A new series of recitals by rising opera stars will be among the leading attractions in the 2013-2014 season at Pace Universityâs Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, the center in lower Manhattan has announced.
The first performance in the new opera series, known as VOCE at Pace: Rising Opera Stars in Recital, will feature American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton on Nov. 3.
Mr. Barton is the winner of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a Grammy nominee, and 2013 Cardiff Singer of the World Winner. Paul Appleby and Nadine Sierra will perform later in the opera recital series.
The Schimmel opens its season on Sept. 21 with âSonorama: The Lost Space Age Pop Music of Esquivel,â which the center describes as âa big band tribute to the late, great lounge legendâ Juan Garcia Esquivel.
The center will also feature its âArt History Aliveâ lectures, which this year include discussions of the works of Raphael, Renoir and Frida Kahlo, among others.