One Summer Night Soloists
Adrienne
Metzinger returns as a vocal soloist with One World
Symphony after having sung Cornelia in Giulio Cesare in
June of 2006. She is is a founding member, Graphic Designer
and Managing Director of One World Symphony. Ms. Metzinger
had the honor of singing our National Anthem to begin New
York City’s televised 2003 Veteran’s Day Parade
as well as at a ceremony honoring Senator Hillary Clinton
held by the United Spinal Association (formerly Eastern
Paralyzed Veterans' Association.) In June of 2003, she
made her Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall debut singing
the music of Kurt Weill in a benefit concert for the American
Red Cross. Some of her opera credits include Emilia (Otello),
Mercedes (Carmen), Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana),
Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Flora and Annina
(La Traviata), Peep-Bo (The Mikado), Countess
Ceprano (Rigoletto), Kate (Madama Butterfly),
The Sandman/Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel), Kate
(Ballad of Baby Doe) as well as Barbarina (Le
Nozze di Figaro). She has also made numerous appearnces
with One World Symphony as a featured soloist in Britten’s Ceremony
of Carols, Bach’s Magnificat, Mendelssohn’s A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Humperdinck’s Hansel
and Gretel as well many chamber and opera concerts
singing selections by Barber, Verdi, Offenbach, and Weill
to name a few. Ms. Metzinger has also performed world premiere
works by Kyle Gann (Orchestrated by Sung Jin Hong), Joan
Dawidziak and — most recently — a piece written
for her by New York composer Stan Grill for soprano, harp,
and cello based on poems by John McKenzie.
Jon
Morrell returns to perform Wagner’s Wesendonk-Lieder after
his triumphant performance of the title role in Samson
et Dalila with One World Symphony. Jon was born in
New York City, and is a student of Bill Schuman. He has
made several recent appearances in the United Kingdom,
most notably in Schubert’s Winterreise at
St John’s Smith Square, and at the Woodhouse Cops
Festival in Surrey. With the Concordia Foundation in London,
Jon has performed in their Christmas Concert at St. Paul’s,
and as Candide with the Opera Babes in excerpts
from Bernstein’s Candide at Queen Elizabeth
Hall, under conductor Rebecca Miller. In the United States,
he has recently sung the role of Sesto in Händel’s Giulio
Cesare with Opera at Florham, the CPE Bach Magnificat
with the Stockbridge Festival Chorus, and Messiah with
the Hudson Symphony. Future engagements include Winterreise in
Avignon, Toulon, and Paris, and Handel’s Samson with
the Luxembourg Cameratta.
Emanouil
Manolov has been the concertmaster of One World Symphony
the last three seasons. He returns as a soloist in Beethoven’s
Violin Concerto after his recent performance as Lex Luthor
in Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony with
the group in May 2007. Since his debut at age 10 on Bulgarian
National Television, Mr. Manolov has gone on to concertize
widely throughout his native Bulgaria, Germany and the
United States. Recital appearances have included the Kennedy
Center, the Library of Congress and the National Museum
of American History in Washington, DC. As a chamber musician
Mr. Manolov has performed at Barge Music in New York, and
was the concertmaster and soloist for the Young Soloists
of New York on the stages of the Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie and Symphony Space. He has been featured soloist
with the Virginia Commonwealth Symphony and a guest artist
at the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine.
As a chamber musician, Mr. Manolov has collaborated with
Colin Carr, Ani Kavafian and members of the Emerson Quartet
and the Berlin Philharmonic. He is currently in the Doctorate
program at SUNY Stony Brook, where he works under the supervision
of Pamela Frank, Ani Kavafian and Philip Setzer.
Thurs, August 16, 2007
St. Ann and the Holy Trinity
Brooklyn Heights
