Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone, Cal Performances

Despite having sung in the Bay Area numerous times since his 1999 debut — especially compelling were his roles in John Adams’ A Flowering Tree and Doctor Atomic, the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, and Handel’s Ariodante — Eric Owens’ powers as a recitalist are relatively unknown here. All the more exciting, then, to welcome what seems to be a Bay Area recital debut that contrasts German lieder with more intimate fare from Debussy and Duparc. Ravel’s Don Quichotte to Dulcinée should be the icing on the cake.