Our stage comes alive with special events that touch our community.

Deborah Voigt: Widely acknowledged as the preeminent dramatic soprano today, Deborah Voigt has made her mark on both the operatic and concert stages in a remarkably varied repertoire, especially the operas of Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, and Giuseppe Verdi. She appears at The Emerson Center on January 31.

Marcello Giordani: Opera World has called Marcello Giordani "arguably, the greatest leading tenor of his generation." When he appears at The Emerson Center on February 1, he will bring his extreme talent to instruct and counsel area singers who seek to perfect their operatic abilities.

Those witnessing this two-day event will experience how these world famous master opera singers listen, instruct and critique the technique of opera singing. A group of carefully selected and qualified singers have been invited to participate in the program. By sitting in on these Master Classes, you will, in essence, hear a recital of operatic works sung by these gifted singers and benefit by overhearing the instructions of these noted master singers.

On the first day, half of the applicants will perform an operatic aria, and the other half will receive instructions, techniques and theory about the art of singing. The second day will reverse the order.

The lessons will highly inform and enlighten those aspiring singers in the general public about the opera singing genre by two of the most celebrated operatic talents of our days, Deborah Voigt and Marcello Giordani.

Tickets will be available starting October 1.

For tickets, call 772-778-5249 or visit The Emerson Center's online ticket center. The Emerson Center, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, is conveniently located at 1590 27th Avenue, on the SE corner of 16th Street and 27th Avenue and has more than 300 parking spaces, an auditorium that seats over 800 people in comfortable padded seating, a raised stage that offers everyone unrestricted views, and professional state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems. Call 772-778-5249 for tickets, purchase tickets online, or visit The Emerson Center itself. Group tickets are also available.