PORT LUDLOW — Tenor Ken Lavigne will be in the spotlight Saturday night during the finale of the 2015-16 Port Ludlow Performing Arts’ 25th annual concert season.
Doors will open at the Bay Club, 140 Spinnaker Place, at 6:30 p.m.
The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in person at the Bay Club or online at www.PortLudlowPerformingArts.com.
No-host beverages will be available in the club’s Great Room.
Lavigne — accompanied by an ensemble of piano, guitar and bass — will take the audience on a “riveting and enchanting journey as he tells of his personal campaign to sing at Carnegie Hall,” said Barbara Wagner-Jauregg, Port Ludlow Performing Arts marketing director.
“Lavigne’s story is told with spectacular songs and entertaining stories.”
Lavigne is known for his performances of “O sole mio,” “Funiculi, Funicula,” “Nessun Dorma,” “Be My Love,” “Loch Lomond,” “Danny Boy,” Hallelujah,” “Bring Him Home” and “Because We Believe.”
Following his 1998 debut in Jules Massenet’s four-act opera “Werther,” major roles followed in the operas “Nabucco,” “La Traviata,” “La Cenerentola,” “The Barber of Seville” and “Tosca” with Pacific Opera Victoria, the Portland Opera and the Burnaby Lyric Opera.
In 2004, Lavigne was a founding member of The Canadian Tenors, and in 2006, he co-founded Romanza, which toured throughout Canada and the United States, presenting hundreds of concerts.
In 2007, Lavigne shifted his focus to independently producing solo performances and CD recordings that include “On the Street Where You Live,” “Believe,” “Oh Night Divine,” “Keep Holding On” and “Showtime.”
In 2008, Lavigne said he decided to follow his dream of performing at Carnegie Hall, making his New York debut 12 months later while accompanied by the New York Pops Orchestra.
This achievement, he said, was a dream come true.
Since his Carnegie Hall debut, Lavigne has regularly performed with multi-Grammy winner David Foster and has performed for Britain’s Prince Charles.
Additionally, Port Ludlow Artists’ League member Gail Larson — who currently works in acrylics, mixed media and collage — will display her artwork at the Bay Club for the enjoyment of concertgoers.
Her work has been accepted in local and national exhibits and received awards for water media and collage, Wagner-Jauregg said.
For more information, contact Diane Purdy at 360-437-1262 or email gpurdy@cablespeed.com.
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