Please join us for the

SIXTH EVELYN LEAR AND THOMAS STEWART EMERGING SINGERS CONCERT IN D.C.

Under the honorary patronage of His Excellency, Wolfgang Ischinger,
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Wagner Society of
Washington, D.C. will present the Sixth Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart
Emerging Singers Concert in the auditorium of the

Embassy of Germany
4645 Reservoir Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

Friday, May 16th, 2003
7:30 P.M.

An artists' reception will follow the concert in the Embassy.

The concert will consist of an all-Wagner program of solos, duets, and
scenes from the Wagner operas performed by four American professional
singers with the potential and talent for distinguished careers singing
Wagner's music. The singers have been selected and coached by the
world-famous opera stars and teachers Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart,
together with John Edward Niles a member of the Board of Directors of
the Wagner Society and Director of the Opera Theater of Northern Virginia.

Featured are Gail Sullivan, who will be returning for her second appearance
in these concerts; mezzo-soprano Roxanne Rowedder; tenor Michael Hayes;
and baritone Charles Robert Austin, who sang the part of Hunding in last
year's Virginia Opera production of Die Walkure. The very noted Washington
teacher and pianist, Betty Bullock, will accompany the four singers.

The Emerging Singers Program is a partnership of the Wagner Society with
Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart. Its concerts are intended to provide
enjoyment of Wagner's music to the public and to provide the singers
with experience singing the Wagner repertoire. Although this is not a
contest, participating singers may receive support from the Program to
help advance their careers. Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart are two of
the greatest singers in American operatic history. Their distinguished
careers have taken them to all of the major opera houses and music
festivals of the world. Both have won prestigious awards, including a
number of Grammy Awards for their recordings. Now settled in the Washington
area, they are in constant demand for master classes and coaching.  They
are devoted to helping develop American singers. In this way, they pass
on to the next generation of world class opera singers the high artistic
standards they set in their own brilliant careers. Several performers
in recent Emerging Singers concerts have gone on to promising engagements,
both in the United States and in Europe.

Admission to the concert and reception is $25 for Wagner Society members
and $35 for others.

Society membership information and reservation for the concert and
reception are available by calling the Society at (301) 907-2600 and on
the Society's web page at http://www.wagner-dc.org.  Street parking is
available outside the Embassy on Reservoir Road.

The Wagner Society of Washington, D.C.
P.O. Box 33051
Washington, D.C. 20033

Telephone (301) 907-2600
Facsimile (301) 907-8671

http://www.wagner-dc.org

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Janice Rosen, Founder