Esperanza Arts Center presents a special live-streamed staged world premiere in partnership with Astral Artists featuring Brazilian Forró music, opera, dance, and storytelling traditions, as part of Voces 2021. Building on the sound of Forrópera, co-created by Chrystal E. Williams and Felipe Hostins, Forrópera Experiência features Chrystal E. Williams (mezzo-soprano) and Forró musicians Gabe Hall […]
Mozart Requiem The Columbia Orchestra Colleen Daly Eberhardt, soprano Chrystal E. Williams, mezzo-soprano Rolando Sanz, tenor Trevor Scheunemann, baritone And on the big screen: Singers of the St. Louis and St. Francis of Assisi music ministries. OR, watch from home: Watch the performance from home by using this link at 5 p.m. on June 6th: […]
Birmingham Opera Company’s eagerly awaited production of Wagner’s RhineGold came to Symphony Hall. Performed in English, with its full musical forces: an orchestra of 87 players from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a stellar international cast plus local volunteers. As ever, it was opera for our times. "Ecstasy from Birmingham Opera Company..... incontestably the […]
This scorching new production of one of the most popular operas ever written will take you deep down into a world where desire and hot-blooded passion reign supreme… Carmen is a strong woman doing what she can to survive in a poor frontier town, manipulating and seducing the men who try to control her. But […]
Songs by, for, and about women who break the rules. Celebrating a new production of Carmen on Opera North’s mainstage, American singer Chrystal E. Williams (singing Carmen) and Brazilian-Italian soprano Camila Titinger (playing the role of Micaëla), perform songs of rebellion, change and determination. Expect jazz, spiritual and popular song as well as classical and […]
The Washington Arts Ensemble presents an evening of Lieder, featuring breakout mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams, and pianist Natalia Kazaryan. Join us for an intimate program at our first S Street Salon, in the the heart of Dupont Circle. Program: Robert Schumann Frauen-Liebe und Leben, Op. 42 Ernani Braga Cinco Canções Nordestinas do Folclore Brasileiro B.E. Boykin […]
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: A singer of rare power and clarity, Astral laureate and Academy of Vocal Arts graduate Chrystal E. Williams is acclaimed for her poise, polish, and complete command of a wide range of repertoire. “When you think of what makes singers memorable, it’s this idea of personalizing the material. Williams has it…” […]
Celebrate the New Year with a stunning collection of musical talent from OperaDelaware and the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, alongside Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell. The evening will consist of two acts, beginning with a program of traditional New Year’s concert music, including your favorite Viennese waltzes and polkas. The second act will feature the talents […]