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SALT LAKE CITY — Broadway star Laura Osnes and British actor Martin Jarvis were announced Wednesday as the guests for the 2015 annual Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert.
Osnes performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the Pioneer Day concert on July 24 and is back by popular demand, according to Choir publicist Kim Farah. She will be joined by screen and voice actor Jarvis and four Metropolitan Opera soloists: Salt Lake native, soprano Erin Morley, Salt Lake native, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, tenor Ben Bliss and bass Tyler Simpson.
"This is going to be an unforgettable concert," Mormon Tabernacle Choir President Ron Jarrett said. "Where else can you find such a depth of talent in all performing disciplines all on one stage? We are truly blessed to have this fabulous ensemble of artists spend Christmas with us."
Osnes is an award-winning Broadway actress who has also starred in several films. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress for her role in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" and won the Drama Desk Award for her work in "Cinderella" that same year. She also had a Tony nomination for "Bonnie and Clyde" in 2012. Osnes has performed with the New York Philharmonic and has two albums.
Jarvis has also performed on Broadway and in movies and television and has voiced animated productions. He received the Theatre World Award for his starring role as Jeeves in "By Jeeves" on Broadway, which was also filmed for PBS. He appeared as Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon in the multi-Oscar-winning "Titanic" and lent his voice to Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph."
For three years, along with Judi Dench, Jarvis led Sir Peter Hall's company at the Royal National Theatre and featured works by Pinter, Frayn, Shakespeare and Wilde. He has directed more than 100 major productions for BBC radio and NPR in America.
The concert will be held Dec. 17-19 in the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City and tickets are required. People can apply for tickets by registering online at lds.org/events or by calling 801-570-0080. Ticket registration will be open from Saturday, Oct. 24 at 12:01 a.m. to Monday, Nov. 2 at 11:59 a.m. Tickets are limited two per household and will be distributed through a random selection process. Patrons will be notified by email about the results of the random selection process and tickets will be mailed after registration closes.
