![]() He received his Bachelor of Science in math and moved back to Toledo where he continued studying dance locally. Since 2009, Mr. He took classes in ballet, modern, and contemporary and was a member of the Spelman Dance Theater student company. He serves as Co-Artistic Director and Director of Production for the Toledo Opera.ĭomonique Glover began his dance career as a senior at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia while studying mathematics. His favorite roles include Remendado ( Carmen), Harold Hill ( The Music Man), Anthony ( Sweeney Todd), and Algernon ( The Importance of Being Earnest). He has sung with Renee Fleming, Robert Merrill, Lili Chookasian, Irina Mishura, Diana Soviero, and many more. Norman is an accomplished singer and actor as well having sung comprimario roles and in the chorus for Toledo Opera for many years and just recently finished a run in the Croswell Opera House's production of The Prom starring as Barry Glickman. Favorite musical theatre pieces he has directed include: The Full Monty, Victor/Victoria, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, All Shook Up, and Evil Dead: The Musical. the Witch, Romeo and Juliet, Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?, The Magic Flute, and The Billy Goats Gruff. For the Opera On Wheels education program of Toledo Opera, he has designed and directed The Pirates of Penzance, Cinderella, The Stylist of Seville, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel vs. He made his mainstage directorial debut last season with Toledo Opera’s production of The Merry Widow. ![]() Norman has directed, costumed, and stage-managed plays, musicals, and operas. Norman has been active in the Northwest Ohio arts community for many years. An avid advocate for the arts, he has served as a music panelist for the Maryland State Arts Council and an advisor on its Strategic Planning Committee. Maestro Green conducted last season’s very successful The Merry Widow for Toledo Opera. Ernest Green is a graduate of the University of Toledo and the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he studied with Frederik Prausnitz. Green has appeared with many orchestras including: The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra, The Florida Orchestra, The Tuscia Festival Orchestra (Italy), Annapolis Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Lincoln Symphony, Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional (Santo Domingo), and the Trinity Chamber Orchestra. Green is the conductor for “Late Night” Music Director Paul Shaffer and Valerie Simpson for his symphony show, appearing with the Vancouver Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, Kalamazoo Symphony, and the Long Beach Symphony. As a Pops Conductor, he conducted for the late Marvin Hamlisch, where he worked with artists such as: Idina Menzel, Robert Klein and Lucie Arnaz, Maria Friedman, Brian D’Arcy James and Klea Blackhurst, Mike Nichols, Liza Minnelli, Aretha Franklin, Chris Botti, Kevin Cole, Maria Friedman, Lang Lang, and Barbra Streisand. He served as a Cover Conductor with the National Symphony Orchestra, where he worked with Denyce Graves, Sir James Galway, Pinchas Zuckerman, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Osmo Vanska, among others. Ernest Green is the Artistic Director of Live Arts Maryland and the Music Director of the Annapolis Chamber Orchestra and Annapolis Chorale. Starring Derrick Davis as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., Raquel Suarez Groen as Mother, and Joshua Jeremiah as Tateh. Norman brings this poignant musical to life.īook by Terrence McNally, Music by Stephen Flaherty, and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Ernest Green returns to Toledo to conduct, as James M. ![]() Ragtime stars baritone Derrick Davis (Toledo Opera’s I Dream) as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., Broadway soprano Raquel Suarez Groen as Mother, and baritone Joshua Jeremiah as Tateh. ![]() Ragtime is a powerful portrait of life at the turn-of-the-20th century, exploring America’s timeless contradictions of freedom and prejudice, wealth and poverty, hope and despair. As they collide in pursuit of the American Dream, they discover the surprising interconnections of the human heart, the limitations of justice, and the unsettling consequences when dreams are permanently deferred. Doctorow, this musical tapestry depicts an African-American family, a Jewish family, and a wealthy white suburban family in turn-of-the-century New York. Nominated for 13 Tony Awards® including “Best Musical,” and winning for “Best Original Score” and “Best Book of a Musical,” Ragtime makes its premiere to Toledo Opera audiences! Based on the novel by E.L.
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