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Every first Friday of the month from June 6 through October 3, 2025, join Maryland Opera for an evening of favorites from Opera, Broadway, and beyond. Enjoy a glass of wine and a tasty meal from a local food truck as you sit on the lawn at Boordy Vineyards and experience opera in the great outdoors with the idyllic backdrop of of the sunset behind the performers.

*July's concert is on JULY 11, not July 4 due to the Independence Day holiday.

Maryland Opera’s Summer Opera Camp celebrates its 16th year this summer!  The Camp gives young singers training in all aspects of opera from vocal lessons and master classes to sessions in make up, costumes, wigs, stage combat, and more.  The centerpiece of Opera Camp is “Create & Produce” in which the students will write their own opera.  Come witness the creativity and talent of these young people in a performance of choruses, solos, and dance followed by the world premiere of the opera the students will write during the Camp.  

Celebrate the future of opera!

Join violinist Bartholomew Fortino-Shields and pianist Chan Mi Jean for an afternoon of classical music at An die Musik Live!

Program:
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in d minor, op. 121 Robert Schumann
- Three Romances Op. 22, Clara Schumann
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major Op. 78, Johannes Brahms
- Polonaise Brillante in A major, Op. 21, Henryk Wieniawski

Italian-American violinist, Bartholomew Frederick Fortino-Shields was hailed in The Baltimore Sun as “Amazing.” At the age of 14 Bartholomew was accepted into the violin studio of Sally Thomas of the Juilliard School. Since then, Mr. Shields has been featured in iconic venues around the globe. Upcoming appearances include solo concerts at the Gasteig HP8 in Munich and Stadsherstel in Amsterdam. Bartholomew has won numerous competitions and recently received the honor of laureate of the 2024 Classic Violin Olympus International Competition, where “the world’s finest violinists showcase their talent and compete for top honors.” He performed for jury chairman Pavel Vernikov and Sarah Nemtanu, who is concertmaster of the Orchestre National de France, among other prestigious violinists.

In 2022, Bartholomew completed his Master of Music degree in Violin Performance at the Peabody Institute, where he was a scholarship recipient of the Artistic Excellence Award, studying under Judith Ingolfsson.

Chan Mi Jean is the Lecturer in Music at the University of Tennessee at Martin, where she specializes in Collaborative Piano. She serves as the Co-Director/Chair of Collaborative Piano for the Vilacello String and Piano Festival. Jean is an emerging solo pianist, chamber musician, and opera coach who has made international appearances and won numerous national and international competitions, including the 8th New York International Music Concours. A native of Seoul, she received her D.M.A. in Collaborative Piano from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a minor in Opera Coaching; M.M. and P.D. in Piano Performance from Indiana University.

In-person seats: $20 / $10 students
Attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week.

Streaming passes: $15
The link will be revealed 15 minutes before the show
and will remain active through Aug 16

Donations Welcome!

Every first Friday of the month from June 6 through October 3, 2025, join Maryland Opera for an evening of favorites from Opera, Broadway, and beyond. Enjoy a glass of wine and a tasty meal from a local food truck as you sit on the lawn at Boordy Vineyards and experience opera in the great outdoors with the idyllic backdrop of of the sunset behind the performers.

*July's concert is on JULY 11, not July 4 due to the Independence Day holiday.

Every first Friday of the month from June 6 through October 3, 2025, join Maryland Opera for an evening of favorites from Opera, Broadway, and beyond. Enjoy a glass of wine and a tasty meal from a local food truck as you sit on the lawn at Boordy Vineyards and experience opera in the great outdoors with the idyllic backdrop of of the sunset behind the performers.

*July's concert is on JULY 11, not July 4 due to the Independence Day holiday.