Copland, Purcell, Poulenc, Hartke

It's been a whirlwind after UNLV Opera Theater's production of The Fairy Queen closed Nov. 10. Following the Purcellian afterglow, I performed Stephen Hartke's Iglesia Abandonada with violinist Weiwei Le at the Nov. 13 Nextet concert. And Nov. 17 I get to sing in the new Smith Center! The Copland program should be a crowd pleaser, and hopefully Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh will draw a crowd curious to hear him narrate the Lincoln Portrait. It is well-timed thematically, since the Spielberg Lincoln movie opens this weekend as well. My November performances will conclude with the Poulenc Gloria-one of my favorites-which I will sing in Ham Hall on Nov. 30.