Candlelight Messiah at Icicle Creek

• Ksenia Popova, soprano
• Dawn Padula, mezzo
• Julian Schrenzel, tenor
• Darrell Jordan, baritone

Eight incredible vocalists from across the state of Washington will join a chamber orchestra of professional local musicians to present your favorite holiday selections from the Messiah, creating a beautiful, family-friendly experience that will delight audience members of all ages. Presented as part of The Holiday Experience at Icicle Creek, this will be a wonderful opportunity to step outside the hustle and bustle of the holidays and savor the peace and beauty of the season.

Created by Maestro Bernard Kwiram, Julian Schrenzel, and Icicle Creek Executive Director Phil Lacey, The Icicle Creek Candlelight Messiah will feature the outstanding Ksenia Popova (soprano), Dawn Padula (mezzo), Julian Schrenzel (tenor), and Darrell Jordan (baritone), alongside an ensemble of other emerging vocalists. These artists have been seen on stage at Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Opera, Village Theatre, The 5thAvenue, The Metropolitan Opera and many, many other stages around the world. Taking place amidst the beauty of the Icicle Creek campus, this will truly be a performance not to be missed!

About Icicle Creek Chamber Series

https://icicle.org/find-events/

About Ksenia Popova, soprano

https://www.kseniapopova.com/

About Dawn Padula, mezzo

Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano is a versatile performer of opera, oratorio, musical theatre, jazz, and classical concert repertoire. Opera roles include Carmen (Carmen), Azucena (Il Trovatore), Lady Jane (Patience 2018 Gregory Awards People’s Choice Award Nominee), Lady Blanche (Princess Ida), Ruth (The Pirates of Penzance), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Meg (Falstaff), The Third Lady (The Magic Flute), the Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Isabella (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Erika (Vanessa), and the Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas). In the Pacific Northwest, she has performed with Tacoma Opera, Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Kitsap Opera, Concert Opera of Seattle, PLU’s Jazz Under the Stars, Puget Sound Concert Opera, the Tacoma Concert Band, the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Symphonic Choir, the Seattle Bach Choir, the Second City Chamber Series, Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma Concert Series, Lakewood Playhouse, and Opera Pacifica. With Seattle Opera, she is a member of the Supplementary Chorus. In June 2017, she toured to Varna and Sofia, Bulgaria as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Pazardzhik Symphony. In August 2017, she released her debut classical solo album, Gracious Moonlight, featuring Dominick Argento’s Pulitzer Prize winning song cycle, From the Diary of Virginia Woolf. Dr. Padula is currently the Director of Vocal Studies at the University of Puget Sound School of Music.

About Darrell Jordan, baritone

https://www.darrelljjordan.com