Soprano Lesley Craigie in her New York debut recital with internationally acclaimed tenor Carl Tanner and Evan Solomon at the piano. The program includes duets from Otello, Manon Lescaut, Peter Grimes, as well as French Chanson and Scots Songs.
Ms. Craigie's ever increasing opera career spans throughout Europe and the USA, having sung in the UK, Italy, Switzerland and for several companies thoughout the USA and includes over 14 roles spanning many genres of music from Giunone in Calvalli's masterpiece "La Calisto", and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) to the romantic roles of Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Giulietta (Tales of Hoffmann) for the Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute, as well as performing more diverse roles of Polly Peachum (Three Penny Opera), and the role of Muriel in the world premiere of "The Alien Corn" by Thomas Benjamin.
Ms. Craigie also performs regularly in concerts and oratorios, including the soprano soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle and Mozart's Requiem with Glasgow City Chorus, and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera.
In late 1991 while working as a singing waiter in the restaurant Bianchi and Margarita's, Carl Tanner was heard by Richard Gaddes, the head of the Santa Fe Opera, who arranged for him to join the Apprentice Program for Singers for 1992 (and then 1993) to obtain more training.
One of Tanner's first breaks came from the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, which signed him in 1994 to sing the title role in the rarely performed Edgar by Puccini. Tanner has since starred in a variety of leading roles in major opera houses, including Pagliacci in La Monnaie, Brussels, "Cavaradossi" in the Minnesota Orchestra production of Tosca, and Radames (alongside soprano Angela Brown) in Opera Pacific's Aida.
After performances with the Washington National Opera in their 2004-2005 season productions of Samson and Delilah and Il Trovatore, he returned to Santa Fe to sing "Calaf" in Turandot during the company's 2005 summer season. Tanner has also sung Calaf at many major opera houses in Germany plus, in 2006, he sang the role at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under the direction of Zubin Mehta.
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