The George Fulginiti Series:
Cabaret, Cocktails, & Conversation
Co-Sponsorship between Alliance for New Music-Theatre
and
The Arts Club of Washington
Javier Arrey
"Music Without Borders"
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026, 7:00 p.m.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
$55 Members - $65 Non-Members
What can you expect coming to our cabaret evenings? Sometimes familiar tunes, to be sure, but we specialize in original cabaret compositions, sometimes crossover genres, and we encourage artists to bend and push boundaries of the cabaret form and always speak to our current times, in the space and the place where we are. We come together for an intimate experience with artists who have something to say and engage in lively conversation with the artists following every performance.
The Arts Club of Washington venue is intimate, perfect for an optimal cabaret experience.
Includes a small bites buffet and a signature cocktail created for this performance. Following the show you will meet the artist and enjoy other fine company. For each performance, the bar opens at 6:30 pm, the show starts at 7:00 pm.
About Javier Arrey
Javier Arrey will curate his own program for the Cabaret series at the Arts Club that highlights his extensive performances around the world in many different music genres.
Javier Arrey has been heralded as one of the most sought after and versatile Belcanto baritones of the emerging generation. The Chilean born American baritone has appeared in houses like The Vienna State Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Palau de Les Arts, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Nacional de Chile, Washington National Opera and San Francisco Opera.
What drew Alliance for New Music-Theatre to Javier Arrey is not only his outstanding voice but his painstaking and methodical process in the development of a role. As he told us, “Before I ever look at the music, I read the text multiple times to try and understand it inside out. Then I explore the psychology of the person.” Javier has collaborated with Alliance for New Music-Theatre on our chamber opera “On the Road to Arivaca,” that addresses the many issues of immigration, national boundaries, and cross-cultural-and-linguistic engagement. How does one act when one has to decide in a split second on the fate of a fellow human being?
Mr. Arrey has collaborated with conductors including Eun Sun Kim, Lorin Maazel, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, James Gaffigan, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Plácido Domingo, Anthony Walker and Marco Armiliato. His leading roles include Enrico (Lucia diLammermoor), Belcore (L’Elisir D’Amore), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Conte di Luna (Il Trovatore), Conte Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Renato (Un Ballo in Maschera), Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana), Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Jago (Otello), Riccardo (I Puritani), Diego (El último sueño de Frida y Diego) and Rodrigo (Don Carlo).
Following an acclaimed debut as Jago (Otello) at the Castleton Festival under Lorin Maazel, a performance Washington Post described as “menaced and connived but [Arrey] did so subtly and with a voice so lovely to listen to that his scheming seemed all the more threatening.” Praises came also from Mo. Lorin Maazel who published: “Jago was stunningly sung and acted by Javier Arrey [who] manages to give shape to the jealous demon within Otello”.
Javier also had the privilege and honor of performing twice in the U.S. Supreme Court for the Honorable Justices invited by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg declared: “[Arrey] has what it takes, both as a vocal artist and as a dramatic performer, to attract new audiences to opera venues, particularly young people needed to ensure that opera will remain a vital part of the contemporary musical scene.”
In addition to his work on the opera stage, baritone Javier Arrey is a world-class interpreter of Lieder and concert repertoire. Recent performances include Mahler’s Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen at Teatro Municipal in Chile and Dvořák’s Biblical Songs and Gypsy Songs in the Czech Republic.
In 2017, Mr. Arrey received the “Congressional Medal of Honor” at the National Congress of Chile in recognition of his artistic career and his social labor bringing the Opera to populations who have no access to live performances. In 2011 Javier Arrey was the winner of the CulturArte Prize at Operalia Competition in Moscow and in 2009 he was finalist at the Cardiff Singer of the World competition (Song prize). Arrey is a graduate of The Washington National Opera “Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program” and Dolora Zajick’s Program “Institute for Young Dramatic Voices. Javier continues to with local opera and concert companies to help develop and educate young artists.
More information, credits and calendar at Javier’s website: https://www.javierarrey.com/
6:30 pm - Doors Open
7:00 pm - Program
8:30 pm - Reception with the Artists
Discounted parking is available after 5:30 pm (free for members with membership card).
