Grammy Nominee
Best Opera 2011
The magical charms of New Year’s Eve in Vienna, brought to life with festive music by the legendary composers of the Viennese royal court. Ring in the New Year with two rising stars of the opera stage—soprano Lauren Snouffer and countertenor John Holiday—in arias and duets by Mozart and Gluck. Hear enchanting instrumental works by Schmeltzer, Fux, and Johann Strauss, the “Waltz King.” Our holiday gala and silent auction follow in the Sarofim Hall Grand Lobby.
Lauren
Snouffer
soprano
“ Lauren Snouffer knocks our socks off with a smashing lyric display”
— Opera Today
John
Holiday
countertenor
“ vocal instrument that threatens to equal the name artists in his range”
— Herald Times
Monday
December 31, 2012
9 pm
Zilkha Hall
Hobby Center for the
Performing Arts
