Kelly Clarkson
Jose Feliciano
Placido Domingo
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Performers
set for
papal events
By Beth Griffin
Catholic News Service
NEW YORK (CNS) — Performing for a papal event
is not just another gig, even for those whose names are usually rendered
in boldface type.
Kelly Clarkson, 25, a pop singer who gained national attention by winning
the inaugural “American Idol” competition in 2002, will sing
several of her standards for the youths awaiting the pope at St. Joseph’s
Seminary in Yonkers, New York, April 19.
At Yankee Stadium April 20, guitar virtuoso Jose Feliciano will sing “Lean
on Me,” “Que Sera, Sera” and “God Bless the USA.”
He and his family attend the Church of the Assumption in Westport, where
Jose is a lector, his wife is a catechist and Eucharistic minister, and
their three children are altar servers.
In Washington, tenor Placido Domingo and mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves will
sing at the Mass at Nationals Park April 17. Domingo, general director
of the Washington National Opera, will sing Franck’s “Panis
Angelicus” Communion, and Graves will sing “We Are One in
the Spirit” just before the processional.
Other performers at papal events include Metropolitan Opera tenor Marcello
Giordani, the Irish singer Dana, and jazz singer Harry Connick Jr. The
choirs include the Harlem Gospel Choir and the West Point Cadet Choir,
from the U.S. Military Academy.
Benoit Jutras, musical director and principal composer for Cirque Du Soleil,
has written a piece for the processional of the standard-bearers for the
Mass at Yankee Stadium.
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