Lucy Arner – Past Concerts
Cuban-born conductor Lucy Arner brings to the podium a special affinity for Italian and French opera that is enhanced by her vast experience working in some of the world's greatest opera houses such as the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and the Metropolitan Opera. In the fall of 2015, she was named Music Director and Principal Conductor of New Jersey Verismo Opera, becoming the first female music director for the company. Since 2015, she has conducted La Gioconda, Rigoletto, Tosca, Aida, Turandot and Norma to critical acclaim.
Ms. Arner was a member of the Metropolitan Opera's music staff from 1994 through the 2007-08 season. Specializing in Italian repertory, she was featured as the recitative accompanist in productions of Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Handel's Guilio Cesare, and Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore; as well as preparing several Met telecasts such as Giordano's Fedora with Mirella Freni and Placido Domingo, the spectacular production by the late Anthony Minghella of Madama Butterfly, Verdi's Macbeth, and Bellini's I Puritani with Anna Netrebko. She has worked with many prominent singers in operatic productions including Alfredo Kraus, Montserrat Caballé, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Aprile Millo, Marilyn Horne, Sherrill Milnes, Mignon Dunn, José Carreras, Juan Pons, Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Giuseppe Giacomini, Sharon Sweet, June Anderson, Jane Eaglen, Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Ben Heppner, Jennifer Larmore, Juan Diego Florez, Rockwell Blake, Paul Plishka, Olga Borodina, Dolora Zajick, Deborah Voigt, Renée Fleming, and Thomas Hampson. Ms. Arner was quoted extensively about her experiences with Montserrat Caballé in the November 2002 Opera News cover article about the great Spanish soprano.
Canto Vocal Programs: The Love Concert
Léo Delibes — Selected works
Wolfgang Amadeus — Selected works
Giacomo Puccini — Selected works
Gioachino Rossini — Selected works
$35 ($30 senior/student/military/first responder/teacher)
Canto at Piero's Corner: Dinner & Opera
Experience the drama, passion and emotion of opera as you enjoy exquisite Italian food and wine for a night to remember!
Piero's and Canto V…
$135; advance RSVP required
The Spring Concert in Support of Canto Virginia 2024
Gaetano Donizetti — Selected works
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Selected works
Richard Rodgers — Selected works
$30