| Opera lectures and concerts have been presented at the
Detroit Opera House, in cooperation with the Michigan Opera
Theatre, at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and at the International
Institute. Other activities have included presentations
and performances at several Detroit metropolitan area high
schools; exhibits on opera at cultural institutions and
opera theaters in Michigan, Ohio, and Canada. Artists of
the Verdi Opera have performed with the Michigan Opera Theatre
as well as with the symphony orchestras of Birmingham-Bloomfield,
Livonia, Plymouth, Dearborn, Saginaw Bay, and Sarnia/Ontario,
among others. Special concerts were also presented with
the Parma Opera Ensemble (2001) and with the famed La Scala
Instrumental Ensemble (2007) featuring world-renowned and
Grammy Award winning basso Michele Pertusi. In addition,
the Verdi Opera is privileged to have supported and featured
at its concerts the artistry of mezzosoprano Irina Mishura
a leading performer at New York's Metropolitan Opera House,
at Milan's La Scala
and at other major opera theaters in the world. Tenor Scott
Piper, who was chosen by celebrated director Franco Zeffirelli
to star in new peoductions of Aida and La Traviata in Verdi's
hometown of Busseto,
also performed with the Verdi Opera. |
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