American Classical Orchestra Finale Concert - Reformation June 4, 2013

Two Metropolitan Opera stars will grace the stage to conclude the ACO's season. Layla Claire, one of the most sought after young singers in today’s opera world, will give her Alice Tully Hall debut. Layla arrives in the afterglow of her February 2011 performances as Marenka in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride at the Metropolitan Opera under the baton of James Levine. Canadian tenor Benjamin Butterfield is a favorite among both early music and contemporary music audiences. His elegant tenor voice takes center stage in Mozart’s commanding aria ‘Misero…O sogno.' But our season finale may hold the best for last, as we perform the Reformation Symphony. Mendelssohn’s scoring of the hymn ‘Ein feste Burg’ is thrilling, edge-of-your-seat music.

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