2023 Season

OPERA EDWARDSVILLE at CITY PARK

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 at 7:30pm | Free community concert

Presented outdoors at the Edwardsville City Park

Following spectacular outdoor concerts in 2021 and 2022, Opera Edwardsville returns to its summer stage at Edwardsville City Park on September 8, 2023 at 7:30pm for a free community concert of operatic highlights. Enjoy stars of the opera under the starry night sky for this open air concert!

Featuring:

Emily Birsan, soprano

Alexandra LoBianco, soprano

Margaret Gawrysiak, mezzo-soprano

Key’mon Murrah, countertenor

Limmie Pulliam, tenor

Robert Mellon, baritone

With accompaniment by:

Joseph Welch, pianist and OE Artist-in-Residence

With emcee:

Chase Hopkins, OE Founder & Artistic Director

Meet the Artists

EMILY BIRSAN

Soprano

ALEXANDRA LOBIANCO

Soprano

MARGARET GAWRYSIAK

Mezzo-soprano

KEY'MON MURRAH

Countertenor

LIMMIE PULLIAM

Tenor

ROBERT MELLON

Baritone

JOSEPH WELCH

Piano

CHASE HOPKINS

Emcee

MUSICAL PROGRAM

A musical program of grand Italian opera, the golden age of musicals, and a few Wagner arias, too!

Opera Edwardsville returns to its summer stage at Edwardsville City Park on September 8, 2023 at 7:30pm for a free community concert of grand opera and selections from grand Italian opera, the golden era of musical theater, and a few epic Wagner excepts, too! The musical program includes arias and ensembles from grand Italian opera, featuring selections from Verdi’s Aida, Puccini’s Turandot, Rossini’s Semiramide, Dvořák’s Rusalka, Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, and more.

SPONSORS AND SPECIAL THANKS

This event is free for the entire public to enjoy thanks to generous donations from OE’s 2023 sponsors and donors. Lead season sponsorship comes from Stifel, Anonymous, and the City of Edwardsville. Presenting sponsorship comes from Lewis Rice, the Rotary Club of Edwardsville,, and the Schmidt and Barton Family Fund. Additional support comes from the Bank of Madison County, Hortica, Miller and Maack General Contractors, SIYAO Vocal Competition, Tessitura Music. Special thanks to the Great Rivers and Routes Tourism Bureau, Edwardsville Public Library, First Presbyterian Church of Edwardsville, Urban Collective Hotel, Cleveland Heath, Scott Evers Photography and Carrollton Bank.