Summertime: An Enchanted Evening

Five Glorious Singers from Opera and Broadway Perform LIVE on the Vickie Soulier Stage at the Lark!

Barry Koron, Music Director
Directed by Ellie Mednick

Our enchanting evening of live music will be followed by the film South Pacific!

Susan Gundunas (Soprano)
With over 50 roles to her credit, critically acclaimed soprano Susan Gundunas is an active performer in opera, musical theater, and concert and recital repertoire.

Amanda Johnson (Mezzo Soprano)
A recent arrival from NYC, Amanda sang Off Broadway at City Center Encores, and has performed musical theater from Stephen Sondheim to Rodgers and Hammerstein, with appearances around the country. Locally, she is a featured player in musicals at 42nd Street Moon.

Adam Flowers (Tenor)
Adam has performed principal tenor roles in opera houses throughout North America, Hawaii and Japan. As a five-year Artist-in Residence for Opera San Jose, he performed over 32 roles. He is currently a member of the San Francisco Opera Chorus, and the tenor section leader at San Francisco’s St. Ignatius Church Choir.

Chris Vettel (Baritone)
Four seasons with Opera Company of Boston, Chris has worked on the theatrical, operatic and concert stages, including Broadway tours of Annie and Sunset Boulevard, regional theater in forty-three states and ten European countries.

Michael McCarty (Baritone)
Michael has performed in many venues including choral, opera, cabaret, and musicals. He has performed in local wineries and theaters for 18 years with The Gala Singers. Local theater performances at Novato Theater Company’s Guest Artist Series; multiple productions with Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble, Contra Costa Musical Theatre and with Center REPertory Company.

Barry Koron, Music Director
Barry Koron has accompanied or worked on productions for most of the major performing arts organizations in the Bay Area and Broadway touring companies. Berkeley Rep, Dickens Faire, New Conservtory Theater Center, American Musical Theater of San Jose, Lamplighters, Contra Costa Civic Theater, and for many Shorenstein-Hays Nederlander national tours. Accompanied Bernadette Peters, Brain Stokes Mitchell, Patti Lapone and Michael Crawford in Concert.