Most recently at the Met, Plenk performed the role of Marcellus in Hamlet, seen around the world live in HD. Next season at the Met, he takes on the role of Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor and makes his debut at the Atlanta Opera as Ferrando in Così fan tutte.

Donovan Singletary, winner of the 2006 National Council Auditions and member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, made his Met debut in 2008 as a Nazarene in Salome. That same season, Singletary made his Carnegie Hall debut in Mark Hayes’s Te Deum. The American bass-baritone returned to the Met in 2009 as Pinellino in Gianni Schicchi. Singletary is the first prize winner in the 2009 Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition, the Mount Dora Festival Competition, and the Heinz Rehfuss Singing Actors’ Competition.

Jonathan Kelly has served as an official accompanist for the San Francisco Opera Center, Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, and Chicago Opera Theatre. Kelly has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Kirk in the Hills, the National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall, and for the Marilyn Horne Foundation at Zankel Hall.

FREE!