Thomas’s interpretations are superb - deeply felt but also showing a keen musician’s impeccable taste, never so choked with emotion that they become maudlin…One cut in particular, “Give Me Jesus,” has an intimacy you don’t often hear.” - Brian Kellow, Opera Newsīesides the above-mentioned performances in Il Trovatore with the Arizona Opera, Indra Thomas will also be performing this Saturday, Feburary 16th in “ The Black Classical Music Family Festival Concert” at The Whiting Theater with the Flint Symphony Orchestra in Flint, Michigan. IN COLLEGE, I had a creative-writing instructor whose favorite maxim was 'Avoid the boringly obvious.' In the fall of 1983, I. the 92nd Street Ys kind-hearted 'culture czar.' by BRIAN KELLOW. “She may be aided by the release, this month, of Great Day!, a collection of spirituals produced by Delos. On the beat: La Juive career high point for Isokoski Haitink leads an unforgettable Pelleas Powell shines in new Sondheim show. Give a Gift Renew Guild Members Customer Care Email. It was at the Licia Albanese–Puccini Foundation Gala in 1997, when she gave a magnificent performance of “Marietta’s Lied” … Next March, she’ll sing Il Trovatore at Arizona Opera, and she turns up in a few concert and recital engagements throughout the season, but as she said in a recent telephone interview, ‘I’ve been in Europe for about eight years, and I’m trying to get a surge going in the U.S.’ Brian Kellow, the real-life features editor of the magazine. “I remember vividly the day that I first heard Indra Thomas. Opera News, the monthly magazine published by the Metropolitan Opera Guild, will appear on. Brian Kellow recently featured Delos artist Indra Thomas and her recent release Great Day! Indra Thomas Sings Spirituals in his Opera News “On The Beat” column: