Mary Beth Nelson | mezzo-soprano
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2021

Winner's Showcase

​Rochester International Vocal Competition

May 1, 2021 at 7:00pm ET​
RIVC hosts an evening of performances from the 2020-2021 Rochester International Vocal Competition Winners. These young artists will perform thrilling renditions of the most moving classics of opera, art song, and oratorio. Participate in this one-of-a-kind evening of music by voting for your favorite performance and watch live as the Audience Favorite winner is announced. The RIVC Showcase is free and open to the public, and all donations received between May 1 and May 15, 2021 will be matched dollar-for-dollar (up to $1,000) to help sustain the organization and support vocal talent, youth education, commissioning of new music and more. (Performances will be pre-recorded, Audience Favorite voting will open starting at 7:00 PM and the winner will be announced live at 8:00 PM.)
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Scalia/Ginsburg

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Music and Libretto by Derrick Wang

July 8, 2021 TBD
July 9, 2021 TBD
July 10, 2021 TBD
July 11, 2021 TBD

Opera Las Vegas
Thomas & Mack Moot Court of UNLV’s Boyd School of Law
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Canzoni d'Amore

EnsembleNYC

​Saturday, February 13 at 7:30pm ET
A Livestream Concert featuring Songs of Love from the Operatic Repertoire.
A portion of the ticket proceeds will go to West Side Campaign Against Hunger.
TICKETS

2020

POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19:

Scalia/Ginsburg
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​​Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Music and Libretto by Derrick Wang

Thursday, March 19 at 7:00pm
Friday, March 20 at 7:00pm
Saturday, March 21 at 3:00pm
Sunday, March 22 at 3:00pm

Opera Las Vegas

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CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19:

Speed Dating Tonight!

Comic Opera in One Act Conceived by Dean Anthony
Music and Libretto by Michael Ching

Friday, April 17 at 8:00pm (preview)
Tuesday, April 28 at 8:00pm
Wednesday, April 29 at 8:00pm
Saturday, May 2 at 8:00pm

The Black Box Theater at the OperaDelaware Studios
4 S. Poplar St., Wilmington, DE
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CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19:

Les contes d'Hoffmann
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Nicklausse/La Muse

Music by Jacques Offenbach | Libretto by Jules Barbier

​Sunday, April 26 at 2:00pm
Friday, May 1 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 3 at 2:00pm
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Copeland Hall at The Grand
818 N. Market St. Wilmington, DE


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​Past Events

2020

Metropolitan National Council Auditions: Tulsa District

Saturday, January 18
​Cascia Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma

2019

Metropolitan Opera Club Holiday Lunch

Performance
​Saturday, December 14th at 11:30am
The Metropolitan Opera, New York City

Bach Magnificat in D

Mezzo-soprano soloist

Saturday, December 7, 2019
7:30pm

Featuring Bach’s joyous Magnificat in D Major with chamber orchestra, soloists and choir and other works by Poulenc, Howells, Rutter, and Arnesen.

​Adults: $25
Students & Seniors: $20
At the Door: $30

Charitable organization: The Wounded Warrior Project
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EnsembleNYC
W83 Ministry Center (Redeemer Presbyterian Church)
150 West 83rd Street, New York, NY, 10024 United States (map)
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Il barbiere di Siviglia

Rosina

Music by Gioachino Rossini | Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

Friday, September 20 & 27, 2019 at 7:30pm
September 22, 2019 at 2:00pm

Freede Little Theater, Civic Center Music Hall
​Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Bipartisan Senate Chiefs of Staff Conference

​Recital

September 2019

Performing selections from the comedic opera Scalia/Ginsburg with Composer and Librettist Derrick Wang and Peter Scott Drackley, Tenor.

Annapolis, MD

Why Do They Sing So Loud?
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Operatic and Musical Theatre Concert

Saturday, March 30 at 7:00pm

St. Patrick's Cathedral
212 State St., Harrisburg, PA 17101

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Monday, April 1 at 7:30pm

Penn Square Music Festival
Elizabethtown College's Leffler Chapel
1 Alpha Dr. Elizabethtown, PA 17022
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Friends of Bassett Healthcare Network

Valentine's Soiree

Saturday, February 9, 2019
​9:45pm

Otesaga Resort
Cooperstown, NY
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Picture

Houston Grand Opera

Eleanor McCollum Competition &

​Concert of Arias


Semi-finalist

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End of January 2019
Picture
Credit: Houston Grand Opera The Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2017-18 season.
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The Consul

The Secretary

Music and Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti

Sunday, January 13th @ 2:30 PM
Friday, January 18th @ 7:30 PM

Bronx Opera at Lovinger Theatre, Lehman College, The Bronx

2018

La Cenerentola
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​​Angelina

Music by Gioachino Rossini | Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti
June 8 & 10, 2018
​Opera Las Vegas
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Florencia en el Amazonas
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Paula (Cover)

Music by Daniel Catán | Libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain

April 28 – May 5, 2018
Florida Grand Opera
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Orfeo ed Euridice
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Orfeo (Cover)

Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck | Libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi
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March 17 - 31, 2018
Florida Grand Opera
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Frauenliebe und-leben

​Adelbert von Chamisso, poetry | Robert Schumann, music

In collaboration with Florida Grand Opera, a Songfest Recital titled German Romantic Lieder: from Beethoven to Mahler.
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​Friday, January 12, 2018, 7:30pm
ArtServe, 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

-and-

Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 7:30pm
Steinway Piano Gallery Recital Hall, 4101 Ponce De Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146
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2017

Lucia di Lammermoor
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Alisa

Music by Gaetano Donizetti | Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano
Nov 11 - Dec 2, 2017
Florida Grand Opera
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Oklahoma!
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Virginia / Ensemble

Music by Richard Rogers | Libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II

July 8 - Aug 22, 2017

​Alice Busch Opera Theater at The Glimmerglass Festival
7300 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY 13326

​The Siege of Calais
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​Aurelio (Cover)

​Music by Gaetano Donizetti | Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano

July 22 - Aug 19, 2017

​​Alice Busch Opera Theater at The Glimmerglass Festival
7300 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY 13326

Scalia/Ginsburg
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​Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Music and Libretto by Derrick Wang

August 4 at 4:00p
​August 13 at 5:30p

Alice Busch Opera Theater at The Glimmerglass Festival
7300 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY 13326
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Hydrogen Jukebox
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as Mezzo-Soprano

Music by Philip Glass | Poetry by Allen Ginsberg

Apr 21 & 28 at 7:30p
April 23 & 30 at 3:00p

Tri-Cities Opera Center, Savoca Hibbitt Hall
315 Clinton St, Binghamton, NY 13905

L'heure espagnole
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as Concepción

Music by Maurice Ravel | Libretto by Franc-Nohain
Coupled with Arnold Schoenberg's Brettl Lieder (1st half)

Feb 17 & 24  at 7:30p
Feb 19 & 26 at 3:00p

Tri-Cities Opera Center, Savoca Hibbitt Hall
315 Clinton St, Binghamton, NY 13905

2016

Hansel & Gretel
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Hansel

Music by Engelbert Humperdinck | Libretto by Adelheid Wette
​New English translation by Kathleen Kelly

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​Nov 11, 12, 18, 19  at 7:30p
Nov 13, 20 at 3:00p

Tri-Cities Opera Center, Savoca Hibbitt Hall
315 Clinton St, Binghamton, NY 13905

La Traviata

Flora

Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

​Oct 16 at 3:00p

The Forum Theatre
236 Washington St, Binghamton, NY 13901

The Crucible
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Betty Parris

Music by Robert Ward | Libretto adapted from Arthur Miller's play by Bernard Stambler

Jul 23 at 8:00p & Jul 31 at 1:30p
Aug 2, 8, 14, 20, 27 at 1:30p
​Aug 5, 18, at 7:30p

​Alice Busch Opera Theater at the Glimmerglass Festival

Lost Luggage

​(L'occasione fa il ladro)

Ernestina

Music by Gioachino Rossini | Italian Libretto by Luigi Prividali
New English translation by Kelly Rourke
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​One-act Rossini opera
​Aug 19 at 4:30p
​The Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion

Wilde Tales
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The Swallow

Youth Opera World Premiere
Music by Laura Karpman | Libretto by Kelly Rourke

Aug 9, 11, 16, 18 at 11:00a
Aug 11, 18 at 2:00p
Aug 14 at 5:30p

The Cooperstown Theatre Festival Barn

Season Preview Brunch

Ms. Nelson will preview selections for the Glimmerglass Festival's 2017 season
Sundays, Aug 7, 14, & 21 at 11:00a
At the Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion

2015

Falstaff
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Meg Page

Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, parts 1 and 2

Jul 2, 5 at 8:00p

Oscar Seagle Memorial Theater, Seagle Music Colony, Schroon Lake, NY

Into the Woods
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The Baker's Wife

Music and Libretto by Stephen Sondheim | James Lapine, Playwright

Jul 29, 30, Aug 1 at 8:00p
Jul 31 at 2:00p

Oscar Seagle Memorial Theater, ​Seagle Music Colony, Schroon Lake, NY

- Thank you, friends, family, and supporters -
© 2021 by Mary Beth Nelson
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