Opera is coming to Pagosa Springs. Please save the date for a Sunday, Nov. 10, performance at 5 p.m. at Saint Patrick’s Episcopal Church. The performance is free and open to the public.
Sunday Night Unplugged, Saint Patrick’s monthly music program featuring an hour of music and contemplation, presents Kimberly Schmidt (soprano) and Dale Scrivener (tenor and piano) performing arias and duets by Mozart, Handel, Puccini, Faure, Herbert, Morricone and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The Rev. Wren Blessing will provide contemplative comments on themes found in these pieces.
Schmidt is a retired professor of history who lives in the Washington, D.C., area. Her research and publishing focuses on the history of Mennonite missions to Indigenous Americans, especially Cheyenne peoples in Oklahoma and Montana. She leads history tours in Europe during the summer months, also focused on the Mennonite experience.
As the daughter of a Mennonite pastor, Schmidt has been singing all her life, but started focusing on opera 13 years ago under the direction of Dr. Nakia Verner at the Catholic University of America. She sings opera and sacred music at performance venues and churches in the Washington, D.C., area.
Schmidt has two children: one, a graduate of the Bolshoi Academy in Moscow who danced professionally; the other, a forest firefighter moving to Pagosa Springs this fall.
Scrivener has been involved in the Pagosa music and arts community since 2016. He loves to share his passion for music and theater with others. Scrivener makes art on stage with Curtains Up Pagosa (our local community theater) and high school theater, and has played piano for many churches in town. He is also an avid vocalist, having graduated with a bachelor of music in vocal performance from Mansfield University.
Come and experience a spirited performance on Nov. 10.
