“Akama-Makia shone like burnished metal in both the meditative “If Singing is Free” by Mason Bynes and the program’s closing piece, the especially appropriate “Golden Days” by William Grant Still.”
ABOUT
Veena Akama-Makia will join the Royal Opera House as a member of the Jette Parker Artist for their 2023-24 season. She will make her Royal Opera House debut and role debut as Giovanna in Rigoletto (Verdi), Zweite Magd in Elektra (Strauss), and Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Puccini). She will also be covering the roles of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Mary in Der Fliegende Holländer (Wagner), and Bersi in Andrea Chénier (Giordano). This season will also mark her Royal Philharmonic Orchestra debut and role debut as Marta in a concert performance of Iolanta (Tchaikovsky).
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