To be regaled with songful lyrics and mirth; the time has come for Spring showers, May flowers, and everything to make your heart burst into song. The fifth installment of Matthew J. Lorenz’s YEAR of Cabaret! is set to reveal the softer edges and intimate beauty of cabaret.
Chicago-based mezzo-soprano, Hailey Cohen, joined Madison Opera as a Studio Artist for the 2023/2024 season where she sang the roles of Dorthée in Anonymous Lover and Paquette and Old Lady (cover) in Candide. This summer Hailey will join Finger Lakes Opera as a Tomita Young Artist where she will sing the role of Zita in Gianni Schicchi. In 2023 Hailey joined Cedar Rapids Opera as a Smith Resident Artist where she performed the roles of Hattie in American Gothical and Logan (cover) in Charlie and the Wolf.
Additional role highlights include K. in Would You Eat Me?, Sally in The Boy Who Wanted to be a Robot with Thompson Street Opera, Ember and Asintmah (cover) in Future Perfect with Bellissima Opera, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel with Vienna Summer Music Festival. Hailey Graduated from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance with her Masters Degree in 2021. Notable roles include Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice, and Littler Daughter in Proving Up with the University of Michigan Opera.
Upcoming events can be found online at haileycohenvoice.com as well as on Instagram @haileycohen_
Matthew Lorenz is a growing artistic presence in the American Midwest and the international stage at large. Matthew’s performance experience as a pianist extends from Bismarck, ND to Santa Rosa, NM, then Paris; and beyond, now currently active in Chicago. Besides his regular performing schedule Matthew is on the Piano Faculty at the New Music School, the Gold Coast’s premier music academy. Read more about Matthew at his website, mlorenzmusic.squarespace.com!
Matthew has become a regular performer at Davenport’s since playing his first cabaret there in Spring of ‘22 (he prepared for character by watching Liza Manelli’s 1972 classic Cabaret! three or four times). Now he chases cabaret’s electric atmosphere, and is on a mission to present a new cabaret at Davenport’s every month of 2024: the YEAR of Cabaret!