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December 2010
The New York Social Diary has photos taken at the Met Opera Guild's recent annual luncheon.
Met Opera Annual Tree Lighting.
Wednesday, December 08, 2010; 6:00 PM FREE!
Ring in the season with the Met's Holiday Tree Lighting on Lincoln Center Plaza, featuring live performances by Nathan Gunn and the Met Brass.
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"Kelli O'Hara and Nathan Gunn will join the New York Philharmonic for a concert of songs and duets from the Golden Age of Broadway to be offered on March 21[, 2011,] at 7:30pm at Avery Fisher Hall. Ted Sperling will conduct the event.
"The performance will feature selections from musicals by Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, and Stephen Sondheim, ranging from
Carousel to Follies."
theatermania.com
Marcello Giordani, Nathan Gunn, Hei-Kyung Hong, Brandon Jovanovich, and Susanna Phillips are scheduled to sing at the annual luncheon of the Metropolitan Opera Guild on December 7, 2010, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.
November 2010
October 31, 2010
The Wall Street Journal reports that at a private party in New Jersey for a charity last night a woman fainted when Nathan Gunn began singing.
"The paramedics came to take away the guest, who seemed conscious and fine; reportedly, she was on a new medication and had not eaten enough that day.
""I don't know if anyone has ever fainted while I've sung before,' Mr. Gunn explained after his performance. 'Usually they're seated.'"
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THE DALLAS OPERA ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF HEGGIE, SCHEER AND NATHAN GUNN IN A WORLD PREMIERE SONG CYCLE! ~~~~FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011 IN THE MARGOT AND BILL WINSPEAR OPERA HOUSE AT THE AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
"Mr. Gunn, who recently earned outstanding reviews in the Dallas Opera's 2010 revival of Donizetti's Don Pasquale, will be accompanied by the composer himself at this world premiere performance, and by his wife, pianist/arranger Julie Jordan Gunn, throughout the remainder of the program."--dmagazine.com
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
"Sondheim! The Birthday Concert will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray by Image Entertainment on November 16[, 2010]. . . . the special will be broadcast nationwide by PBS as part of its Great Performances series on November 24.
"The Birthday Concert was filmed live during the performances of the New York Philharmonic's Sondheim: The Birthday Concert on March 15-16." -- theatremania.com
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Performances Include:
"America" (Dancers, West Side Story)
"Something's Coming"
(Alexander Gemingnani, West Side Story)
"We're Gonna Be
Alright" (Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Do I Hear a Waltz?)
"Don't Laugh" (Victoria Clark, Hot Spot)
"Johanna"(Nathan
Gunn, Sweeney Todd)
"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" and "Love Will
See Us Through" (Matt Cavenaugh, Jenn Colella, Laura Osnes, Bobby
Steggert, Follies)
"Too Many Mornings" (Nathan Gunn, Audra
McDonald, Follies)
"The Road You Didn't Take" (John McMartin,
Follies)
"It Takes Two" (Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Into the
Woods)
"Growing Up" (Jim Walton, Merrily We Roll Along)
"Finishing the Hat" (Mandy Patinkin, Sunday in the Park with
George)
"Move On" (Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Sunday in the
Park with George)
"Pretty Women" (Michael Cerveris, George Hearn,
Sweeney Todd)
"A Little Priest" (Michael Cerveris, George Hearn,
Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd)
"Theme from 'Reds'" with Pas
De Deux (NY Philharmonic, Two ABT Dancers Maria and Blaine)
"So
Many People" (Laura Benanti, Saturday Night)
"Beautiful Girls"
(David Hyde Pierce)
"Ladies Who Lunch" (Patti LuPone, Company)
"Losing My Mind" (Marin Mazzie, Follies)
"The Glamorous
Life" (Audra McDonald, A Little Night Music)
"Leave You" (Donna
Murphy, Follies)
"Not a Day Goes By" (Bernadette Peters, Merrily
We Roll Along)
"I'm Still Here" (Elaine Stritch, Follies)
"Sunday" (Broadway Chorus, Sunday in the Park with George)
"Happy Birthday" (All Cast)
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DVD, amazon.com
Blu-Ray, amazon.com
I regret to say that I could not manage to sit through the television broadcast of this Sondheim concert. Quite self-satisfied performers performing boring upper-middle-brow schlock for a quite self-satisfied audience.
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September 7, 2010
Rosie O'Donnell's Broadway Kids has announced the lots for its 2010
Charity Auction.
One of the items is:
2 VIP tickets to The Metropolitian Opera's production of The Magic
Flute and a backstage meet & greet with Nathan Gunn on December 24th,
2010, at 6:30 p.m. Orchestra seats, row V, seats 111, 112.
Donated by: Nathan Gunn
Lot closes: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 1:50:00 PM EDT
UPDATE (Sept. 15): The item appears to have been changed to "2 VIP tickets to The Metropolitian Opera's production of The Magic Flute and a backstage meet & greet with Nathan Gunn on December 21st, 2010 at 11:00am." Perhaps the change came because nobody had placed a bid for the Christmas Eve tickets.
FURTHER UPDATE! (later on Sept. 15): The date is back to December 24! I wonder what was going on?!?
EVEN FURTHER UPDATE: (a few minutes later on Sept. 15): I am told that a relative of the singer says the date is indeed December 21st. So, proceed with caution, if at all, if you are interested.
July 14 & 16, 2011
"Russian opera returns to Cincinnati Opera with Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin,' July 14 and 16. Renowned baritone Nathan Gunn will make his role and company debut in the title role. Tatiana Monogarova is his beloved Tatyana and William Burden sings the role of Lensky. Vasily Petrenko, who guest-conducted the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2008, makes his Cincinnati Opera debut."--cincinnati.com
Giuseppe Filianoti and Nathan Gunn -- Venti scudi -- L'elisir d'amore
BowChicaBowMom, blog of Nathan Gunn's sister
LINKS
NathanGunn.com
Yahoo! club: Fans of Nathan Gunn