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Catalina Cuervo Returns to Southwest Detroit for Magical Holiday Concert

EL CENTRAL by EL CENTRAL
December 22, 2022
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Renown Colombian-American soprano Catalina Cuervo returned to Detroit to perform a special gala program last Saturday evening at Detroit’s Church of the Most Holy Redeemer in the heart of Mexicantown. The free concert featured holiday classics and sacred pieces in English, Latin, and Spanish.

Catalina Cuervo is regarded as one of the world’s leading voices of Latin American repertoire. She has performed the title role of Astor Piazzolla’s tango opera Maria de Buenos Aires more than 80 times and has frequently portrayed painter Frida Kahlo in Robert X. Rodriguez’s 1991 opera Frida.

Joining Catalina for the performance was performing was guitarist Álvaro Andrés Bermudez; pianist Nathalie Doucet, Detroit Opera’s Head of Music; and four emerging artists—soprano Melanie Spector; mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Barkidjija; tenor Leo Williams, and baritone Ben Reisinger. The four emerging artists are participants in Detroit Opera’s highly competitive 2022–23 Resident Artist Program, selected from among hundreds of singers who applied for the program.

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The holiday concert is a direct result of Detroit Opera’s ongoing work to deepen connections with the Southwest Detroit community. In 2016, Detroit Opera board member Jesse Venegas and his wife, Yesenia, formed a partnership with Holy Redeemer Church. Presentations at the church have included concerts by Catalina Cuervo in 2017 and soprano Cecelia Violeta López in 2019, and Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors in 2018.

“We want to bring Latino artists and performers to SW Detroit. It’s important for our community to access to these performances and an opportunity to meet these performers,” said Jesse Venegas. “Catalina Cuervo and Alvaro Bermudez met with students at Holy Redeemer Grade school and it was an amazing experience for them and the students,” he added.

Detroit Opera aspires to influence the future of opera with a goal of invigorating new audiences through new and re-imagined productions, relevant to current times. It is creating an ambitious standard for American opera that emphasizes community, accessibility, artistic risk-taking, and collaboration, led by Yuval Sharon, Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director; Associate Artistic Director Christine Goerke; Music Director Roberto Kalb; and President and CEO Wayne S. Brown.

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Catalina Cuervo regresa al suroeste de Detroit para un mágico concierto navideño

La renombrada colombo-estadounidense “Soprano de Fuego” Catalina Cuervo regresó a Detroit para llevar a cabo un programa de gala especial el pasado sábado por la noche en la Iglesia del Santísimo Redentor de Detroit en el corazón del Mexicantown. El concierto gratuito contó con clásicos navideños y música sacra en inglés, latín y español.

Catalina Cuervo es considerada como una de las principales voces mundiales del repertorio latinoamericano. Ha interpretado el papel principal de la ópera-tango María de Buenos Aires de Astor Piazzolla más de 80 veces y ha interpretado a la pintora Frida Kahlo en la ópera Frida de Robert X. Rodríguez de 1991.

Catalina ha sido acompañada por el guitarrista Álvaro Andrés Bermúdez; la pianista Nathalie Doucet, Jefa de Música de la Ópera de Detroit; y cuatro artistas emergentes: la soprano Melanie Spector; la mesosoprano Gabrielle Barkidjija; el tenor Leo Williams y el barítono Ben Reisinger. Los cuatro artistas emergentes son participantes en el altamente competitivo Programa de Artistas Residentes 2022-23 de la Ópera de Detroit, seleccionados entre cientos de cantantes que solicitaron entrar al programa.

El concierto navideño es un resultado directo del trabajo continuo de la Ópera de Detroit para profundizar las conexiones con la comunidad del suroeste de Detroit. En 2016, como miembro de la junta directiva de la Ópera de Detroit, Jesse Venegas, y su esposa, Yesenia, formaron una sociedad con la Iglesia del Santísimo Redentor. Las presentaciones en la iglesia han incluido conciertos de Catalina Cuervo en 2017 y la soprano Cecelia Violeta López en 2019, y Amahl y los Visitantes Nocturnos de Gian Carlo Menotti en 2018.

“Queremos traer artistas e intérpretes latinos al suroeste de Detroit. Es importante que nuestra comunidad tenga acceso a estas actuaciones y la oportunidad de conocer a estos artistas”, dijo Jesse Venegas. “Catalina Cuervo y Álvaro Bermúdez se reunieron con estudiantes de la escuela primaria Holy Redeemer. y fue una experiencia increíble para ellos y los estudiantes”, agregó.

La Ópera de Detroit aspira a influir en el futuro de la ópera con el objetivo de fortalecer nuevas audiencias a través de producciones nuevas y rediseñadas, relevantes para los tiempos actuales. Está creando un estándar ambicioso para la ópera estadounidense que enfatiza la comunidad, la accesibilidad, la asunción de riesgos artísticos y la colaboración, dirigido por Yuval Sharon, director artístico de Gary L. Wasserman; la directora artística asociada Christine Goerke; el director musical Roberto Kalb; y el presidente y director ejecutivo Wayne S. Brown.

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