2nd Place winner of The American Prize for Art Song Performance

African American Composers, African Diaspora Composers, Awards, Latin American Music, News, Special Programs

In The American Prize VOICE (art song/oratorio division), 2024—The Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Awards of 2024, Cherry Duke won second place. Watch the videos that won here. More about the prize:...

BON APPETIT with South Bend Lyric Opera – Oct. 18-19, 2024

Engagements

Details Event: BON APPETIT with South Bend Lyric Opera Date: 10/18/24 Time: 7:30pm Venue: South Bend Lyric Opera City: South Bend , Indiana Country: US Age restrictions: All Ages Notes: Cherry reprises the role of Julia Child in this monodrama, which is a musical...

STREET SCENE with Central City Opera – 07/13/24

Cross-over, Engagements, Role Debut, Roles

Cherry Duke makes her company debut with Central City Opera in a new production of STREET SCENE, with music by Kurt Weill, and a libretto based on the play of the same name by Elmer Rice, with lyrics by Langston Hughes. Cherry plays Olga Olsen, a Swedish immigrant to...

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE with El Paso Opera – 05/17/24

Engagements, Musical Theatre, Role Debut, Roles

Cherry Duke is delighted to return to the Abraham Chavez Theater and to Sondheim. This will be Cherry’s second Sondheim musical, after playing Mrs. Segstrom in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC with Indiana Repertory Theater. Cherry plays the artist’s mother and an art...

National Opera Association Conference Presentation – 01/04/24

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As a result of her successful collaborations and community engagement initiatives at The University of Texas at El Paso, Cherry Duke offers a presentation at the 2024 National Opera Association conference.   All Together Now: Opera as a Vehicle for...