Mount Desert Summer Chorale Performance

The Mount Desert Summer Chorale, a community chorus that has been giving concerts on Mount Desert Island since 1968, will present Mozart’s Requiem at the 1932 Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor on Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m., with a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m.

The performance, which will feature professional soloists and orchestra, also includes two movements from Mozart’s Solemn Vespers for a Confessor and Ave Verum Corpus.

The Chorale is returning to its usual fare of major works for chorus and orchestra after a two-year hiatus due to COVID. In 2020, the Chorale was unable to present any performance. Last summer, they presented a scaled-down concert of short works with piano.

Returning to perform with the Chorale as soloists are soprano Melissa Solomon, mezzo-soprano Miriam Schildkret, tenor Eric Flyte and bass-baritone Ryan Downey.

There will be limited free bus transportation on a first-come, first-served basis from the MDI High School for those who prefer to park away from downtown Bar Harbor. (Call Dave and Marty Ward for more information: 244-0042.)

Tickets for the concerts are $15 and are available at the Criterion box office or online at the Criterion website, criteriontheatre.org. Click on “Movies & Events” and go to the date of the concert.

Due to the surge of COVID in the area, please wear masks in the theatre for the safety of you and others.