FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2026 | 7:00 PM

CARY HALL | LEXINGTON, MA

Maestro Jonathan McPhee

Maestro Jonathan McPhee presents: Wagner Goes to the Movies, a Pops night with the American Wagner Festival Orchestra.

Featuring guest soprano, Kat Skafidas.

FREE to Boston Wagner Society members and students with ID.

$15 general admission.

Kat Skafidas, soprano

PROGRAM:

1. Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries

2. John Wiliams - Harry Potter Suite

3. Andrew Lloyd-Weber - "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from Evita with Kat Skafidas, Soprano

4. Andrew Lloyd-Weber - Phantom of the Opera Medley with Kat Skafidas, Soprano

5. Brower, Duke, and Hayes - World of Warcraft

6. Wagner - Flying Dutchman Overture

7. Claude-Michel Schönberg - Les Misérables Medley

8. John Williams - The Force Awakens, Star Wars Selections

Support for this festival was provided by a grant from the Community Endowment of Lexington, an endowed fund of the Foundation for MetroWest.

The Community Endowment of Lexington enhances the quality of life for Lexington citizens. CEL, an endowed fund of the Foundation for MetroWest, awards grants to nonprofits and town agencies working in the areas of health and human services, arts and culture, the environment, and community building; provides ways for donors to give back and leave a legacy; and encourages innovative and collaborative solutions to issues facing Lexington, MA. For more information, visit www.lexingtonendowment.org.

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American Wagner Festival combines the forces of soprano and director, Jane Eaglen, and conductor Jonathan McPhee; together, they present an education-forward program for singers with the potential to sing Wagner. With McPhee's American Wagner Festival Orchestra, and Eaglen's vocal and dramatic training, singers will perform semi-staged Wagnerian scenes with a full orchestra. Hosted in Lexington, Massachusetts, with all rehearsals, coachings, classes, and performances held in town.

With a career spanning the roles of Wagner’s heroines in opera houses around the world, Ms. Eaglen has first-hand knowledge of what it takes to build vocal stamina and maintain dramatic interest to fill the expansive music and staging of this style. Ms. Eaglen is committed to passing on the benefit of her extensive experience to the Wagner singers of the future.