The USC Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Michael Christ Powers, will perform Verdi’s Forza del destino Overture, Respighi’s Pines of Rome and Golijov’s Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra featuring Soprano Katherine Giaquinto. Performance is free to all. For more information visit:
https://music.usc.edu/events/details/?event=917002
Prepare for the Diva! Katherine is thrilled to join the cast of Donizetti’s Viva la mamma with Pacific Opera Project. Katherine will sing the role of Daria Garbinati, the difficult Prima Donna, so look out for tantrums, nail scratching, and lot of high notes!
Viva la mamma will be presented at the Highland Park Ebell Club, November 12th – 19th. Stay tuned for more updates and photos!
For tickets, please visit Pacific Opera Project’s website.
Katherine is pleased to join Maestra Rachel Worby and Muse/ique in the first concert of a series honoring the great Leonard Bernstein, and his influences and collaborators.
Katherine will perform works by Leonard Berstein, Steven Sondheim, and The Beatles.
Saturday, July 11 @ Caltech’s Beckman Mall Lawn
Please visit Muse/ique’s website for more information and for tickets.
Katherine is thrilled to be included in the photographic series Opera: Faces and Words by the lovely Toronto-based photographer Veronika Roux-Vlachova. Please visit http://www.veronikaroux.com/ to learn more about the project and view more photographs.
Here’s an excerpt of our recent performance of Barber’s exquisite Knoxville: Summer of 1915 from our Mother’s Day Opera on Tap concert!
We had a great time last Sunday night, bringing opera into a lounge setting with joy and irreverence. Here’s a look at our performance of Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the folks of Classical Revolution LA.
Stay tuned for a video clip!
Katherine will be performing all of Barber’s masterpiece Knoxville: Summer of 1915, among other works for a special Mother’s Day concert with Opera on Tap and Classical Revolution.
Stay tuned for a video of the concert!
Arts Beat LA glowed in its review of our Barbiere as part of LA Opera’s Figaro Unbound series.
I’m not sure who this “Kathleen Giaquinto” girl is, but apparently she’s a minx!
Bravi tutti to the crazy group of daredevils who made up the cast and crew of Paisiello’s Barbiere! Standing ovations on both nights! Until next time!
Katherine has been asked to step in last minute for the role of Rosina in Paisiello’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia under Maestrro Conlon’s baton! The production is part of LA Opera’s Figaro Unbound series, celebrating one of literature’s most beloved characters through multiple settings.
April 10 and 11 (at 7:30pm)
Giovanni Paisiello’s The Barber of Seville
James Conlon conducts singers from LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program and musicians from the USC Thornton School of Music Orchestra in a true rarity! Paisiello composed his operatic adaptation of the Beaumarchais comedy 34 years before Rossini. Tickets are free for this semi-staged concert, but reservations are required. A pre-performance talk by James Conlon will begin at 6:30pm both evenings.
Venue: Caroline’s Loft at LACHSA on the campus of Cal State LA (5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, 90032)
Information: PaisielloBarber.eventbrite.com
Katherine Powers, Soprano 