Ring in 2023 with ‘Voyage to Paris’ at Schuster Center

Take a trip to Paris by way of the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance as the organization rings in 2023 with the aptly named “Voyage à Paris” Saturday, Dec. 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the Schuster Center.

Featuring all three components of the DPAA – Dayton Ballet, Dayton Opera and Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra – the concert will feature selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” (”Think of Me,” “The Music of the Night”) as well as an orchestral salute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s “Gigi” and George Gershwin’s iconic “An American in Paris.”

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Other programming highlights include Cole Porter’s “I Love Paris” from “Can-Can,” Edith Piaf’s “La vie en rose,” and Johann Strauss II’s “The Blue Danube.” The evening will conclude with a celebratory balloon drop during an orchestra-led singing of “Auld Lang Syne.”

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The program will feature violinist Aurelian Oprea, acting concertmaster for Dayton Philharmonic; soprano Heather Phillips; tenor Derrek Stark; and Dayton Ballet company members Jasmine Getz, Isaac Jones, and Patrick Lennon.

Patrons will also receive a complimentary flute of champagne at intermission.

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HOW TO GO

What: “Voyage à Paris”

Where: Schuster Center, Second and Main Streets, Dayton

When: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $14-$75

Tickets: 937-228-3630 or visit daytonperformingarts.org

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Russell Florence Jr.

Russell Florence Jr. is team leader/coordinator of Lifestyles/Dayton.com. He has been an arts/lifestyles reporter for Dayton Daily News since 2012. He formerly served on the Dayton Daily News Community Board of Contributors and assisted the Dayton Daily News Editorial Board. He received his BA in mass communications from Wright State University.