Courtney Kalbacker
Voice Educator. Director. Performer.
Index
Recital
Hugo Wolf - Sacred to Profane
Sept 10th at 3pm at Towson University
Recital
A Recital for the Feast of Hildegard von Bingen: The Life and Works of Eleanor Everest Freer
Sept 17 at 4:30pm at St. David’s Church
Lecture Recital
The Life, Work, and Legacy of Eleanor Everest Freer
September 22nd at 6pm at Towson University
RECENT PROJECTS:
Thirsty Thursdays at the Opera (Director/Production)
Opera Baltimore
Feb 23, 2023
Mystery on the Docks - Opera for Children
Opera Baltimore
March 4th at 10am
La Traviata (Dir. of Production)
Opera Baltimore
March 24 & 26, 2023
Final Dissertation Doctoral Lecture Recital - Univ. of Maryland
April 22, 2023 at 8pm
Leah Smith Hall, The Clarice
Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio / Freer’s The Brownings Go to Italy (A double bill) - Director/Production
May 5-7, 2023
Mozart’s Coronation Mass K317 (Soprano Soloist)
Towson University
Dec 3, 2022
5-4-3-2-1-OPERA! - Opera Workshop (Director/Production)
Towson University
Nov. 20 at 3pm
TOWSON UNIVERSITY:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Michael Ching/Shakespeare
April 22-24th, 2022, Stephens Hall Theatre, Towson University
"The course of true love never did run smooth”...
Lovers lost in the woods, feuding fairies and much more - A Midsummer Night's Dream is a spectacular romp through fantasy and reality. Now, The Music for the Stage Ensemble directed by Courtney Kalbacker, is proud to present the regional premiere of an operatic version of this classic, created by composer Michael Ching. The opera combines classic Shakespearean language and stunning visuals with the talents of dozens of the outstanding classical, choral, instrumental, and a cappella group performers. The TU Department of Music has commissioned a new orchestration specifically for our forces. By adding this writing for wind ensemble, the entire opera will be breath-based, with all sound coming from the human body through singing, wind instruments, or vocal percussion. Towson University COFAC Innovator-in-Residence, Shodekeh, will be leading the vocal percussionists and creating ambient sound design for the production as well. Come join us as we celebrate breath-as-music in playful and surprising ways - in a truly unforgettable show.
POTOMAC VOCAL INSTITUTE: OPERA SCENES, Director. February 29, 2020
TOWSON UNIVERISTY
Director, Music for the Stage - Short & Sweet: One Act Works for the Musical Stage , Towson University - April 28th at 3pm.
ANNAPOLIS OPERA/TOWSON U.
Director, Three Little Pigs, Towson University and Annapolis Opera - "Opera in a Can" children's opera
Annapolis Opera: Feb 10, 2018 - ‘Arias & Encores’ Concert
Washington National Opera: FAUST and TOSCA, chorus
PEABODY CONSERVATORY
ANON, by Errollyn Wallen - restaging, for opera outreach program
Director: Courtney Kalbacker
TOWSON UNIVERSITY
Le Nozze di Figaro, April 2018
Asst. Director: Courtney Kalbacker
TOWSON UNIVERSITY
Opera Scenes Program - Music for the Stage Workshop; November 2017
Director: Courtney Kalbacker
URBANARIAS
Service Provider at UrbanArias, July 13, 2017
Director: Courtney Kalbacker
ANNAPOLIS OPERA
"Taking a Chance on Love" - A Concert
Soprano, Courtney Kalbacker
Maryland Live Casino - January 29th, 2017
PEABODY OPERA - "Women in the Dark" - a triple bill of chamber operas:
Sukey in the Dark / Naomi in the Living Room / ANON
Baltimore Theater Project - Feb. 16-19, 2017
Director, Courtney Kalbacker
http://www.theatreproject.org/Shows/WomenInTheDark/
BALTMORE CONCERT OPERA
Susannah - Feb 24-26, 2017
Managing Director, Courtney Kalbacker
URBANARIAS
Lucy - April 1-8, 2017
Director of Production, Courtney Kalbacker
WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA
Madama Butterfly - Chorus - May 2017
URBAN ARIAS - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - Nyman/Sacks
Atlas Performing Arts Center
October 15, 16, 21, 22, 2016
Director of Production, Courtney Kalbacker
URBAN ARIAS - At the Statue of Venus -Heggie
Signature Theatre, The Ark
July 13, 2016
Director, Courtney Kalbacker
Featuring Melissa Wimbish
WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA
Lost In the Stars, by Kurt Weill
February 2016
Courtney will be performing as a Principal Ensemble member.
The GYPSY BARON by Johann Strauss
September 11-13th, 2015
The Victorian Lyric Opera Company
Music Director: Joseph Sorge
Semi-staged by Courtney Kalbacker
URBAN ARIAS - The Craigslist Cabaret
Signature Theatre, The Ark
July 16th, 8pm
Director, Courtney Kalbacker
KING LEAR, a new opera by Michael Oberhauser
In concert at the University of Maryland, April 12th, 2015 at 8pm.
Cordelia/The Fool, sung by Courtney Kalbacker
Blue Viola, a premiere of a new opera by Peter Hilliard and Matt Boresi at UrbanArias, Artisphere, Arlington, VA
Director: Tazewell Thompson
Conductor: Robert Wood
Director of Production: Courtney Kalbacker
March 20-29th, 2015
http://www.urbanarias.org/performances/
February 2015
The Whole Truth, a premiere of a new 25 minute comedic opera by Mark Campbell and Rob Paterson
UrbanArias, INTERSECTIONS Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
Courtney Kalbacker, Director
Feb 21, 27, 28, 2015
http://www.urbanarias.org/performances/
Madame Butterfly
Michigan Opera Theatre
www.michiganopera.org
Stephen Lord, Conductor
Bernard Uzan, Director
Courtney Kalbacker, Assistant Director
She Never Lost a Passenger, an Underground Railroad chamber opera presented by Lyric Opera Baltimore at Baltimore's free arts festival, ARTSCAPE.
Ms. Kalbacker will sing the role of "Sarah Garrett"
Performances are at 1:30pm and 5pm at the Brown Center in Mt. Vernon, Baltimore.
July 10-26th
A Fire in Water, written by Oberhauser/Johns/Berry
Courtney Kalbacker, Director
a gorgeous new opera at the DC Capital Fringe Festival venue: Atlas Theatre.
Tickets and show dates/times: https://www.capitalfringe.org/festival-2014/shows/329-a-fire-in-water
June 2014
"Mabel" in The Pirates of Penzance
Victorian Lyric Opera Company
Jan-June, 2014
Director of Production/Dramaturg for Bizet's Carmen
Opera AACC(Anne Arundel Community College)
Annapolis, Maryland
April-May, 2014
Assistant Stage Manager for Nabucco
Lyric Opera Baltimore
December 21, 2013
Handel's Messiah , soprano soloist
Harford Choral Society
St. Matthew Lutheran Church,
1200 Churchville Rd, Bel Air, MD
October 11-12, 2013
Warsaw Chamber Opera
The Young Wife, by Katarzyna Brochocka
Courtney Kalbacker, soprano
Katarzyna Brochocka, piano
Adam Biernacki, director
Warsaw, Poland
Sept 28 - 29 and Oct 4 – 5, 2013
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini
Ms. Kalbacker will be singing the comedic role of Berta, in the this fully staged production in Italian with English recitative.
Hub Opera Ensemble
http://www.huboperaensemble.org/
Hagerstown, MD
August 2013 :
The Victorian Lyric Opera Company's
The Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing Out!!
Aug 30-Sept 1st, 2013
A festival which will perform all 13 G&S operettas in 3 days!! Ridiculous Fun!
Ms. Kalbacker will be performing Angelina (Trial by Jury) and Mabel (Pirates of Penzance) in concert! Check the webpage for details on events, schedule and tickets! http://www.vloc.org
July 2013
UNMANNED STAGECRAFT presents:
The Young Wife, by Katarzyna Brochocka. Based on the novel by Gabriela Zapolska.
This show has been accepted to the D.C. Capital Fringe Festival AND to Baltimore's ARTSCAPE!!!
Confessions of passion: the secrets of a Young Wife revealed!
In 1890s Poland, a skittish Young Wife discovers an unexpected way to deal with her snippy husband, his giggling “lady-friend” and her own forbidden longings. Full of playful melodrama, the audience becomes her confidant in this delightful one-woman comic opera.
Courtney Kalbacker, soprano
Katarzyna Brochocka, piano
May 2013
Great Noise Ensemble
Atlas Theatre, Washington, D.C.
www.GreatNoiseEnsemble.com
Revolutions of Ruin, a new oratorio by Daniel Felsenfeld
May 17th, 2013
February/March 2013:
Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan
Victorian Lyric Opera Company
Rockville, MD
Feb. 22, 23 & Mar. 1 & 2 at 8pm
Feb. 24 & Mar. 3 at 2pm
Discounted preview on Feb. 21, 2013
www.vloc.org
Ms. Kalbacker is performing the soprano lead role of Phyllis, a lively shepherdess!
January 2013:
"Zerbinetta" in Ariadne auf Naxos, Strauss
(in concert)
Hub Opera Ensemble
Hagerstown, MD
January 26th at 7:30pm - one night only!
http://www.huboperaensemble.org/
Tickets are $20 online or at the door.
Ms. Kalbacker will be singing the high-flying role of "Zerbinetta," along side her husband, baritone Jeffrey Grayson Gates, who will performing "Harlekin."