Kenneth Kellogg, Bass
Up Next.
Friday, September 12, 2025
Dvorak Concert Hall
Doudna Fine Arts Center
1860 7th Street
Charleston, IL 61920
Featuring: Kenneth Kellogg, bass, R. Carlos Nakai, Native flute
Will Clipman, world percussion, The Ciompi Quartet
Pamela Freund-Striplen: curator/narrator/violist
Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America is a concert experience that explores the Black and Indigenous influences on Dvořák during his time in America. The program weaves original Native American melodies and moving African American Spirituals along with Dvořák’s most beloved chamber music.
Metropolitan Opera:
La Bohème, Puccini
Role: Colline (cover)
October-November 2025
With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking. Franco Zeffirelli’s picture-perfect production brings 19th-century Paris to the Met stage as Puccini’s young friends and lovers navigate the joy and struggle of bohemian life.
Rise and Fall of The City of Mahagonny
Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
Role: Trinity Moses
February 16-20, 2026
London Coliseum
New for 2025/26. Consumerism meets hedonism in ENO’s alluring new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s rarely performed and frighteningly relevant tale of satisfaction at any price.
Enter the City of Mahagonny, where the pleasure is all yours – if you’re willing to pay for it. Lose yourself in a desert boomtown built on the foundations of greed and moral corruption.
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny tells the story of three criminals on the run who find Mahagonny, a city of gold. In a place where absolutely anything goes, everything is permitted and the rules are, there are no rules. The question is, who will get out alive?
Verdi Requiem: Bass Soloist
March 28, 2026
Verdi's Requiem has been described as a profound statement on life and death, blending the drama of his operas with the solemnity of the Latin mass. The piece is known for its emotional impact and religious fervor, capturing the tension between fear and hope that lies at the heart of the human experience.
Daughter of the Regiment
Role: Sulpice
Emerson Colonial Theatre
April 24 -May 3, 2026
Laughter meets revolutionary spirit in BLO’s staging of Donizetti’s glorious comedy. Inspired by the life of Deborah Sampson, the Massachusetts revolutionary who disguised herself as a man to fight for independence, this production transports us to Revolutionary-era Boston, telling a heartfelt tale of love and loyalty to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. With a new English dialogue by Kirsten Greenidge, it’s a patriotic toast to America at 250—and to the rebels who shaped it.
Beethoven 9
Bass Soloist
PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES
May 30, 2026/ May 31, 2026
Celebrate the season finale with one of classical music’s most powerful masterpieces—Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Under the direction of Principal Conductor Ari Pelto, and featuring the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera Chorus, this monumental work embodies the triumph of the human spirit. With its iconic “Ode to Joy,” Beethoven’s Ninth promises an uplifting and unforgettable two performance conclusion to the season.
