Photo credit: Kathy Wittman
- 2021-2022 Season
- POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
- With One Voice
- Calliope's Call makes a triumphant return to in-person performances with a rousing program of vocal quartets, featuring works by American composers Tom Cipullo and Kile Smith, alongside a time-honored favorite, Brahms' Zigeunerlieder.
- Saturday January 22, 2022 at 7:30pm
- Old North Church
- 35 Washington St. Marblehead, MA
- Free, suggested donation $20
- Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 4:00pm
- Chase Young Gallery
- 450 Harrison Avenue no. 57, Boston, MA 02118
- $35 General Admission (includes wine & cheese)
- Purchase Tickets: here
- Dana Lynna Varga, Soprano
- Megan Roth, Mezzo
- Kyuyoung Lee, Tenor
- Andrew Stack, Baritone
- Edward Rothmel, Piano
- Mirror Cabaret
- The same stories told through both opera and musical theatre
- MassOpera
- Dana Lynne Varga sings scenes from La Boheme and Little Women
- May 5 and 6, 2022
- City Winery Boston
- 80 Beverly Street
- Boston, MA 02114
- Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass
- The Commonwealth Chorale
- David Carrier, Conductor
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Saturday, May 14, 2022 (stay tuned for more info!)
- Haydn's The Seasons
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Robert Eaton, Conductor
- Assabet Valley Mastersingers
- Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3:30pm
- Robert R. Jay Performing Arts Center, Saint John's High School
- 378 Main St., Shrewsbury, MA 01545
- Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Adam Boyles, Conductor
- MIT Symphony Orchestra with the New World Chorale
- More info: http://covidapps.mit.edu/visitors
- Friday, November 19, 2021 at 8:00pm
- MIT Kresge Auditorium
- 48 Massachusetts Avenue w16
- Cambridge, MA 02139
- Mélange Operatique
- Boston Midsummer Opera
- Mozart's Cosi fan tutte: excerpts
- Susan Davenny Wyner, Conductor
- July 22-25, 2021 at 5pm
- The Commander's Mansion, Arsenal on the Charles
- Watertown, MA
- Ticket info coming soon
- SHE SAID, SHE SAID: A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN THROUGH SONG
- Works for Voice, Viola and Piano
- Recorded at Pickman Auditorium in Cambridge on March 13, 2021
- Tickets available via Sparrow Live until April 13, 2021
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano
- Mario Diaz-Moresco, Baritone
- Drew Ricciardi, Viola
- Spencer Myer, Piano
- Dvorak Stabat Mater
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Barbara Jones, Conductor
- Sounds of Stow
- Sunday March 8, 2020 at 2pm
- Hale Middle School
- Stowe, MA
- Haydn Creation
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Dr. Michael Driscoll, Conductor
- Andover Choral Society
- Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 3pm
- Andover, MA
- Brockton Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops Concert
- Emilian Badea, Conductor
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Megan Roth, Mezzo Soloist
- Sunday December 15, 2019 at 3pm
- Oliver Ames High School
- 100 Lothrop St, North Easton, MA 02356
- Handel's Messiah
- The Roxbury Latin School
- Friday, December 6 at 7:30pm
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- West Roxbury, MA
- Haydn Lord Nelson Mass
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Dr. Robert P. Eaton, Conductor
- Assabet Valley Mastersingers
- Saturday November 16, 2019 at 8pm
- Westborough, MA
- Songs of Summer
- A recital given by Longy faculty:
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano
- Spencer Myer, Pianist
- Featuring Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915, Cipullo's Late Summer and more.
- Sunday September 15 at 3:00pm
- Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music
- Cambridge, MA
- Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Max Hobart, Conductor
- Wellesley Symphony Orchestra
- May 5, 2019 at 3pm
- MassBay Community College Auditorium
- Haydn Lord Nelson Mass
- Mid America Productions
- Dana Lynne Varga, soprano soloist
- Gary Packwood, conductor
- Sunday April 21, 2019 at 1pm
- Carnegie Hall
- New York City
- Mendelssohn Lobgesang
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Paul Mueller, Conductor
- Greenwich Choral Society
- Saturday April 6, 2019 at 4pm
- Greenwich High School
- Greenwich, CT 06830
- Haydn Creation
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Murray Kidd, Conductor
- Polymnia Choral Society
- Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 7:30pm
- First Parish Congregational Church
- 1 Church Street, Wakefield, MA
- Gluck's opera Paride ed Elena
- Dana Lynne Varga sings the role of Pallade Athene
- Odyssey Opera
- Gil Rose, Conductor
- February 15, 2019 at 7:30pm
- February 17, 2019 at 2pm
- Huntington Avenue Theatre
- 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02114
- Bach Magnificat
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hodgkins, Conductor
- New England Classical Singers
- Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 3pm
- Christ Church: 33 Central Street, Andover, MA
- Bach Magnificat & Bach Cantata 191
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Edward Markward, Conductor
- Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra
- Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 7:30pm
- McVinney Auditorium
- 43 Dave Gavitt Way, Providence, RI 02903
- -and-
- Sunday November 25 at 3pm
- St. Ann Art and Cultural Center
- 84 Cumberland Street, Woonsocket, RI 02895
- Vivaldi Magnificat and Gloria
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hodgkins, Conductor
- Coro Allegro
- Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 3pm
- Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Nancy Lee Clark Soundbites Concert Series
- All-German Recital
- Dana Varga, Katrina Holden-Buckley and Megan Roth
- Accompanied by Christina Wright
- Linde Family Wing of Contemporary Art
- November 8, 2018 at 6pm
- Taking Up Serpents, an opera by Kamala Sankaram
- Workshop with MassOpera in collaboration with Washington National Opera
- Dana Lynne Varga sings the role of Kayla
- Lidiya Yankovskaya, Conductor
- Sunday, September 30, 2018
- 3pm at Boston Center for the Arts, Dean Hall
- Calliope's Call presents: A Cabaret Affair!
- Dana Varga, Evangelia Leontis and Megan Roth, soloists
- Clare Longendyke, piano
- Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 7pm
- Club Cafe, Napoleon Room
- 209 Columbus Ave., Boston, MA 02116
- $35/person or $60/couple
- Hors d'oeurves will be provided; cash bar
- Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Jonathan Brennand, Conductor
- Worcester Youth Orchestra
- Sunday May 20, 2018 at 4pm
- Mechanics Hall
- 321 Main Street, Worcester, MA
- On Behalf of a Madman
- An operatic pastiche with Grand Harmonie chamber orchestra
- Dana Varga, Soprano
- Julia Mintzer, Director
- Somerville Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA
- Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28, 2018 at 7:30pm
- Beethoven Missa Solemnis
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hoose, Conductor
- Cantata Singers
- Friday March 16, 2018 at 8pm
- Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory
- 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
- Shawn Kirchner, Songs of Ascent
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hodgkins, Conductor
- Coro Allegro
- Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 3pm
- Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
- Rutter Requiem
- Mendelssohn Psalm 42
- ("Wie der Hirsch schreit," Op. 42)
- Andover Choral Society
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Michael Driscoll, Conductor
- Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 3pm
- North Andover High School
- John Knowles Paine: The Nativity
- Randall Thompson: The Nativity
- according to St. Luke
- Dana Lynne Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Jonathan Barnhart, Conductor
- Dedham Choral Society
- Friday December 1, 2017 at 8pm
- Holy Name Church, West Roxbury
- Mozart Great Mass in C Minor
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hodgkins, Conductor
- Coro Allegro
- Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 3pm
- Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
- Amy Beach Mass
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Carrier, Conductor
- Commonwealth Chorale
- Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 8pm
- Location TBD
- Orff Carmina Burana
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Dr. Daniel K. Roihl, Conductor
- Granite State Choral Society
- Saturday May 20 and Sunday May 21, 2017
- Rochester, NH
- Schubert Mirjam Siegesgesang
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Carrier, Conductor
- Commonwealth Chorale
- Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 8pm
- Zemlinksy’s opera Der Zwerg
- Dana Lynne Varga sings the role of Second Maiden
- Odyssey Opera
- Gil Rose, Conductor
- April 14, 2017 at 7:30pm
- Jordan Hall
- 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
- Brahms Ein Deutches Requiem
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Dana Whiteside, Baritone Soloist
- Murray Kidd, Conductor
- Polymnia Choral Society
- Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 7:30pm
- St. Mary’s Church, 9 Herbert Street, Melrose MA
- Haydn Lord Nelson Mass
- Pinkham The White Raven
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hodgkins, Conductor
- Coro Allegro
- Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 3pm
- Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
- Handel’s Messiah Part I
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hodgkins, Conductor
- New England Classical Singers
- Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 7:30pm
- The Pike School: 34 Sunset Rock Road, Andover, MA –and–
- Sunday December 11, 2016 at 3pm
- Christ Church: 33 Central Street, Andover, MA
- Bach Christmas Oratorio
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Edward Markward, Conductor
- Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra
- Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 8:30pm
- Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul
- Providence, RI
- and Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 3:00pm
- Saint Joseph’s Church
- Newport, RI
- Classical Singer National Competition 2016
- Dana Lynne Varga, First Place Winner!
- Young Artist/Emerging Professional Division
- May 29, 2016 at the Westin Waterfront Hotel Grand Ballroom, Boston
- Fauré Requiem, Op. 48
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Kevin Rhodes, Conductor
- Springfield Symphony
- Saturday May 7, 2016 at 8pm
- Springfield Symphony Hall (Springfield, MA)
- Rochester Oratorio Society Competition 2016
- Dana Lynne Varga, SECOND PLACE WINNER
- http://rossings.org/
- Saturday April 10, 2016 at 7pm
- Oratorio Society of New York
- Competition Semifinals
- http://www.oratoriosocietyofny.org/
- Saturday April 2, 2016
- (Possible final round Sunday April 3, 2016)
- Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Adam Boyles, Conductor
- Brookline Symphony
- in collaboration with the Metropolitan Chorale
- Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 8pm
- Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 3pm
- All Saints Parish (Brookline, MA)
- Nielson Symphony No. 3, Op. 27
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Kevin Rhodes, Conductor
- Springfield Symphony
- Saturday February 6, 2016 at 8pm
- Springfield Symphony Hall (Springfield, MA)
- Musetta
- Puccini’s La Boheme
- PANopera
- Friday, January 22, 2016 at 7:30pm
- Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 2pm
- The Academy of Music (Northampton, MA)
- Handel Messiah Part I
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hodgkins, Conductor
- New England Classical Singers
- Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 8pm
- St. Augustine Parish (Andover, MA)
- In Search of Adventure:
- Gypsies, Cowboys and Wanderers
- Calliope’s Call
- Dana Varga performed Libby Larsen’s Cowboy Songs,
- Dvorak’s Gypsy Songs and the premiere of Dan
- Shore’s Song to the Open Road with:
- Sheila Kibbe, Piano
- Megan Roth, Mezzo-Soprano
- Thomas Dreeze, Baritone
- Sunday November 22, 2015 in Boston, MA
- Sunday October 18, 2015 in Indianapolis, IN
- Saturday October 17, 2015 in Bloomington, IN
- Handel Israel in Egypt
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Carrier, Conductor
- Newton Choral Society
- Saturday November 21, 2015 at 8pm
- Puccini’s La Boheme
- Boston Lyric Opera
- David Angus, Conductor
- October 2, 4 (matinee), 7, 9, 11 (matinee), 2015
- Shubert Theatre (Boston, MA)
- Excerpts from Beethoven’s Fidelio
- Dana Lynne Varga, Leonore
- Boston Early Music Festival Fringe Concert
- In collaboration with Grand Harmonie
- Saturday June 13, 2015 at 4:30pm
- Marsh Chapel (Boston, MA)
- Bach B Minor Mass
- Dana Varga, Soprano 2 Soloist
- Edward Markward, Conductor
- Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra
- Saturday May 16, 2015 at 7:30pm
- Providence, RI
- and Sunday May 17, 2015 at 3:00pm
- Newport, RI
- Mozart’s Don Giovanni
- Boston Lyric Opera
- David Angus, Conductor
- May 1, 3 (matinee), 6, 8, 10 (matinee), 2015
- Shubert Theatre (Boston, MA)
- Dubois The Seven Last Words of Christ
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hodgkins, Conductor
- Coro Allegro
- Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 3pm
- Church of the Covenant, Newbury Street, Boston, MA
- Vivaldi Gloria and Bach Cantata BWV 6
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hodgkins, Conductor
- New England Classical Singers
- Saturday March 7, 2015 at 7:30pm
- The Rogers Center for the Arts at Merrimack College
- North Andover, MA
- Hugo Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch (semi-staged)
- Dana L. Varga, soprano and William Hite, tenor
- Nadine Shank, piano
- Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 8pm
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Handel Messiah and Zelenka Dixit Dominus
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Hodgkins, Conductor
- New England Classical Singers
- Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 8pm
- The Rogers Center for the Arts at Merrimack College
- North Andover, MA
- Dana Varga at Gillette Stadium
- Home of the New England Patriots!
- National Anthem
- Saturday October 18, 2014
- UMass Amherst HFA College Day/Band Day
- Foxborough, MA
- Verdi’s La Traviata
- Boston Lyric Opera
- Arthur Fagen, conductor
- October 10, 12 (matinee), 15, 17 and 19 (matinee), 2014
- Shubert Theatre (Boston, MA)
- Orff Carmina Burana
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Dr. Lisa Graham, Conductor
- Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline
- Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 7pm
- Brookline, MA
- Beethoven Mass in C & Bach Wachet Auf
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Dr. Lisa Graham, Conductor
- Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline
- May 17, 2014 at 8pm
- Brookline, MA
- Kurt Weill’s Street Scene
- Dana sang the role of Anna Maurrant
- Feb 21, 23, 26, 28 and 3/1/14
- Five College Opera
- The Rand Theatre, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Handel Messiah
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Edward Markward, Conductor
- Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra
- Saturday November 30, 2013 at 7:30pm
- Providence, RI
- and Sunday December 8, 2013 at 3:00pm
- Newport, RI
- Bizet’s Carmen
- Dana sang the role of Micaela
- Adam Boyles, Conductor
- Presented by MetroWest Opera
- May 16, 17, 18, 19, 2013
- Weston, MA
- Brahms Requiem
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Danica Buckley, Conductor
- Choral Art Society
- Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 7:30pm
- Scituate, MA
- Karl Jenkins‘ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace & Dvorak Te Deum
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Dr. Lisa Graham, Conductor
- Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline
- May 4, 2013 at 8pm
- Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory
- Boston, MA
- Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman
- Boston Lyric Opera
- David Angus, Conductor
- April 26, 28 and May 1, 3, 5, 2013
- Shubert Theatre (Boston, MA)
- Vivaldi Gloria, Vivaldi Magnificat
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- William Sano, Conductor
- The Concert Singers of Greater Lynn
- Friday November 30, 2012 at 8pm (Swampscott, MA)
- Sunday December 2, 2012 at 2:30pm
- (Lynn, MA)
- Britten Saint Nicholas and Bach Cantatas
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Dr. Lisa Graham, Conductor
- Saturday November 17, 2012 at 8pm
- Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline
- Brookline, MA
- Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
- Boston Lyric Opera
- David Angus, Conductor
- November 2, 4, 7, 9 and 11, 2012
- Shubert Theatre (Boston, MA)
- Beethoven Mass in C
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Anne Howard Jones, Conductor
- Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 2:30pm
- Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
- Mozart Requiem
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- William Sano, Conductor
- The Concert Singers of Greater Lynn
- Friday, May 4, 2012 at 8pm (Swampscott, MA)
- Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 2:30pm (Lynn, MA)
- Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte
- Connecticut Lyric Opera
- Conducted by Adrian Sylveen
- Directed by Eve Summer
- Fri 3/2/12 in New Britain, CT, Sun 3/11/12 in New London, CT Fri 3/16 in Middletown, CT, Sat 3/17 in Waterbury, CT
- Vaughn Williams Sea Symphony
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Dr. Lisa Graham, Conductor
- Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline
- Friday March 9, 2012 at 7:30pm
- Sanders Theatre (Cambridge, MA)
- Beethoven Mass in C
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- David Carrier, Conductor
- Newton Choral Society
- Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 8:00pm
- Boston, MA
- Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni
- MetroWest Opera
- Andrew Altenbach, Conductor
- Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 7:30pm
- Weston, MA
- Verdi’s Macbeth
- Boston Lyric Opera
- David Angus, Conductor
- November 4-13, 2011
- Shubert Theatre (Boston, MA)
- J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Dr. Lisa Graham, Conductor
- Brookline Chorus
- Sunday May 22, 2011 at 3:00pm
- Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College
- W.A. Mozart’s Requiem
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Danica Buckley, Conductor
- St. Ann’s
- Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 7:30pm
- St. Ann’s by the Sea in Marshfield
- 591 Ocean Street, Marshfield, MA
- Famous Opera Arias and other works for Orchestra
- Friday, May 6 at 7:30pm
- Cambridge, MA
- Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss
- Dana sang the role of Rosalinda
- Presented by Riverside Theatre Works
- Fri February 25, 2011 at 7:30pm and Sun February 27, 2011 at 3pm
- Boston, MA
- J.S. Bach’s Magnificat
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Danica Buckley, Conductor
- Choral Art Society
- Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 4:00pm
- Scituate, MA
- Fidelio by Beethoven
- Dana covers the role of Leonora
- Opera Boston
- October 2010
- Boston, MA
- The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart
- Dana Varga sings the role of First Lady
- Presented by MetroWest Opera
- Sat. April 24, 2010 at 7:30pm, Sun April 25, 2010 at 3:00pm, Sat. May 1, 2010 at 7:30pm, and Sun May 2 at 3:00pm
- Weston, MA
- Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Brookline Chorus
- Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 3:00pm
- Brookline, MA
- Cosi fan tutte by W.A. Mozart
- Dana performs the role of Fiordiligi
- Commonwealth Opera
- Friday, January 8, 2010 at 7:30pm
- Cambridge, MA
- Caramoor International Music Festival
- L’elisir d’amore by Donizetti
- Dana performs the role of Giannetta and covers the role of Adina
- Dana and other Young Artists perform pre-opera scenes program
- July 18, 2009 at 8pm in the Venetian Theater
- Caramoor Center - Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, NY
- Mendelssohn St. Paul
- Dana Varga, Soprano Soloist
- Choral Art Society in collaboration with the Braintree Choral Society
- May 30, 2009 at 7pm
- Braintree, MA
- Alcina in Alcina by G. F. Handel
- Paul Cienniwa, Conductor
- Boston Opera Collaborative
- Friday February 13 and Sunday February 15, 2009
- Mass Art Theater - Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA