Jonathan R. Green, baritone, presents a lecture recital honoring the life and legacy of Black baritone Robert McFerrin. Among many other accomplishments, McFerrin was the first African-American male to solo at the Metropolitan Opera and provided Sidney Poitier’s vocals in the 1959 film Porgy and Bess. This performance will feature works by H. T. Burleigh, Stephen Flaherty, George Gershwin, Charles Gounod, Moses Hogan, Hall Johnson, Jerome Kern, Gioachino Rossini, William Grant Still, Giuseppe Verdi, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Green performs in collaboration with Leesa Kellerman Dahl, pianist; Cassandra Douglas, soprano; and Allison Semmes, soprano.

A reception will follow.

Presented by Trinity Congregational Arts Allegro.

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Jonathan R. Green is an American Verdi Baritone originally from Chicago and now residing in Harlem, New York City. He is an alumnus of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied with Richard Miller. Green also attended Indiana University and the University of Kentucky, studying with Tim Noble and Dr. Everett McCorvey. He has been a soloist with the National Chorale (NYC), including the baritone solo in Carmina Burana, and has performed internationally at the Semperoper (Dresden), Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf), Teatro Massimo Bellini (Catania), Teatro di San Carlo (Napoli), and most recently Teatro Regio (Torino). His operatic credits include the title roles in Rigoletto, Falstaff, and Le Nozze di Figaro, Scarpia (Tosca), Renato (Un ballo in maschera), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Marcello (La bohème), Crown (Porgy and Bess), and Germont (La traviata).

Time: 2:00-5:00 pm EST

Free!

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