Meet Soloists Soprano Julia Radosz and Tenor Jonathan Burton: Share the stage with the RI Philharmonic Orchestra, April 13

About the soloists

Soprano Julia Radosz

• Rapidly established herself with the works of Verdi, Mozart and Bel canto.
• Praised as a “warm tone and agile phrasing” by Austin XL.
• Recent debut of La Traviata met with much enthusiasm for her “astonishing performance, brilliant soprano and thrilling embellishments that were augmented by the most subtle and heart-rending acting.”
• In the 2016-2017 season:
• Made role debuts as Musetta (La Bohème) with Wichita Grand Opera, Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) with Opera Orlando, and premiered the roles of Olympia (A Certain Quiet) and Lydia Larkspur (The Rivals).
• Other career highlights included Gilda (Rigoletto), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan Tutte), Adina (L’elisir D’amore), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Antonia (Les Contes d’Hoffman), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Pamina (Die Zauberflote).
• Winner of the Jenny Lind Competition, Connecticut Concert Opera Competition, Marcella Kochanska Sembrich Vocal Competition, the 5 Towns Music and Arts Foundation Competition.
• Received grants from Opera Buffs Foundation, Anna Sosenko and CareerBridges Foundation.

Tenor Jonathan Burton

• Recently appeared as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Welsh National Opera, Dick Johnson in La Fanciulla del West with Opera Colorado, Cavoradossi in Tosca with Central City Opera, Rodolfo in La bohème with Palm Beach Opera and Riccardo in Ballo un Maschera with Florida Grand Opera.
• On the concert stage:
• Performed with Kentucky Symphony Orchestra to sing Rene Clausen’s A New Creation, the Lexington Philharmonic for Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, Southern Ohio Symphony Orchestra for Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra for Verdi’s Requiem.
• Studied at Westminster Choir College and the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.
• Was a member of Florida Grand Opera’s Young Artist Program.

***At A Glance***

A Night at the Opera
TACO Classical Series
8 p.m., Saturday, April 13, 2019

Marie Jacquot, conductor
Julia Radosz, soprano
Jonathan Burton, tenor

ROSSINI: William Tell (Guillaume Tell): Overture
PUCCINI: E lucevan le stelle (Tosca), O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi), Quando me’n vo’ (La bohème) and Nessun dorma (Turandot)
PUCCINI (Madama Butterfly): Addio fiorito asil, Un bel di vedremo and Vogliatemi bene
MASCAGNI: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
RESPIGHI: Roman Festival (Fest Romane)

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