Letter of Encouragement to Artists – (co-vid 19)

Dear Fellow Artists of all Stripes,Just a wee note of encouragement to you.We are all struggling, sad about cancelled gigs, feelings of helplessness, wondering when we can share our Art again.The Arts are now more precious than ever. This is not forever. When we can all emerge from our respective isolations, let us be ready to fly.So I am encouraging you to keep playing, painting, writing, learning, practicing, planning, dreaming and being grateful for the blessings of family, friends, and nature.with love and all good wishes to you and yours,diana xoxo!

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Amahl & the Night Visitors – Opus Concert Theatre 2019 & 4Jan20

Fully-staged, sung in English accompanied by the Opus Concert Theatre Chamber Orchestra, we proudly present Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. A poor widow and her young disabled son, Amahl, are on the verge of starvation, when a knock at the door reveals Three Kings, each bearing gifts as they follow the star in the East. When Amahl and his mother learn the purpose of their journey, lives are changed forever. Each show includes an entertaining pre-show lecture, and a Meet and Greet the artists H’ors d’Oeuvres Receptions afterwards. Let us be a part of your Holiday Celebration. . . . → Read More: Amahl & the Night Visitors – Opus Concert Theatre 2019 & 4Jan20

Jolly Roger by Walter Leigh

Below is a “shameless plug” for an upcoming concert. 🙂 I portray the deliciously wicked Governor of Jamaica (pants role): https://www.facebook.com/newoldtheater/

Rarely-performed and nearly unknown in the U.S., JOLLY ROGER arrives aboard the Liberty Ship USS JOHN W. BROWN, just in time for the Fell’s Point Privateer Festival in 2018.

No tickets required. Admission to the performance is a suggested donation $15. Donations of other amounts are also acceptable to tour the ship with or without seeing JOLLY ROGER.

This delightful and strange English operetta from 1933 offers Pirates, a ruthless Governor of Jamaica, zany misadventures, and multiple romances . . . → Read More: Jolly Roger by Walter Leigh

Amahl & the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti – Opus Concert Theatre

Opus Concert Theatre proudly presents Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors”. A poor widow and her young disabled son, Amahl, are on the verge of starvation, when a knock at the door reveals Three Kings, each bearing gifts as they follow the star in the East. When Amahl and his mother learn the purpose of their journey, lives are changed forever. Sung in English, each show includes an entertaining pre-show Lecture, and a Meet/Greet the Artists afterwards. Let us be a part of your Holiday Celebrations. <3

All Tickets may be purchased on the Opus Concert Theatre website . . . → Read More: Amahl & the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti – Opus Concert Theatre

Opus Concert Theatre – Carmen-Vive la Liberté

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Park Slope Opera – Brooklyn, NY Concert – 25 April 2015

Diana Cantrelle, Mezzo-Soprano will be singing in a concert 25 April 2015 with Park Slope Opera, 6th Avenue and 8th Street, Brooklyn, New York at 7 pm. Her repertoire for the concert includes scenes from Tales of Hoffman by Offenbach – “Belle Nuit”, Delibes’ “Lakmé Duet”, Bellini’s “Mira Norma”, and Mozart’s Act II finale “Le Nozze di Figaro”.

 

Recent Works: Dame Quickly – Falstaff, Juno & Ino – Semele

Recent works include Dame Quickly in Verdi’s Falstaff, and Juno & Ino in Handel’s Semele both concert versions performed with SingCentral in New York City.

Amahl & the Night Visitors – by Menotti – Diana Cantrelle as The Mother

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Handel’s Messiah – contralto soloist Diana Cantrelle – Canada – 6 & 7 December 2013

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Happy to be returning to sing with these talented, dear artists! 🙂

Contralto Soloist – Bach Magnificat in D Major – Advent Project – Vienna, VA

Classic work by J. S. Bach – Magnificat in D Major = 1 December 2013