OTSL's "A Little Lunch Music" Series Continues on Monday, June 15

Photo: Soprano Jeanette Vecchione

Opera Theatre of St. Louis's "A Little Lunch Music" continues this Monday with a free noontime concert presenting performances by some of the young artists featured in OTSL main season productions.

This Monday, June 15, at 12:30 p.m. Jeanette Vecchione, soprano; Eric Margiore, tenor; Gregory Dahl, baritone; and Curt Pajer, pianist; will perform at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Adams, in Kirkwood, Missouri.

Vecchione will make her operatic debut at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis this summer as Florestine in John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles. Vecchione is a May 2006 graduate of the Juilliard School was accepted into the Master’s Program on full scholarship. She studies under the tutelage of Marlena Malas. (Information courtesy of the Iron Sharpens Iron blog.)

Click here to visit Vecchione's MySpace profile.

According to the Encompass Arts web site, "Lyric tenor, Eric Margiore, is quickly becoming recognized for his unique Italianate timbre and the excitement that it brings to the stage, especially in the high lying Bel Canto and lyric French repertory. Most significantly, Eric was hailed by Opera News for his stunning regional debut in the role of Arturo in the Malibran version of I Puritani with the Opera Theatre of St. Louis when he stepped in twice to replace an ailing tenor. This season, Margiore sings Narraboth in OTSL's Salome."

Blogger Philip Kennicott writes:

John the Baptist was sung by baritone Gregory Dahl, whose voice was the most traditionally matched to the role. He was an uncomfortably believable prophet, vocally authoritative, and at times almost pastoral in his warnings to Salome. He dominated the orchestral texture more than the other singers, which meant he had an unusually large impact on the drama.

Curt Pajer, not only a pianist but also a vocal coach, has been on the music staff of OTSL since 1999.

Classic 99 KFUO-FM serves as a sponsor for the "A Little Lunch Music" series.

The final concert in the series will be:

June 22, 2009
The Purser Center
(on the campus of Logan Chiropractic College)
1851 Schoettler Road
Chesterfield, Missouri

For more information, contact the OTSL's Education Department at (314) 963-4250.