Touring career Jonita Lattimore







after 2 years in lyric opera s center american artists, graduated , began touring internationally. in december 2000, stood out in concertante di chicago performance featuring works of samuel barber such knoxville: summer of 1915. same month, performed bach s st matthew passion, st john passion, cantata 151 , jauchzet gott world premiere of 5 songs of laurence hope henry burleigh part of american concerto orchestra, ensemble of chicago s leading musicians. in 2001, performed tulsa opera in mozart s marriage of figaro countess almaviva. featured in chicago sinfonietta s 2001 martin luther king, jr. day tribute. in may 2001, performed leonard bernstein s songfest chicago sinfonietta. performed musical tribute @ opening of august 2001 musical papa s child, based on life of etta moten barnett. in 2001, returned grant park music festival celebrate centennial of verdi s death.


she made appearances in 2001 , 2002 houston symphony. in february 2002, teamed again gordon celebration of centennial of langston hughes birth in musical theater words set music @ dayton art institute in performance entitled heaven. in march 2002, appeared again tulsa opera in don giovanni donna anna. during april 2002 performance buffalo philharmonic orchestra @ kleinhans music hall, singled out quartet of soloists solo curtain call. in april 2002, performed antonín dvořák s requiem tonkunstler orchestra of vienna. 2002 appearance @ grant park music festival included performances of ildebrando pizzetti s de profundis , brahms german requiem in july. performed brahms requiem in debut northern israel symphony. took part in june opening weekend of 2002 festival performing bernstein s symphony no. 3 ( kaddish ). during 2002–03 season, performed spirituals , operatic arias poland s opole philharmonic. season, appeared on final weekend schedule in august.


in 2003, performed chicago sinfonietta 2003 grant park music festival appearance all-mozart concert. later summer, performed boston landmarks orchestra, in presentation entitled 3 landmarks sopranos featuring arias , show tunes mozart, verdi, , gershwin. presented world premiere ensemble work 3 sopranos entitled may live composed boston s patricia van ness. internationally, performed @ edinburgh festival , made italian debut orchestra della toscana in both concerts , radio performances.


in 2004, performed @ chicago gospel music festival special guest in tribute mahalia jackson. performed @ opening night of jay pritzker pavilion during opening weekend of millennium park performance 2 nights earlier @ park s harris theater. featured in duet richard strauss arabella. when harris theater decided dedicated spring 2005 season memory of irving b. harris, lattimore opened season part of tribute marian anderson , mahalia jackson. also, in 2005, performed @ 20th anniversary season-ending concertante di chicago show. performed duet of ralph vaughan williams s sea symphony @ opening weekend of grant park music festival s first full season @ pritzker pavilion in june 2005.


she performed in dvořák s stabat mater @ grant park music festival in august 2006. in july 2006, performed part of quartet boston landmarks orchestra when opened summer series celebration of 250th anniversary of mozart s birth in first performance @ hatch memorial shell, regular home. performed in dvořák s stabat mater @ grant park music festival in august 2006. during 2006–07 season, performed christmas concert tour orquestra metropolitana de lisboa, beethoven’s symphony no. 9 calgary philharmonic, verdi s requiem helena symphony , program entitled dvorak & american soul, presented new york festival of song. season, returned perform houston symphony on heitor villa-lobos’ 3 songs floresta amazonas. lattimore performed in 2007 king day celebration chicago sinfonietta. 1 of 2006 performance @ grant park music festival, rescheduled august 17 , 18, 2007. in february 2008, returned new york festival of song 20th anniversary season @ carnegie hall harry, hoagy & harold performance. on january 28, 2008 performed oakland east bay symphony in verdi s requiem. appearanced louisiana philharmonic under carlos miguel prieto gershwin selections on may 9 , 10, 2008. 2008 performance @ grant park music festival of tchaikovsky s 6th , karol szymanowski s stabat mater on july 9 , 11.


in 2008, lattimore helped enable lyric opera of chicago overcome strict all-black cast racial requirement of gershwin s estate in production of 1935 opera porgy , bess in role of serena. performances of oh doctor jesus , man s gone praised. first time lyric opera had performed porgy , bess since warfield , leontyne price starred in @ civic opera house in 1952. has been featured houston symphony 2009. in june, helped chicago celebrate centennial of daniel burnham s 1909 plan of chicago performing commissioned work michael torke entitled plans @ grant park music festival on june 19 , 20, 2009. 1 of 2009 performances @ grant park music festival luna negra dance theater. other 2008-09 highlights included gabriel fauré s requiem eugene symphony , verdi s requiem both virginia symphony orchestra , colorado symphony orchestra.


in september 2009, performed orquesta sinfonica nacional de mexico. included in annual chicago sinfonietta 2010 king day tribute. scheduled perform sir michael tippett s child of our time on july 24 , 25, 2010 @ grant park music festival.








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