Taste of Talent and Red Curtain Addict are ecstatic to unveil the 5th annual 💀 DEATH BY ARIA 💀 on Thursday October 25 2025, in the Green Room - this year celebrating half a decade of haunted music! Get ready to be entranced by the Bay Area’s finest talents…

In true Death by Aria tradition, step into our haunted house of music, where spellbinding arias, phantoms, and witches summon the night with our superstar cast including
mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz, soprano Maria Valdes, tenor Christopher Oglesby and oboist & tenor Jesse Rex Barrett. For this milestone year, the program plunges into the shadows with music from Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Verdi’s Macbeth, Handel’s Julius Cesar, Leoncavallo’s tragic I Pagliacci, and Purcell’s haunting Dido’s Lament. Journey further into the dark depths of the ocean with music that echoes the menacing power of the sea witch, alongside favorite movie classics and even Kurt Weill’s Pirate Jenny. As the ultimate offering, pianist and master of ceremonies Ronny Michael Greenberg premieres his original composition Death by Aria, a title song that asks: If you knew you were going to die, and had one last chance to sing, what would it be?

Schedule

7:00–8:00pm · Pre-Concert Reception with themed cocktails by Hendrick’s Gin and Glenfiddich, Wine & Bites
8:00–9:00pm · Death by Aria Showcase
9:00–10:30pm · Party with Artists

The stage is set. This Halloween, let Death by Aria transport you into a world of witches, villains, phantoms, and tragic clowns - a night of music, mystery, and irresistible enchantment!