FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Vincent Dion Stringer
March 6, 2011 443-885-4316
The Morgan State University Opera Workshop presents
Wisdom from the Journey Series
An Interview with retired operatic soprano, Junetta Jones
BALTIMORE, MD –The Morgan State University Opera Workshop (MSUOW)—Vincent Dion Stringer, Director—proudly announces a live onstage interview with retired international opera singer, soprano Junetta Jones(Metropolitan Opera 1963-65). This interview will take place on Tuesday March 15th at 4:00 PM in the Recital Hall, which is located in the Murphy Fine Arts Center.
Junetta Jones born 1937 is an American operatic soprano. A Baltimore native, she is a graduate of Frederick Douglass Senior High School. After earning a Bachelor of Music from Morgan State College, she was awarded a three year scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory where she earned a diploma in 1961 and studied singing with Joseph Laderoute. She then pursued further studies at the New England Conservatory where she earned a Master of Music in 1963 and was a pupil of Gladys Miller. She studied at the Tanglewood Music Center in the summer of 1961. In 1963 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera on Halloween of 1963 as the Celestial Voice in Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlos with Richard Tucker in the title roles. She sang two seasons at the Met, with other roles including the 1st Genie in The Magic Flute, the Page in Rigoletto, and Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro. From 1965-1969 she performed with major opera houses in Europe. She worked for 20 years on the advisory committee for art and culture for the city of Baltimore.
Inspired by James Franco and Inside the Actor’s Studio, Vincent Dion Stringer has created “Wisdom from the Journey” a series to celebrate, educate and provide young artists who are studying and practicing the art form of opera the opportunity to learn, hear and meet artists in the field of opera past and present.
The MSUOW is a comprehensive curriculum of study and performance within the Morgan State University Department of Fine and Performing Arts. The Workshop gives vocal studies music majors—who aspire to perform –the education, the “book learning, and the performance experience to be comfortable in competing for roles and positions within the world of opera. Most of the students who participate in MSUOW are also members of the acclaimed Morgan State University Choir, Dr. Eric Conway, director.
Admission is Free.
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