Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.  7:30 pm. Wm. Abbott Concert Hall.  St. Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra, guest conductor:  Jack Stamp.   Music by Nelson Keyes, Rodney Newton, Benjamen Blasko, Alfred Burt plus 2 world premier performances by composers David Hackbridge Johnson and Jack Stamp. “Prologue and Dance” from Music for Monday Evening by Nelson Keyes; Elegos plus Infamy – Jack Stamp; Distant Nebulae by Rodney Newton; Vessel of Joy by Benjamen Blasko; Fuguing Tune by David Hackbridge Johnson plus Alfred Burt Carols.

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Bio:
In 2023/24, Jack Swanson will make his debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Don Ramiro (La
Cenerentola) and then returns to Den Norske Oper in the same role for Stefan Herheim’s
production under Vincenzo Milletarì. He also makes his debut with Houston Grand Opera,
returning to the role of Fenton (Falstaff) under Patrick Summers.  He will finish his season at the
Rossini Opera Festival, reprising his signature Almaviva under Lorenzo Passerini.

Equally comfortable on the concert and recital platforms, this season Jack performs recitals with
the Sag Harbor Song Festival and Salle Bourgie in Montreal, Canada with pianist, John
Arida.  He will also perform Carmina Burana with Symphoria Orchestra in New
York.  Jack debuted with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rossini’s Stabat Mater
conducted by Myung-Whun Chung, the Houston Symphony for Mozart’s requiem under the
baton of Itzhak Perlman and has otherwise appeared at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, the Atlanta
Opera, Lausitz Festival and Los Angeles Opera as Candide, the Kennedy Center in Washington
in selections from Schumann’s Dichterliebe, and with Speranza Scappucci and Insula Orchestra
in Rossini’s Messa di Gloria. He has given mainstage recital debuts at Oper Frankfurt with
Malcolm Martineau, and as part of the 2021 Rossini Opera Festival with Gianni Fabbrini, in
programmes of Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Rossini and Poulenc.

Jack Swanson has had great competition success and been the recipient of several prestigious
awards in recent years, including the Richard Tucker Career Grant and twice receiving the
Richard Tucker Memorial award from Santa Fe Opera. Jack studied at the University of
Oklahoma and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.