Austin Founder Lions Club

The Marriage of Figaro - Dr. Sam Mungo

  • 23 Feb 2017
  • 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
  • The High Road, 700 Dawson Rd, Austin TX 78704

Registration

  • includes luncheon meal
  • Includes luncheon meal


The Marriage of Figaro

Dr. Sam Mungo

February 23, 2017

Introduced by Lion Peggy Brunner


Dr. Samuel Mungo


The Marriage of Figaro is Mozart’s music at the height of his genius, containing some of opera’s most famous melodies and characters of all time. Considered by many to be the most perfect opera ever written, Mozart's sparkling comic masterpiece is the story of one madcap day; a day where people’s follies are exposed for all to see and laugh at, concluding with one of opera’s greatest scenes of forgiveness and reconciliation. 


Samuel Mungo is the Director of Opera Studies and Coordinator of the Voice Area at Texas State University. He has been involved in opera as a director, singer and teacher for more than 20 years.

In recent years at Texas State, Dr. Mungo has directed productions of Die Fledermaus, The Magic Flute, The Turn of the Screw and Candide. Professionally directing credits include Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Florida Grand Opera, Pirates of Penzance for Colorado Light Opera, Trouble in Tahiti for the Boulder Opera Project, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore for San Antonio Opera. His production of Ibert’s Angelique was named Opera Production of the Year by the National Opera Association in 2012.

As a singer, he has performed with opera companies and orchestras throughout North America and around the world. Performing credits include Don Giovanni for Minnesota Opera and Chicago Opera Theater, Vancouver Opera as Falke in Die Fledermaus, Opera Theater of St. Louis as Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, and Danilo in Merry Widow for Sacramento Opera, Opera Grand Rapids and Knoxville Opera. Making his Carnegie Hall debut with Milos Bok’s Missa Solemnis, he has sung with the St. Louis Symphony, at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony, with Utah Symphony, and Orquestra Filarmonica di Lima, among others.

He received his Doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and his Masters in Vocal Performance with honors from the New England Conservatory. He also holds an Artist’s Diploma from The Boston Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Illinois State University.

Featured Lunch Meal:

 

Beef Tips over Rice

Mashed Potatoes

Tuscan Mix Vegetables

Apple Pie


Optional Lunch Meal:
Chef Salad
Meals provided by Manny Sifuentes, manager at Cafe del Rio, a business staffed by the Commission of the Blind     
    
Please register by 5 p.m. on Tuesday

We order meals based on your reservations and must pay for them even if you do not show up.
If you need to change or cancel your reservation, please call 512-441-1555.

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