OTSL's "A Little Lunch Music" Series Concludes on Monday, June 22

Photo: Heidi Stober, from her web site.

"A Little Lunch Music, OTSL's series of free noontime concerts presenting performances by some of the young artists featured in OTSL main season productions, concludes on Monday, June 22.

This Monday, June 22, at 12:30 p.m. Heidi Stober, soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; Carlton Ford, baritone; will perform at the Purser Center, on the campus of Logan College, 1851 Schoettler Road, Chesterfield, Missouri.

According to her web site,

Soprano Heidi Stober is rapidly gaining recognition for her beautiful voice, exquisite musicianship and exciting presence on the operatic stage. She has received high praise for performances with New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, and Boston Lyric Opera. For her performance in Plateé, Opera News said: "Only soprano Heidi Stober, as Folly, stood out vocally; her extended aria … was a musical and theatrical tour de force."

Stober makes her company debut at OTSL as Aminta in Il re pastore. Patricia Rice, of the St. Louis Beacon writes:

Stober makes her St. Louis debut singing the role of the king. Mozart wrote the role for Tommaso Consoli, a famous adult male soprano, a castrato. Now that the gruesome operation on pre-teen boy singers is criminal child abuse, female sopranos are cast in castrato roles, called "pants roles."

Tenor Paul Appleby, a first year master's student at the Juilliard School, is making his debut as Agenore in Mozart's Il re Pastore in OTSL's production.

Baritone Carlton Ford, a student of Marlena Malas at the Julliard School, is appearing as a Cappadocian in OTSL's Salome.

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

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