There is Celebrity Series news large and small today. This post is going to focus on a small bit of news, but one of importance to lovers of singing. Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham has announced her January 21 recital program for NEC's Jordan Hall. Ms. Graham will a program entirely of works by French composers, and a dizzying array they are: Bizet, Franck, Fauré, Gounod, Lalo, Saint-Saëns, Chabrier, Paladilhe, Debussy, Chausson, Bachelet, Duparc, Ravel, Caplet, Roussel, Messiaen, Hahn, Satie, Honegger, Sauguet and Poulenc. Whew!
Malcolm Martineau, who recently accompanied Angelika Kirchschlager in a Celebrity Series recital, will accompany Ms. Graham as well.
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