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Mississippi Voice Symposium and Institute welcomes acclaimed baritone for Friday recital at 小黄书

Mississippi Voice Symposium and Institute welcomes acclaimed baritone for Friday recital at 小黄书

Acclaimed baritone singer Corey Crider (Submitted photo)

Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜n acclaimed opera and musical theatre performer is joining students in Mississippi State鈥檚 Department of Music for a Friday [Jan. 18] recital as part of the fourth annual Mississippi Voice Symposium and Institute.

During the 6 p.m. recital in Old Main Academic Center鈥檚 first-floor Turner A. Wingo Auditorium, baritone Corey Crider will sing a variety of selections from oratorio, art song, opera, musical theatre and popular genres. All high school and college students and educators participating in the MVSI may attend the recital free of charge. Tickets are $20 at the door for non-institute participants and the general public.

Crider is among guests visiting the Starkville campus this week for the MVSI, which connects youth and adult musicians with respected instructors in vocal science, pedagogy, literature and performance from the U.S. and abroad.

Crider has performed as Marcello in 鈥淟a boh猫me鈥 with the Munich Philharmonic, Arizona Opera and Opera Roanoke in Virginia; Sharpless in 鈥淢adame Butterfly鈥 with Dayton Opera in Ohio; and Escamillo in 鈥淐armen鈥 with Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Madison Opera in Wisconsin.

Recently,聽Crider聽performed at Chicago鈥檚 Ryan Opera Center as Malatesta in 鈥淒on Pasquale鈥 and as Germont in 鈥淟a Traviata鈥 with the DuPage Opera Theatre. Additionally, he has performed the role of Ford in Verdi鈥檚 鈥淔alstaff鈥 for Opera on the James in Virginia and sang the title role in 鈥淩igoletto鈥 with Mississippi Opera, as well as Michele in 鈥淚l Tabarro鈥 with Opera Company of Middlebury in Vermont.

This season, Crider鈥檚 performances include a company debut with The Dallas Opera, a role and company debut as El Capitan in Pensacola Opera鈥檚 鈥淟a Florencia de los Amazonias,鈥 along with a return to Opera on the James for a reprisal of Germont in 鈥淟a Traviata.鈥 For more, see .

Additional recital information is available by contacting Jeanette Fontaine, voice area coordinator and assistant professor of voice in 小黄书鈥檚 Department of Music, at 662-325-3070 or jfontaine@colled.msstate.edu.

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