CRAIGSLISTLEIDER AND OTHER TASTELESS TUNES Set for Crescent Ballroom, 2/18

What happens when you combine the worst/best of Craigslist personal ads and music? The Craigslistlieder.

This set of comic songs by composer Gabriel Kahane is performed by Arizona Opera artists Chad Sloan and Allen Perriello. The evening will also feature singers from Arizona Opera's Studio performing an assortment of off-color tunes by Tom Lehrer, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and others. Leave your serious side at home.

Craigslistlieder and other Tasteless Tunes will be held at Crescent Ballroom, 308 N. 2nd Ave, in downtown Phoenix on February 18, 2015 at 8 pm. Tickets are $8 and on sale at www.crescentphx.com

American baritone Chad Sloan is recognized as much for his warm, elegant vocalism as he is for deft interpretations of diverse characters. Performances for the 2013-2014 season included Carmina Burana with Fox Valley Symphony, Adario in Rameau's Les Sauvages with Bourbon Baroque, joining the Louisville Orchestra for Portrait of Robert Schumann and an appearance with Eighth Blackbird in a new work titled Killing the Goat by Andrew McManus. Upcoming engagements include his debut as Papageno in The Magic Flute with Arizona Opera, and Carmina Burana with the Lexington Philharmonic and the Flagstaff Symphony.

Allen Perriello is in his third season at Arizona Opera as Head of Music Staff and Director of the Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio. He oversees the musical preparation of all mainstage productions, as well as the selection and training of the Studio Artists. Allen is also on the music staff at Des Moines Metro Opera, previously working on productions of Le comte Ory, Peter Grimes, La rondine and Don Pasquale. A graduate of the 2008 Merola Opera Program and 2009-10 Adler Fellowship at San Francisco Opera, Allen worked on six productions over two seasons. He has been a member of the music staff at Seattle Opera and Boston Lyric Opera. Other previous engagements include the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program faculty, Opera Santa Barbara, Opera Cleveland, and Ash Lawn Opera. As a collaborative pianist, Allen has been featured in San Francisco Opera's Schwabacher Debut Recital series twice. Recently, he has appeared in recital with Zach Borichevsky, Angela Fout, David Portillo, and Corinne Winters. He was awarded the Best Collaborative Pianist in the 2008 Lotte Lehmann Foundation Competition. He can be heard on the recording "Living American Composers" with baritone Randal Turner.

Arizona Opera Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio In residence all season, Studio Artists can be seen performing on both Arizona Opera's main stage and throughout Arizona. The Studio also provides well-rounded, personalized instruction that propels each artist to the next level. These opportunities help bridge the gap between academic studies and a professional career. The 2015/16 Studio artists are sopranos Sarah Tucker and Andrea Shokery, mezzo-soprano Beth Lytwynec, tenor Andrew Penning, baritone Chris Carr and bass-baritone Calvin Griffin.