Glimmerglass Opera To Benefit Young Artists Program

The Gala begins at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, followed by the musical performance at 7:30 p.m. Dinner is at 8:15 p.m., and dessert and dancing to the Peter Duchin Orchestra follows at 9:15 p.m. Performers for the evening include sopranos Allison Trainer and Megan Besley, and baritones Christopher Magiera and Ethan Watermeier.

Trainer was a member of the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program in 2002 and most recently performed in New York City Opera's The Pirates of Penzance and in Mozart's The Magic Flute at Annapolis Opera. Besley, a member of Glimmerglass's 2006 Young American Artists Program, most recently appeared in the world premiere of Anthony Davis's Wakonda's Dream at Opera Omaha in 2007 and in Glimmerglass Opera's The Pirates of Penzance in 2006.

A National Finalist in the 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Magiera will join Glimmerglass Opera's 2008 Young American Artists Program; he most recently appeared in Martinu's Comedy on the Bridge at Yale School of Music. Watermeier, also a 2008 Young American Artist, recently performed in the world premiere of John Musto and Mark Campbell's opera Late the Same Evening: an opera inspired by five paintings of Edward Hopper at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, Maryland. -- www.glimmerglass.org