performers
Festival Napa Valley Volti Chorale
Festival Napa Valley Volti Chorale is a 36-member chorus made up primarily of singers from Volti, one of the leading professional vocal ensembles in the United States. Under the direction of Robert Geary since its founding in 1979, Volti has a primary purpose of performing contemporary American music, and has commissioned and premiered over 100 new works.
Performances
The 2024 Manetti Shrem Opera Program Vocalists perform a showcase of favorite opera scenes together with Festival Orchestra Napa. The program also features Volti Chorale in composer Gordon Getty’s acclaimed Old Man triptych – The Old Man in the Morning, The Old Man in the Night, and The Old Man in the Snow – performed together for the first time. Ming Luke conducts.
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Experience thrilling onstage alchemy when soprano Brenda Rae and tenor Michele Angelini perform Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio. The celebrated stars are joined by bass David Soar, Volti Chorale and five members of BODYTRAFFIC. Carlo Montanaro leads Festival Orchestra Napa in this comedic tale of forbidden love. Jean-Romain Vesperini directs.