Plachetka gave a spirited performance of Ford’s monologue from Verdi’s Falstaff.

Davis elicited lush, lyrical motifs from the string section while punctuating these with dramatic lines emphasizing the opera’s fundamental tensions between love, family, and political intrigue.Īdam Plachetka The overture to Giuseppe Verdi’s Luisa Miller, scheduled to begin performance in October, opened the evening’s program. The Lyric Opera Orchestra was led by the company’s music director, Sir Andrew Davis, and the Lyric Opera Chorus was prepared by Michael Black.īoth halves of the concert were introduced by an orchestral selection. Children’s activities, fun exhibits and other festivities took place throughout.Soloists performing in this concert were Marianne Crebassa, Lawrence Brownlee, Adam Plachetka, Krzysztof B?czyk, and members of the Patrick G. Fifteen stages showcased the best in New Orleans music, representing every genre from gospel to jazz, Latin to classical, Cajun & Zydeco, to brass band, while local restaurants serve up the best cuisine New Orleans has to offer during The World’s Largest Jazz Brunch. But it certainly did, and with an attendance of over 350,000! Festival-goers reveled in the spirit of New Orleans while enjoying a cultural showcase of Crescent City’s finest music and food of the soulful streets of the historic French Quarter.

There was some doubt several months ago whether the annual French Quarter Festival, Louisiana’s largest free and open music festival, would occur this year. Bernard Relief Center and the Louis Armstrong International Airport. George’s Episcopal Church’s Soup Kitchen, St. Together we brought, and will continue to bring, music to public venues such as the New Orleans Museum of Art, St. MPTF, together with the American Federation of Musicians Local 174-496, joined forces with The New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic this past year to keep the music flowing in all areas of the New Orleans community.

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