Barbara Govatos, Music Director
PO Box 3537 
Wilmington, DE 19807-3537
302.455.0246

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John-Andrew Fernandez, baritone

Baritone John-Andrew Fernandez is a versatile, young singer who is expressive in a variety of classical genres. Recent performances include Silvio in I Pagliacci for Knoxville Opera, Figaro (cover) and Fiorello in Il Barbiere di Siviglia for Bel Canto at Caramoor, Händel’s Messiah for the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra, Mercuzio in Romeo e Giulietta (premier) for International Opera Theater at the Teatro Avvalloranti, Italy, Montfleury (cover) for Opera Company of Philadelphia's production of Cyrano, the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana with the Masterworks Chorus, Prospero and Leonte in the premiers of La Tempesta and Il racconto d'inverno with International Opera Theater, Yamadori in Madama Butterfly with the Princeton Festival, Belcore in The Elixir of Love at Swarthmore Opera, the title roll in Gianni Schicchi, The Count in The Marriage of Figaro and Peter in Hansel and Gretel with Westminster Opera Theatre. Upcoming engagements include a young artist residency at Bel Canto at Caramoor, recitals for Operafest Vermont and a concert tour of Brazil featuring Schubert's song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin.
Festival Quartet
Barbara Govatos, violin
Hirono Oka, violin
Burchard Tang, viola
Clancy Newman, cello
 
Guest Artists
Charles Abramovic, piano

This program is made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency committed to promoting and supporting the arts in Delaware. For additional information on arts activities in Delaware, visit the Delaware Division of the Arts website.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Delaware Chamber Music Festival will extend and increase interest in classical music in Delaware by bringing to the public top quality chamber music performances at an affordable cost to attendees. Offerings will include chamber music concerts plus outreach programs for families and younger audiences, and will feature innovative mixes of traditional and contemporary classical music.