Yunona Tabala & Matt Savage – My (fill in the blank) Valentine

Opera meets Jazz in this lush, witty program where Puccini flirts with Gershwin, and timeless love songs get a new sparkle.

Join Boston area artists Yunona Tabala and Matt Savage for a Valentine’s night of soaring arias, swinging standards, and a few surprises along the way.

Yunona Tabala has been described as a “very expressive singer” with a voice of “marvelous clarity and bell-like quality,” Yunona Tabala is a Russian-American operatic soprano and instrumentalist based in Boston, MA. A strong believer in the healing power of music and storytelling, she is dedicated to sharing these gifts with audiences through opera and recital performances. Yunona feels a deep connection to the operatic repertoire of Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini, Verdi, and Mozart. Her recent roles include Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), and Violetta (La Traviata). She has performed with organizations such as MassOpera, Greater Worcester Opera, Voice of Iris Vocal Ensemble, Music On Site, Inc., and Florida Opera and Zarzuela, among others. In June 2023, she made her Carnegie Weill Recital Hall debut as an Honorable Mention recipient of the 2022 American Virtuoso International Music Competition. Learn more about Yunona and her upcoming projects at www.yunonatabala.org

Matt Savage, age 32, has had a remarkable 20+ year professional career as a jazz musician, bandleader and composer with ensembles of different size. He’s played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Chick Corea, the Ellington All Stars, Chaka Khan, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Jason Moran, Arturo O’Farrill, John Pizzarelli, Joshua Redman, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jon Faddis, Jerry Bergonzi and Donny McCaslin among others. He’s also opened for rock legends Neil Young and Stephen Stills, and has performed with Steve Earle, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin and Al Stewart. Along the way, he’s recorded fifteen albums and EPs as a leader. He is a Bösendorfer piano artist.

Boston’s Best Professionals and tomorrow’s rising stars singing jazz, Broadway and madcap cabaret! Dinner seating starts at 5:00 and the one hour show begins at 6:00PM