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Linda Edwards, Dewitt Tipton perform 'Songs my Daddy Taught Me' on Aug. 11

Linda Edwards

By Lightning Reports, Published: July 20, 2024

Soprano Linda Edwards and pianist Dewitt Tipton will perform familiar songs from the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s and favorite “old time” hymns in “Songs my Daddy Taught Me" at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, in the Parish Hall of the Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness in Flat Rock.

 In her 50-year music and theatre career, Edwards has sung opera, musical theatre, oratorio, recitals and cabaret and performed as a symphony soloist all over the world.

She made her international debut in Tel Aviv, with Leonard Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, as Cunegonde in Candide, sang early music as soloist for Aspen Music Festival, and toured Europe as Carlotta in Phantom of the Opera. As symphony guest soloist, she has sung with conductors John Mauceri, Helmutt Rilling, Sergiu Comissiona and Keith Lockhart.

For more than 35 years, she has performed at Flat Rock Playhouse in a variety of roles including Madame Thenardier (Les Miserables), Truvy and Clairee (Steel Magnolias), Mrs. Potts (Beauty & the Beast), Fairy Godmother (Cinderella) and others.

She recently received the Southern California Desert Sun Award as Outstanding Actress for her work as Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir (Coyote Stage Works, Palm Springs). She has appeared in more than 600 performances of Man of LaMancha across the country.

The concert is free to the public though contributions are greatly accepted to fund the church's Friends of Music series. There is plenty of parking. For more information call 828-693-9783 or visit www.stjohnflatrock.org.