While the body of the legendary tormented saxophonist Charlie “Yardbird” Parker lies unidentified in a New York City morgue, his ghost travels back to Birdland, the famed New York City jazz club named after him. As he struggles to complete his final masterpiece, the great bebop innovator revisits the demons, inspirations, and women who have […]
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…” […]