Sunday, April 22, 2012

Bass Soloman Howard Makes Washington National Opera Debut in 'Nabucco'


[Soloman Howard, High Priest of Baal]


Washington National Opera: Nabucco

Witness the epic struggle of a royal family at odds with their nation and each other, battling for power among the lost wonders of the world in Verdi's powerful opera about the defeat, enslavement, and exile of the ancient Babylonian Jews.



Soloman Howard
A native of Washington, D.C., bass Soloman Howard makes his WNO debut in this production. He is in his first year of WNO's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program. His recent credits include a debut with Washington Concert Opera as Leone in Verdi's Attila and performances on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Previous engagements include Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and many concerts with the Morgan State University Choir, including the role of Porgy in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess under the baton of Paul Freeman. He is a graduate of Morgan State University and the Manhattan School of Music.

[Paul Freeman (b. 1936) is featured at AfriClassical.com]

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