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Maestro Giulherme Almeida
is Senior Lecturer in Music Theater
at Baylor University. He
was recently Music Director for
Shakespeare in the
Love with Shakespeare
Dallas. He was also Composer/Music
Director/Music supervisor for a new translation
of Goethe's Faust at the
U. of Texas in Dallas. He is currently
working remotely at Zurich University of the Arts
in a program called Creation and Scenario
in Music. He is concept and stage director
for Oscillating Realities a new performance
piece.
Conductor RAFFI
ARMENIAN resides in Montreal Canada.
He is working on several
new recording projects.
He has recently finished
a book "Guideline for the Interpretation
of beethoven Symphonies".
Bass baritone ISAIH MUSIK AYALA to our roster.In April and May he performed
Alidoro in Rossini's La Cenerentola at both Tri-Cities
Opera and Syracuse Opera. He returned to Union Avenue Opera
in St. Louis for performances as Gremin in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegen
last Summer.
Tenorr
PEDRO BARBOSA returned to Union Avenue
Opera as Count Almavia in rossini's
Il barbieri di Siviglia.
He made his debut as Don Ramiro in Rossini's La
Cenerentola with Salt Marsh Opera..
We welcome soprano KAREN HUGHES BEACOM to our roster.
Mezzo Soprano LAURA
BRIOLI performed Amneris
in Verdi's
Aida
with Staatsoper
Hamburg . She
also performed
the title role in
Zanetto by Mascagni as well
as Zia Principessa
in Suor Angelica
at Opera de Rennes.
Conductor/Pianist RICHARD CARSEY was recently
conducting Phantom
of the Opera and
Carousel on Broadway.
Conductor GERARD CHIUSANO founded Opus 1 Singers
and they
have had several concerts.
He is completed his third opera based on
Thurst is based on the
historical novel by Mary Donnarumma Sharnick. He just
finished writing the music for a PBS mini-series
Stars on Stage. On Nov. 17 the
Rutgers University Orchestra did a reading
of his new symphony. On Jan 17 PBS channel
13 will have his composition on the air. On May 1 he leads a semi-staged
version of Mozart's Cosi fan tutti at
Opera America in NYC.
Soprano
SARAH JOYCE COOPER was in residence at Tri Cities Opera and performed
Clorinda in La Cenerentola on April 10 and on May
1 at Syracuse Opera. In
May she performed as Sally in Joe Illick's Stone Soup. She
was a winner in The Classical Competition at Montpelier Arts
Center in MD. She was also a semi-finalist in the Rochester Oratorio
Competition. She performed a recital at Middlesex Alumnae
weekend in June.In October she makes her main stage debut as Monica in Menotti's
Medium with Tri Cities Opera and
Syracuse Opera. Performances
are Oct. 21-23 in Binghampton and Oct. 28-30 in Syracuse.
We welcome mezzo-soperano ALYCE DAUBENSPECK to our
roster. She performed in a Gala concert with Raylynmour
Opera in New Hampshire on August 14.
Conductor HERB DIMMOCK is Music Direcotr of the Herb Dimmock
Singers as well
as the prestigious
Bach in Baltimore Series
in Baltimore.
Bass-Baritone
CARL DUPONT
is Assistant Professor
of Voice
at Peabody Conservatory
of Music in Baltimore Maryland.
He returned to Opera Columbus for performaned
as Hawkins Fuller in Fellow Travelers6. On March
6 he was soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah with Herb Dimmock's
Bach in Baltomore. In June he is part
of the Peabody Summer Vocal Academy. In July he taught
and performed at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. In
August he will participate nin Washington National Opera's
Opera Initiative. On September 25 he makes his debut with the
Brazos Symphony Orchestra in Texas as bass in
Beetrhoven's 9th Symphony.
Soprano
ISABEL DUPRE sang a recital at the
Lincoln Center Library
followed by an audition trip in Europe.
Israeli Countertenor
DAVID FELDMAN performed
C.D. Cossoni's
Verper at
Novantique in Bern
Switzerland. He performed J.S.
Bach'sPassion with Bachkoor
Brabant at
Barkokorfet Florilegium Musuicum
in the Netherlands. He also perfomed
J.S. Bach's St. Matthew
Passiom with Ribahuta
Musica at Sint janskerk in Gouda Netherlands.
We welcome soprano LAUREN FREY to our roster.
Soprano SUZAN HANSON has redirected her career to being
a director. She just made her directing debut at Utah Festival
Opera directing a new production of Copland's Tenderland.
HARWOOD MANAGEMENT produced
a new roster video "Heart
of Opera". It is on youtube at
.https://youtu.be/mCffG-j31YI
Bass
ERIC
JOHNSON is head of
the opera department at
Syracuse
University.
Pianist CRAIG KETTER
is a busy soloist and accompanist in New
York and throughout the US. He performed in The Ullmann
Project Irvington NY Presbyterian Church. He also performed in
A Concert of New Music at the National Opera
Center in NYC. He performed
Preferite Puccini e Verdii
at the Old Dutch
Church in Kingston NY. He
will perform an Italian Opera
Concert at the Tower Music Series
at the reformed Chruch in Poughkeepsie NY. He performed
Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 109 and
a Beethoven 4 piano arrangement at
the Clayton Piano
Festival in North Carolina. Go to the
Clayton Piano Festival website for the
livestream.
Tenor
KYLE
ERDOS-KNAPP
covered Tobias and Anthony in Sweeney Todd with Opera Omaha
in February.
Soprano JENNY
LINDSEY performed Liu in Puccini's
Turandot
at the Lincoln Center
Library. She also performed
in Bizet's The
Pearl Fishers with
Opera
in Williamsburg
in Virginia. On May 1 she will sing Fiordiligi in
Mozart's Cosi fan tutte in "Opera Reads" at
Opera America.
Conductor
DANIEL
LIPSCHUTZ is an artistic consultant for many orchestras
and opera companies.
Mezzo-soprano EMILY
LIPSCHUTZ looks forward to performing concerts
in Florida and New York. She recently performed
on "Broadway Holiday"at Phoenicia
Festival of the Voice 24 Main
Phoenicia, NY.
We welcome tenor CHRTISTOPHER LONGO to our
roster. He makes his debut as Rinuccio in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
with Salt Marsh Opera 10/7-23.
Director JAMIBETH MARGOLIS is busy
in NYC. She directed a semi-staged production of Cosi fan
tutti at Opera America
on May 1.
Mezzo-soprano LAURE DE MARCELLUS
has just finished a new album "Pauline Inspired"
based on the music of Pauline Viardot. She did this
with her Spanish pian ist Alberto Urroz. and is produced by
Centaur Records. On March 19 she performed music
from the CD at Salle des Abelles in Geneva Switzerland.
On Friday April 8 she performed "Pauline Inspired"
a show honoring the extraordinary artist Pauline Viardot at
Old First Concerts in San Francisco. On May 20
she made her debut as Countess in Tchaikovsky"s Pique
Dame with West Bay Opera. On July 1 is the release
of her CD "Pauline Inspired".
Tenor MORGAN MASTRANGELO performed
as guest soloist with Forte International Competition
at Carnegie Recital Hall.. This Summer he joined Opera
Saratoga, covered Almaviva in Il Barbieri di Siviglia, sang
Tobias in Sweeney Todd, and was tenor soloist
in Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle. On August
4 he performed an opera and Broadway concert at the Kasschua Memorial
Shell in Ridgewood NJ. He travels to europe in September and is
a semi-finalist in the Ottavio Zinno International Vocal Competition
in Italy. He makes his debut with Herb Dimmock's Bach in Baltimore
singing Bach Cantata 182.
Conductor
STEFANO MICELI is a world renoned
conductor and Steinway pianist.
Soprano VICTORIA MININGHAM
is producing and performing with Victoria's
Opera House her own company in NYC.
Baritone
BRIAN MONTGOMERY
began the Fall season with "Opera
Favorites" at the Old
Dutch Church in Kingston NY . He also performed the
title role in Verdi's MacBeth with
Opera For Earth in NYC at St. John's Church
in NYC.. He made his debut with Opera Idaho as George
Benson in Dead Man Walking
on April 14,22,24. On May 1 he sang Don Alfonso
in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte in "Opera
Reads" at Opera America. He makes his debut with
Salt Marsh Opera in the lead role in Gianni Schicchi 10/7-23
Conductor
NIELS MUUS is Music Director
of Festival Steyr in
Austria. He is also
conductor for the
Morphing
Chamber Orchestra in
Vienna.
Mezzo-soprano MARTINA PORTYCHOVA
was pleased to be a Semi-finalist
in the Premiere
Opera Foundation
and NYIOP International Vocal Competition as
well as the Music International Grand
Prix Competition. She traveled to the Czech Republic
for family time and several performances. She is performed
a solo concert for Turnov Paridise
in the Czech Republic. Shewas also a semi-finalist in the
Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition.
On a moment's notice she made her debut as mezzo soloist
in Handel's Messiah with the Hudson
Valley Philharmonic. On May 1 she sang Dorabella in Mozart's
Cosi fan tutte in "Opera Reads" at Opera America.
She just got her MMusic in vocal performance from the
University of Arizona.
Soprano
DANA PUNDT made her debut with
Opera Project Columbus
as Rosalinda in
Die Fledermaus. She
compled a six month culinary course. She also
performed a recital with Brad Caldwell as pianist. This
is a part of the Spectrum Workshop
Series on line. The composers included Poulenc,
Rachmaninoff, Strauss, Pasatieri, and Cipullo. To
see and hear this recital please go to Spectrumworkshops.com
Highlight Media and link to her recital. She
also appeared with Pedro Barbosa in a video Heart of
Opera produced by Harwood Management.
We welcome bass-baritone ELIAM RAMOS to our roster.
He makes his debut singing Schaunard and covering Marcello in Puccini's
La Boheme with Soo Opera on Mackinac
Island August 12-14. He performed in La Boheme at Opera
in Williamsburg in Virginia from Sept. 9-11. On September
16 he performs in a "gala" concert with Ziwen Xiang in Queens NY. He
makes his debut with Herb Dimmock's Bach in Baltimore singing
Bach Cantata 182.
Baritone FREDERICK REDD
is preparing and producing his first CD
"REDD". He is on the Board of Directors for the
William Warfield Foundation.
He has produced many videos for
both Harwood Management
and Hr Artists Management.
He made his debut with the New Jersey Symphony as Hark in Michael
Raphael's Nat Turner with Trilogy
Opera.. He performed "Old Man River" from Showbooat
on a gala concert at Eastman School of Music for the William
Warfield Foundation. He pianist was Grammy Winning Jazz pianist
Harold Danko. Fred returnrd to Carnegie Hall
as soloist in Hayes Requiem and Mozaart's
Regina Coeli in C Major, "The Heavens
are Telling" from Haydn's The Creation, and "Domine, ad adjuvandumk
me festiva" by G. B. Martini with Mid-America Productions on June
30. Fred is Dom Claude Frollo in a new musical Hunchback of
Notre Dame by John Taylor Thomas at the 30th Street Theatre
in NYC. Performances run Sept. 8 through October 3.
Maestro BYUNG Rhee is
Music Director and Conductor
of Camerata New Jersey.
He lwads a concert for competition winners
with his Camarata Orchestra at
Merkin Hall in NYC on March 26.. For
info on Camerata New Jersey
please go to http://www.cameratanewjersey.org/
We welcome ROCKY E. SELLERS to our roster.
He is busy with engagements with Lyric Opera of
Chicago and The Metropolitgan
Opera performing FireShut up in
my Bones at Lyric Opera of Chiocago. He also
sang Don Alfonso in Cosi fan Tutte with Opera Memphos
in May. In June and Julky he performed in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
with Des Moines Opera.
Soprano
MICHELE SEXTON
performed with "Opera
Favorites" at the Old
Dutch Church in Kingston NY. In December she
performed in "An American Christmas Songbook" at
Bristol Riverside Theatre in NJ.
Conductor ERIC TOWNELL is currently Music Director
of the Rochester Choral Society. Eric is also
the director
of RESONANZ, a Rochester
based choral group.
He is Host/Producer
of In
the Spotlight for Cable Access
TV in Western NY. Eric
is Artistic Director of The
Finger Lakes Chioral Festival
. On July 24 they perform Beethoven's Choral Fantasy,
Mozart's Symphony #32 and a portion of Handel's
Solomon at Hale Auditorium at Robert Wesleyan College in NY.
Conductor DAVID WROE is Music Director of the New Jersey
Festival Orchestra.
Please go to
the web site for concert information.
Tenor ZIWEN XIANG made his debut with Seton
Hall University as Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
His January production of Ferrando in Mozart's
Cosi fan tutti at Cedar
Rapids Opera has been postponed. and will happen this January.
On May 1 he will sing Ferrando in Mozart's Cosi
fan tutte in "Opera Reads" at Opera America. He
also performed Halstork's I Will Lift up Mine Eyes
and Dett's Chariot Jubilee at Carnegie Hall
with Mid-America Productiuons on June 3. On Sept.
2 he performed as Arturo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lamermoor
with New York City Opera at Bryant Park in NYC. He performs
a "gala" concert on Sept. 16 at the Glow Foundation Community Center
in Queens NY.He also has been selected to compete in "Opera's Golden Voice"
International Vocal Competition in Georgia in September.
We welcome Italian baritone NICOLA ZICCARDI to our roster.
We represent him in the Americas.
He performed at the Musikverein in Vienna in a
Mozart concert and performed as Marcello in
La Boheme with Teatro Magnani
Fidenza in Italy. He ia currewntly performing
in Germany and at Teatro de Giglio Luccca.
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