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Venue: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Address: 500 S. Goodwin Ave. , Urbana

Venue Details: Foellinger Great Hall

Cost: Tickets are free and available through the Krannert Center Box Office beginning at 10 a.m. on Jan. 4.

posted 2:54 pm Dec 13
modified 12:00 pm Jan 25

The University of Illinois will remember renowned tenor and U of I alumnus Jerry Hadley in a memorial concert. The concert will feature internationally respected artists and friends of Hadley, including Frederica von Stade, Richard Leech, Thomas Hampson, and Samuel Ramey. The memorial is a joint production of the University of Illinois School of Music and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, where Hadley made his debut in the UI Opera production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute in 1974. An exhibit covering the tenor’s 32-year career will also be on display in the Center’s lobby the evening of the concert.

Conceived and directed by Jerold Siena, professor of voice, the evening will include songs and arias, ranging from musical theatre to Verdi; Maestro Eduardo Diazmuñoz, director of the U of I Opera Program, will conduct. The culmination of the concert celebration of the singer’s life in music will be a joint performance by the UI Chamber Choir, Oratorio Choir, and Concert Choir directed by Fred Stoltzfus; the UI Symphony Orchestra; and special guest artists in a grand finale presentation of “Let Our Garden Grow” from Bernstein’s Candide.