Metropolitan Opera Soloist Performs at Shorefront Y

Principal soloist from the Bolshoi Theater and Metropolitan Opera, Mikhail Svetlov, will perform “The Cosmos, the Singer and the Stars,” May 22,  5 p.m. at the Shorefront YM-YWHA, 3300 Coney Island Avenue.

The Grammy-nominated bass, who performs in Russian and English, will showcase some of the classic masterpieces from his world vocal repertoire, a satirical mini-opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, “Anti-Formalist Rayok” (“The Peep-show”), and the premiere of two new Russian romances by internationally acclaimed composer Dennis Dougherty.

The program also features a dialogue between Svetlov and J. David Jackson, an assistant conductor of at the New York Metropolitan Opera.

Svetlov, nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award for his interpretation of the music of Igor Stravinsky, is the first Russian bass to ever perform the title roles in Don Giovanni and The Flying Dutchman.

To learn more, call the Y at (718) 646-1444, email mail@shorefronty.org, or go to www.shorefronty.org/arts or www.mikhailsvetlov.com.