Join me as I say goodbye Dallas, and hello Detroit!

Prepare for an evening of extraordinary music from your favorite discovered and undiscovered operas, with a sprinkling of contemporary songs and musical theatre. Featuring mezzo soprano, Akosua Achiah Adwini-Poku and special guests from the Black Singers Fund, Inc. musicians:

Jasmine Brown, soprano

Jayda Ennis, soprano

Wayne Mkhize, tenor

J’Von Brown, baritone

Lwazi Dlamini, baritone

with accompaniment by

Dr. Joseph Henry

Free admission.

Link to full performance!

Donations to support Akosua’s transition from Dallas are welcome!

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https://www.paypal.me/Akosua888 

Zelle to akosuaapokumezzo@gmail.com

Program

A voi, a voi, padre, consorte…Già nel seno comincia from Lucrezia G.F. Handel

Il mio tesoro intanto  from Don Giovanni W. A. Mozart

Wayne Mkhize, Tenor

Du bist der Lenz from Die Walküre R. Wagner

Saper vorreste from Un ballo in Maschera  G. Verdi

Jayda Ennis, Soprano

Près des remparts de Séville from Carmen G. Bizet

Che gelida manina from La Bohème G. Puccini

Wayne Mkhize, Tenor

Voi lo sapete, o mamma from Cavalleria Rusticana P. Mascagni

Zazà, piccola zingara from Zazà  R. Leoncavallo

J’Von Brown, Baritone

My Man's Gone Now from Porgy and Bess G. Gershwin

The Dodger

Simple Gifts

I Bought me a Cat from Old American Songs, Set 1 A. Copland

Lwazi Dlamini, Baritone

Misty E. L. Garner

Sweet Home U. Brown, Jr.

Jasmine Brown, Soprano

Defying Gravity from Wicked S. Schwartz