South African Opera Superstar Pretty Yende Performs in Princeton

Saturday, January 14 at 8pm & Sunday, January 15 at 4pm – South African opera sensation Pretty Yende performs arias from Gioachino Rossini ‘s Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) and Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata as well as Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915. The Princeton Symphony Orchestra will play overtures from operas by Rossini and Verdi, plus Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Rossen Milanov conducts. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University Campus, Princeton, NJ. Tickets: start at $30 (children 5-17 who are accompanied by an adult receive a 50% discount); Accommodations or services can be arranged with two weeks’ notice, contact Kitanya at kkhateri@princetonsymphony.org; For tickets: princetonsymphony.org or 609-497-0020.