For those lovers of Broadway tunes, familiar operatic melodies, light classics and outdoor ambience, the Greater Bridgeport Symphony has a treat for you. On Saturday, June 28, 2008, this organization will be giving a free outdoor concert on the grounds of Fairfield University at 8:00 p.m. Conductor Matthew Savery will be at the helm, and the winner of the 2007 Jenny Lind Competition, Rebecca Sjowall, will sing selected songs.
Mr. Savery serves as music director of the Bozeman Montana Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus and has led other groups including the Boise Philharmonic, Butte Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic and Springfield, Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra. As of July 2008, he will become the leader of the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Sjowall's solo soprano roles have been Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff, La Marchesa del Poggio in Verdi's Un Giorno di Regno, Marguerite in Auber's Manon Lescaut and Pamina in Mozart's Magic Flute.
The Greater Bridgeport Symphony will demonstrate their expertise in Bernstein's Overture to Candide, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, and songs by George M. Cohan, George Gershwin and Rodgers and Hammerstein. If you come early, feel free to pack and enjoy a picnic feast.
