Timur: Songs of Love & Satire
The RCAS 20th Anniversary Season continues this fall with the acclaimed tenor Timur. In this passionate and humorous concert, Kazakh-American opera singer Timur uses the Soviet songs of his childhood to ask pressing questions about the intertwined forces of identity, politics, and history. He is joined by pianist Matt Podd and violinist Yvette Cornelia Holzwarth.
GREAT MASTERS: GEORGY SVIRIDOV & DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Teacher and student: Sviridov studied composition under Shostakovich at the Leningrad Conservatory, and each spent a lifetime finding music inside Russian poetry. RCAS closes its twentieth anniversary season with Sviridov's Petersburg — a vocal poem on verses of Alexander Blok — and Shostakovich's songs and Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67, written in 1944 in memory of his closest friend.
Man and Mask: The Legacy of Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Chaliapin was the greatest bass of his age and something rarer still — a singing actor who disappeared into every role he touched, from Boris Godunov to the Don Quixote Massenet wrote for him. Bass Denis Sedov and pianist Genadi Zagor trace that legacy through the repertoire Chaliapin made his own: Russian and French art songs, operatic arias, and the folk songs he carried from a Kazan childhood to the stages of Paris, Milan, and New York.
ONE, TWO, THREE: SOLO, DUETS, TRIO
Two Washington premieres: Weinberg's Clarinet Sonata, Op. 28, lyrical and quietly haunted, and Shostakovich's From Jewish Folk Poetry — eleven songs for three voices and piano that move from lullabies and laments to a bitter, brilliant show of happiness. With Genadi Zagor, Alexander Fiterstein, Martin Labazevitch, Rachel Blaustein, Maya Lahyani, and Viktor Antipenko.
The Zingaresca Ensemble: Songs of Passion & Love
The Zingaresca Ensemble returns with Songs of Passion and Love, a vibrant concert continuing The Russian Chamber Art Society’s 20th Anniversary celebration! Enjoy a captivating blend of Russian, Romani, and Yiddish musical traditions in a heartfelt celebration of love and longing.
P.I. Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin
Experience the passion and drama of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin in a powerful concert version, presented by The Russian Chamber Art Society. A stellar cast brings Pushkin’s timeless tale of love and regret to life. Join the artists after the performance for a reception with wine and light hors d'oeuvres.
A Tribute to Rachmaninov
The RCAS 20th Anniversary Season continues with a tribute to Sergei Rachmaninov and featuring your favorite artists from past seasons! Hear the sumptuous romances and beloved chamber music by the great composer including two works for cello and piano. After the concert you have a chance to meet the artists at a reception with wine and light refreshments!
P.I. Tchaikovsky | The Queen of Spades
Opening Night Gala Performance
The RCAS celebrates its 20th Anniversary Season with A Night at the Gaming Tables, an elegant gala performance. The evening features RCAS Artistic Director Vera Danchenko-Stern’s acclaimed abridgement of P.I. Tchaikovsky’s beloved opera The Queen of Spades. The concert is followed by a champagne toast celebrating our 20th Anniversary and a festive reception with wine, hors d'oeuvres, and petit fours.
Voices of Spring: The WNO Cafritz Young Artists in Concert
The RCAS closes its 19th season with a performance by the WNO Cafritz Young Artists. Don't miss this spectacular evening of Russian arias and art songs performed by the rising stars of the opera!
Great Masters: Nikolai Medtner & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The RCAS celebrates the works of Nikolai Medtner and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in a program including selection of Art Songs by both composers and Medtner's famous "Fairy Tales" for piano solo.
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
The RCAS presents P.I. Tchaikovsky's Iolanta. This abridged concert version of the opera includes the highlights of the work accompanied by a narrator and piano.
Enchanted Melodies by Women Composers: Lori Laitman & Margarita Zelenaia
Join The RCAS for an evening of Washington DC premieres!
The music of Lori Laitman and Margarita Zelenaia, two of the most talented women composers of this generation, create musical portraits of life encapsulating emotions ranging from grief to happiness, from tears to laughter.
Great Masters: Sergei Prokofiev & Dmitri Shostakovich
The RCAS opens its 2024-2025 season with a sumptuous evening of works by Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich. The evening’s program includes two Washington DC premieres; Prokofiev’s The Ugly Duckling, op. 18 and Shostakovich’s Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, op. 145a.