Cantor Colman to headline New Orleans Opera event tonight
Cantor Joel Colman’s booming bass-baritone voice will be heard in the sanctuary tonight at Temple Sinai, but not in his usual fashion, providing hazanuth for his congregation’s worship services.
Temple Sinai’s Cantor Joel Colman. (Photo courtesy New Orleans Opera Association)
Instead, the cantor will be a featured performer in an Opera Nouvelle presentation of the New Orleans Opera Association titled “Opera Americana: Music to Lift the Spirit.”
The event being held at Temple Sinai, 6227 St Charles Ave, will begin at 7:00 p.m. with doors scheduled to open at 6:30 p.m.
The program will include American spirituals, some selections from musical theatre as well as American opera. The cantor will be part of a group of eight vocalists who will offer a wide variety of selections including solos, duets, quintets and ensembles. In addition to Cantor Colman the program will feature pianist and keyboardist Jesse Reeks, tenors Tyler Smith and Mark-Anthony Thomas, soprano Taylor Ott and mezzo sopranos Lindsey Ware and Tameria Mosley.
Included on the program will be a preview of the Opera Association’s upcoming “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird” that plays the weekend of Friday, April 3 through Sunday, April 5, 2020 at the New Orleans Jazz Market.
Education Director William Mouat will serve as the program’s emcee.
