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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 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. On Dec.
11 he played FBI Agent Tom Scarborough in an opea Fannie
Lou by Richard Thompson at JPAC in Newark.
Tenorr PEDRO BARBOSA
made his debut as Don Ramiro in Rossini's La Cenerentola
with Salt Marsh Opera..In
November he performed in an Opera Gala for Cincinnati
Opera. On Feb 15 he performs a concert for Cinncinati Opera..
Soprano KAREN HUGHES BEACOM performed Christmas by Candellight
in Curtis Mi. on Dec. 11 followed by solosit
with Sault Symphony Orchestra in Ontario on Dec.
11. She performed Handel's Messiah with the Great Lakes
Chamber Orchestra on Dec. 15 and 16. She performed
the Saint Saens Christmas Oratorio with Soo Theatre
on Dec. 22.
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. He also led
a semi-staged version of Mozart's Cosi fan tutti
at Opera America
in NYC.
Soprano SARAH JOYCE COOPER
sang as soloist in The Ordering of
Moses by Nathaniel Dett on Oct. 13 with the Rochester Oratorio
Society. She made her main stage debut as Monica in Menotti's
Medium with Tri Cities
Opera and Syracuse Opera.
She also performed as an artist in "Love in the Timw of..." with
Boston Opera Collaborative at the Multicultural
Center in Boston. In December she joined the Alabama
Shakespeare Festival as Maggie Porter in Jubilee by
Tazwell Thompson for performances from Jan. 6 through the 29th. In
February she will perform Gretel in a children's production of Hansel
and Gretel with Boston Lyric
Opera. On March 18 Sarah performs as soloist in the Brahms Requiem
with Eastern Connecticut Orchestra
in New London Ct. On April 8 she performs as soprano soloist in
Haydn's Creation with the MIT Chorale.
Mezzo-soperano ALYCE DAUBENSPECK is on the voice faculty at
LaSales U. in PA.. She performed in a Gala
concert with Raylynmour Opera in New Hampshire.
She also sang the Mozart Requiem with Interrupted
Sound Ensemble in Allentown PA. She sings La
Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi with the New
Jersey Festival Orchestra on Feb. 24 and 25.Following
this she will be in a producvtion of Cav/Pag with St. Peter by
the Sea in NJ.
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 was a part of the Peabody Summer Vocal Academy.
He also taught and performed at the Hawaii
Performing Arts Festival. Carl made his debut
with the Brazos Symphony
Orchestra in Texas as bass in
Beetrhoven's 9th Symphony.He also made his debut
as Stephen Kumalo in Weill's Lost in the Stars with
Annapolis Opera. He sang a concert at Carnegie
Hall "Songs of Hope" a group he is torung with. He
also made his debut with The Choral Arts Society of
Washington in a series of concerts in Dec. On Feb. 4,5,11 he returnrd
to the In-Series in DC for staged performances of Nathaniel Dett's
The Ordering of Moses at the Mount Vernon Place United
Methodist Church. On April 2 he returns to Bach in Baltimore
for the St. John Passion at the Church of the
Resurrection in Baltimore.
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.
Soprano LAUREN FREY made her debut as soloist in Handel's
Messiah with the Hudson Valley
Philharmonic.
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
We welcome MADDIE HERTEL to our roster. She is a singer,
dancer, and choreographer.
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
On Feb 24 and 25 he performs as Gherardo in Gianni
Schicchi with New Jersey Festival orchestra.
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. She sang 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.
Tenor CHRTISTOPHER LONGO returned to Salt Marsh Opera
in the Fall as Gherardo in iGianni Schicchi and
Judge in Trial by Jury. On March 27
to 31 her performs as Tamino in The Magic Flute with Salt Marsh
Opera in Ct.
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. She made her debut as
Countess in Tchaikovsky"s Pique
Dame with West Bay Opera. Last Summer
was the release of her CD "Pauline Inspired". On Dec. 8 she performed her
show "Pauline Inspired" at La Maison
Francaise at NYU. It is a tribute to Pauline Viardot Garcia and
the pianist was Alberto Urroz.
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 made
his debut with Herb Dimmock's Bach in Baltimore singing
Bach Cantata 182 in Oct. On March
3-5 he will be in a play as Micael in The Smallest Sound in the Smallest
Space by Bryne McClendon at the Cell Theatre..
This is a part of the Why Collective in residence at the Cell Theatre.
Morgan will tour as Frederic in Pirates of Penzance with New
York Gilbert and Sullivan Society from March 14 through
April 4.
We welcome tenor STEFAN METZNER to our distinguished
roster.
Soprano VICTORIA MININGHAM
is producing and performing with Victoria's
Opera House her own company in NYC.
She performs a concert for the NY Bar Assn. on Dec. 12.
Baritone
BRIAN
MONTGOMERY made his debut with Opera Idaho
as George Benson in Dead Man
Walking. He also 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 and
Judge in Trial by Jury. 10/14-23. On
October 30 he was in Clearwater Fl. for a performance of Verdi's
McBeth with Opera for Earth. On
Feb. 28 through March 12 he performs Michele in Il Tabarro with
Regina Opera in Brooklyn.
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 sang
Dorabella in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte in
"Opera Reads" at Opera America. She just received
her MMusic in vocal performance from the University
of Arizona and is currently finishing her DMA. She
is also on the Administrative staff of the Tucson Desert
Song Festival. On March 23-25 she performs new composer works at
the U. of Arizona followed by Peter Brook's Carmen and a doctoral
recital.
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. On
Feb 15 she performed a concert for Cinncinati Opera..
Bass-baritone ELIAM RAMOS made his debut
with the Metropolitan Opera Guild singing
excerpts from Verdi's La Traviata. He returned to
Bach in Baltimore singing
Bach's Cantata #2. He sang in Red
Bank NJ with Creative Operations is a Spanish program
and played The Sheriff in Fannie Lou by Richard Thompson at
JPAC in Newark. On March 5 he sings as bass soloist
in Bach's Cantata #112 with Bach in Baltimore
in Ellicott Md. On March 10 hedida workshop of LisaDeSplainj and Melisa
Tein's Song of the Nightingale with On Site Opera. On
March 18 Eliam performs as soloist in the Brahms Requiem with
Eastern Connecticut Orchestra in New
London Ct.
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.
Fred wass Dom Claude Frollo in a new off-broadway musical
Hunchback of Notre Dame by John Taylor
Thomas at the 30th Street Theatre in NYC.
He performed excerpts of Verdi's Rigoletto
with the Metropolitan Opera Guild
in NYC. He also did workshops and clinics at RIT
in Rochester. On Feb. 5 he makes his debut with Bach
in Baltimore as soloist in the Brahm's Requiem. On
February 11 he returned to Symphony Space in a new
Creative Stage Production.. On Feb 22 Fred , VP of PACO
Group was recognized as on of the trailblazers who has shaped the Port Authority
of NY and NJ durting Black History Month.
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/
ROCKY E. SELLERS was busy with engagements with Lyric
Opera of Chicago and
The Metropolitan Opera performing FireShut
up in my Bones. He also sang
Don Alfonso in Cosi fan Tutte with Opera Memphos.
Last Summer he performed in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
with Des Moines Opera. He is performing
in many operas this season with the Metropolitan
Opera. On New Year's Eve he made his Metropolitan Opera
Debut as Nicola in Giordano's Fedora. Performances continue
through Jan. 28. On Jan. 12 he was in a live stream workshop if Lisa DeSplain's
new opera The Hell-Bound Train at Opera
America.
Soprano MICHELE SEXTON
performed with "Opera
Favorites" at the
Old Dutch Church in Kingston NY.
She also performed in "An American Christmas
Songbook" at Bristol Riverside
Theatre in NJ. On March 22 she read and recorded Was One in my Hand
from Gerard Chiusano's new opera The Dream with the Rutgers Symphonty
Orchestra 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.
We welcome soprano MELISSA WIMBISH to our roster. This
season she was soprano soloist in the 50th aniversary of Bernstein's
Mass with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center. On
March 5 she sings as soprano soloist in Bach's Cantata #112 with
Bach in Baltimore in Ellicott Md.
Conductor DAVID WROE is Music Director of the New Jersey
Festival Orchestra.
Please
go to the web site for concert
information.
Tenor ZIWEN XIANG will repeat his performance ofHalstork's
I Will Lift up Mine Eyes
and Dett's Chariot Jubilee at Carnegie
Hall with Mid-America Productiuons
on May 13.. He performed as Arturo in Donizetti's
Lucia di Lamermoor with New York City
Opera at Bryant Park in NYC. He performed a "gala" concert
at the Glow Foundation Community Center in Queens NY.He
also was selected to compete in "Opera's Golden Voice" International
Vocal Competition in Georgia. In January he made his debut
with Grand Rapiuds Opera as Ferrabdo in Mozart's
Cosi fan tutti on Jan 20 and 22. He performs
in a streamed production of Fractured Mosaics with White
Snake Projects. on March 30, April 1 and 3.
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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