Name
Stephen LlewellynBio
Stephen Llewellyn has been with Portland Opera for nearly four years. He has also been a barrister in Hong Kong, a professional folk singer and classically-trained tenor. He makes a mean zabaglione, and cries easily and frequently at opera performances.
Opera and Other Links
The Rest is Noise - Alex Ross of the New Yorker
Sieglinda's Diaries
Parterre Box
Opera Chic
On an Overgrown Path
Norman Lebrecht
Metropolitan Opera
Jessica Duchen
What I Am Reading
A Most Wanted Man (John le Carré)
The Death of Vishnu (Manil Suri)
The Tipping Point (Malcolm Gladwell)
Boom! (Tom Brokaw)
The Coldest Winter (David Halberstam)
A Summer in The Twenties (Peter DIckinson)
Recommended Listening
Idomeneo (Mozart)
So (Peter Gabriel)
Nielsen Clarinet Concerto
Otello (Verdi)
Winterreise (Peter Pears/BB)
Bernstein Symphony Number 3
Clarinet Concerto (Villiers-Stanford)
Bach's B Minor Mass (cond. John Elliot Gardner)
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I received an email yesterday from Zakk Hoyt telling me of a free concert taking place this weekend. I found both the concert and the intended beneficiary so compelling that I thought I should let you know about it, encourage you to look at the on-line material and urge you to go if you possibly can.
Thank you for posting this
Thank you for posting this event and for the support it offers to Zakk, his family, and this great organization to which this notice has just introduced us. May this help to bring further action, news, and results to all who suffer such loss--in Emillie's case and for the many more who are also missing.
Thanks again.
James Denman & Tamara Still
Still/Denman Musical Services
Portland OR
Thank you for supporting
Thank you for supporting Zakk and Forever Searching by advertising this concert, Stephen. It is so easy to become inured to the plights of those we don't know in a city of a million strangers--but events like these can remind us how interconnected we all are in the human family.
Elizaebeth Nielsen-Sheller
Executive Director, Opera Theater Oregon
Thank you for spreading the
Thank you for spreading the word about this event. I am Zakk's sister-in-law and the outpouring of support means the world to us.
Hi Stephen ...my heart
Hi Stephen ...my heart breaks at the thought of people just vanishing. It is really kind of you to write about Emily.
Dear Stephen, Thanks so much
Dear Stephen,
Thanks so much for getting the word out about this event. I've seen what Zakk and his family have been through in their search for Emilie. The work that these organizations is doing is so important. This is something that could happen to any one of us at any time. If I ever were to lose someone I love this way, I would want to know that there is someone I can reach who will understand, know what to do and be fighting to keep people like Emilie from slipping through the cracks.
On another note, Zakk has assembled a really incredible lineup of local artists to perform on Sunday. He has one of the best ears I've ever known for putting things together and programming. Quite aside from an opportunity to donate to an important cause, this is also just going to be an amazing performance.
Thanks again for letting people know!
All the best,
Katie Taylor
Artistic Director
Opera Theater Oregon
This concert is for a
This concert is for a wonderful cause and should be well-attended. Thank you for posting this.
We will be there in support
We will be there in support of this very important issue. Blessing to you and your family Zakk. We're thinking of your sister in hopes she is safe and out of harms way.
thanks for letting us know
thanks for letting us know about this event!
Thank you for making us
Thank you for making us aware of this worth while event. I hope that we can get the word to as many people as possible.
thank you so much for
thank you so much for raising awareness.....
lets get all the missing home
best wishes
Thank you so much for
Thank you so much for raising awareness to this most amazing event......
Its unfortunate, but the reality is that missing people - unless there are some dramatic circumstances to the case, do not get media attention.
I see this sort of event being the way forward in raising awareness to the missing...an event that not only profiles the missing, but will allow all attending to acknowledge the beauty of the service and of the faith reflected in it.
Thank you so much for your support
Kathy
Thank you so much for
Thank you so much for raising awareness to this event. It's encouraging that the issue of missing people is starting to gain awareness, we need to keep the momentum going.