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From the Met to BroadwayThe Allentown Band, with internationally acclaimed operatic tenor Eric Fennell and Summer Harmony, the premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley, Andrew Lutz-Long, Director, will perform Operatic and Broadway favorites at 3:00 pm, Sunday, June 2, 2024, at Christ Lutheran Church, 1245 Hamilton Street, Allentown. Free will offerings in support of the church's concert series are gratefully accepted.
Overture from “William Tell” Gioachino Rossini
Musetta’s Waltz from “La Boheme” Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle from “Tosca” Giacomo Puccini Eric Fennell
Waltzes from “Der Rosenkavalier” Richard Strauss
March of the Toreadors form “Carmen” Georges Bizet
Flower Song from “Carmen” Georges Bizet Eric Fennell
Jerome Robbins Broadway Warren Barker
Maria from “West Side Story” Leonard Bernstein Eric Fennell
Selections from “Les Misérables Warren Barker
Bring Him Home from “Les Misérables” Claude-Michel Schonberg
Nessun Dorma from “Turandot"Giacomo Puccini
Eric Fennell- Tenor A Metropolitan Opera National Council regional finalist and prize winner in the Licia Albanese Competition, Mr. Fennell’s professional debut came when he jumped in for Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival. This opportunity led him to The New York City Opera where he sang 13 roles over six seasons .
He has played title roles in Werther, Roméo et Juliette and The Tales of Hoffmann; the Duke in Rigoletto, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly along with other operatic heroes (and anti-heroes). Critics have praised his fearless high register and emotional depths; his concert work in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and the requiems of Verdi and Mozart alone have taken him to top concert halls across the United States and abroad.
A distinguished concert performer, Mr. Fennell has performed the tenor solos in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony for National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall, Tokyo City Orchestra (Japan), Cairo Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic Symphony, Virginia Symphony, and Allentown Symphony; Verdi’s Requiem for The Latvian National Symphony, The Paul Hill Chorale in Washington, D.C. and in recording with the Smith College Orchestra; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis for Konzertchor Darmstadt; Händel’s Messiah for National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall, Virginia Symphony, Allentown Symphony, and Tucson Symphony; Rossini’s Stabat Materfor Brandenburg Philharmonic; Mozart’s Requiem for Arena di Verona, The New Haven Symphony, and National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall; Puccini’s Messa di Gloria with the Eugene Concert Choir; and William Maselli’s JFK Requiem at Carnegie Hall.
Originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Mr. Fennell now lives in Berlin, Germany. He received a BA in music from Gettysburg College and a Masters in Voice and Artist Diploma from Boston University where he was a member of the Opera Institute. When he is not on stage, Mr. Fennell is on the ice playing hockey, a sport he has played since the age of 7.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Christ Lutheran Church, Allentown PA, 1245 Hamilton St,Allentown,PA,United States
