Friday, April 4, 2008, 7pm – Davis Concert Hall
Sunday, April 6, 2008, 4pm – Davis Concert Hall
Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and Opera Fairbanks
Eduard Zilberkant, conductor

Concert performance of Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Teresa Eickel as Cio-Cio San
Joshua Shaw as US Navy Lt. Pinkerton
Kevin Kees as Sharpless
David Cangelosi as Goro
Leneida Crawford as Suzuki

Program Notes

Kevin Kees

Baritone Kevin Kees is delighted to be making his debut with Opera Fairbanks and the Fairbanks Symphony. He recently graduated with a Masters Degree in voice from Illinois State University. Mr. Kees has sung with the Nashville Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Virginia Opera, Opera North, Opera Illinois, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago in such roles as Figaro (The Barber of Seville) Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro), Sharpless, Silvio, Schaunard, Dandini, Papageno, Escamillo, Don Alfonso, Peter (Hansel and Gretel) and Sam (Trouble in Tahiti), among many others. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Mr Kees now resides in Middletown, New Jersey. He is a long time student of teacher Carl Lawrenz.