Home for the Holidays
December 14, 2024 / 2:00 p.m.
Two performances, one day only! South Bend's favorite holiday tradition returns with Music Director Alastair Willis and the Symphony for Home for the Holidays for one day only. A spectacular program of cherished Christmas carols and memorable seasonal tunes that bring joy to all. The perfect gift for the whole family. Anne Slovin, Soprano Soprano Anne Slovin is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Notre Dame, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate applied voice lessons, as well as courses on voice science and vocal literature. She is also a candidate for the doctoral degree in voice at Indiana University, where she studied with Patricia Havranek and Julia Bentley, and, most recently, sang the title role in the world premiere of Shulamit Ran and Charles Kondek's Anne Frank with IU Opera Theater. An avid performer of new and recent opera, Anne created the role of Mica Segal in Lyric Opera of Chicago's premiere of The Property, a klezmer opera with a score by Wlad Marhulets and libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann. She has also performed roles in Sumeida's Song by Mohammed Fairouz andThe Seduction of a Lady by Richard Wargo, as well as covering roles in The Grapes of Wrath by Ricky Ian Gordon and Hello Out There by Jack Beeson. At IU, Anne premiered the role of Brigitte in New Voices Opera's production of Marilyn's Room by Kyle Peter Rotolo. Anne also appeared Clara in the collegiate premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's It's a Wonderful Life with IU Opera Theater, a performance that was called "a delight" by Indiana Public Media. In fall 2018, she joined the Indianapolis Opera Resident Artist program, covering Musetta in La Bohème and premiering the role of Juliet in Star-Cross'd Lovers, a chamber opera by IU professor Don Freund. Anne is equally at home in standard operatic repertoire, having made her American mainstage debut ...