Overture Magazine: 2017-2018 Season March - April 2018 | Page 15

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and Irma La Duce. He has appeared
in concert with the Indianapolis,
Baltimore, Cleveland, Pittsburgh,
Grant Park and Chicago symphony
orchestras; Rochester and Naples
philharmonics; and The National Arts
Centre in Ottawa. Soundtracks include
On the Twentieth Century, Big Fish,
Merrily, 35MM, Writing Kevin Taylor
and Frozen. Crawford also appears in
the film The Standbys, a documentary
focusing on Broadway swings, standbys
and understudies.
in cooperation with the League of American Orchestras
Ben Crawford appeared with the BSO in
October 2016, performing Broadway’s
Leading Men, Jack Everly, conductor.
Kristen Plumley
A soprano with a
sparkling voice to
match her personality,
Connecticut native
Kristen Plumley brings
her joy of being on stage to every role she
performs. Lauded as “sensationally note-
perfect” (St. Petersburg Times), “a roguish
comedienne” (The Middletown Press)
and “Met-worthy” (The Dallas Morning
News), Plumley has portrayed Adina
(L’Elisir d’Amore) and Gilda (Rigoletto)
with Greensboro Opera Company,
Norina (Don Pasquale) and Zerlina (Don
Giovanni) with Virginia Opera, Barbarina
(The Marriage of Figaro) with New York
City Opera, Nannetta (Falstaff ) and
Amor (Orfeo ed Euridice) with Opera
Festival of New Jersey, Sophie (Werther)
with Chautauqua Opera, Adele (Die
Fledermaus) with Boheme Opera (NJ)
and Opera Theatre of Connecticut,
Despina (Così fan tutte) with Lyric
Opera of Cleveland, the Sultan of Egypt
(Glück’s Les Pelerins de la Mecque) with
L’Opéra Français de New York, Yum-
Yum (The Mikado) with Opera Memphis
and Josephine (H.M.S. Pinafore) with
Nevada Opera.
Other roles to her credit include Juliette
(Roméo et Juliette), Lauretta (Gianni
Schicchi), Kathy (Student Prince) and
musical theater favorites Maria (West
Side Story), Carrie (Carousel), Fiona
(Brigadoon) and Laurey (Oklahoma!).
April 9–15, 2018
D.C.’s future-facing festival of
symphonic innovation returns!
$25 tickets to all Kennedy Center Concert Hall performances
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Literary inspirations plus
ballet choreography Albany Symphony
Music exploring water’s role
in building NY community
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
All-Polish program with superstar
cellist Alisa Weilerstein National Symphony Orchestra
All-Russian program, in memory
of Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Plus thrilling free concerts, educational events,
and community activities all around the city
Boundary-breaking music makers
from across the country 21st-century takes on classical
favorites
New works by today’s most exciting
composers Performances in museums
and unexpected spaces
Tickets and info at [phone]
or SHIFTfestival.org
For all other ticket-related customer service inquiries,
call the Advance Sales Box Office at [phone].
Generous support of the SHIFT Festival is provided through a matching grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation;
by the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts;
by Dr. Gary Mather and Ms. Christina Co Mather; and by Michael F. and Noémi K. Neidorff and The Centene Charitable Foundation.
Additional support is provided by Abramson Family Foundation, Betsy and Robert Feinberg, and Morton and Norma Lee Funger.

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