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Conductor RAFFI
ARMENIAN resides in Montreal
Canada. He is working on
several new recording
projects. He has
recently finished his book "Guideline
for the Interpretation of beethoven
Symphonies".
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. He also performed a concert for Cinncinati Opera..
Soprano KAREN HUGHES BEACOM performed
Christmas by Candellight in Curtis Mi.
followed by solosit with Sault Symphony Orchestra
in Ontario . She also performed Handel's Messiah
with the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra
and she performed the Saint Saens Christmas
Oratorio with Soo Theatre.
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.
Thehe Rutgers University
Orchestra did a reading of his
new symphony. On Jan 17 PBS channel
13 hsd his composition on the air. He also led a semi-staged
version of Mozart's Cosi fan tutti at
Opera America in
NYC. There was a reading of a portion of his new opera The
Dream with the Rutgers Symphony Orchestra in NJ.
Soprano
SARAH JOYCE COOPER 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 performed Gretel in a children's production
of Hansel and Gretel with
Boston Lyric Opera. On March 18 Sarah performed
as soloist in the Brahms Requiem with Eastern
Connecticut Orchestra in New London Ct. On
April 8 she performed as soprano soloist in Haydn's
Creation with the MIT Chorale. She returns to
Boston Opera Collaborative as Adina in Donizetti's
Elisir d' amore on April 27 through May 6. She performs
Tchailovsky's Maria's Lullaby from Mazeppa with The
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra at Sanders Theatre st Harvard University.
She makes her Carnegie Hall debut on July 8 as soloist in the
Poulenc Gloria with Mid-America Productions. On July
27 she will make her debut as Adina In Elisir d' amore for
Geneva Light Opera in New York.
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. See web site for performance dates.
Bass-Baritone
CARL DUPONT
is Assistant Professor
of Voice
at Peabody Conservatory
of Music in
Baltimore Maryland. He made his debut with
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
in a series of concerts in Dec. 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 returned to Bach in Baltimore for
the St. John Passion at the Church of the
Resurrection in Baltimore.On Sunday May 20 he made his debut with the
Baltimore Choral Society as soloist in Mendelssohn's
Elijah. He is director with the Arts
Connexions Series for the Rochester Oratorio
Society.. The first concert is called "Eat, Pray, Love. will be performed
on June 18 at Sarasota Opera. On June 4 he made his debut with
New York City Opera as Colline in Puccini's
La Boheme.in Bryant Park in NYC.
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 SUZAN HANSON has redirected her career to being
a director and singer. She returns
to Utah Festival Opera directing Wagner's Lohengrin this
Summer.
HARWOOD MANAGEMENT produced
a new roster video "Heart
of Opera". It is on youtube
at
.https://youtu.be/mCffG-j31YI. Jim
did workshops and clinics at Pace University
MADDIE HERTEL is a graduate of Ithaca College..
She is a singer, dancer, and choreographer. She will
spend the Summer at Glimmerglass Opera as a dancer and coreographer.
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
Soprano JENNY LINDSEY
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. On May 26, 2023 she will make his debut as counter-tenor
soloist in the Pergolesi Stabat Mater at Carnegie
Hall in NY with Mid-America Productions.
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.
Director JAMIBETH MARGOLIS is busy
in NYC. She directed a semi-staged production of
Cosi fan tutti
at Opera America.
Mezzo-soprano LAURE DE MARCELLUS
has finished her 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.
She also performed her show "Pauline Inspired"
at La Maison Francaise at NYU. It is a
tribute to Pauline Viardot Garcia.. She returns to West
Bay Opera as Mary in Der Fliegende Hollãnder
May 26 through June 4.
Tenor MORGAN MASTRANGELO was
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 toured as Frederic in Pirates of Penzance
with New York Gilbert and Sullivan Society
from March 14 through April 4. On May 7 he returned to Herb Dimmock's
Bach in Baltimore singing
Bach Cantatas 4 and 140. On May 3-6 he performed as Gastone
in Verdi's La Traviata with City Lyric Opera in NYC. He performed
as tenor soloist in Orff's Carmina Burana with Mid-America
at Carnegie Hall on May 13and returns to Carnrgir Hall
as soloist in Forrest's Requiem for the Living
on June 25. On May 25 and 26 he
made his debut at Wichita Grand Opera as Count Almaviva in Thje
Barber of Seville.
Soprano VICTORIA MININGHAM
is producing and performing
with Victoria's Opera House
her own company in NYC. She is completing
her Masters Degree at the New School in New York City.
Baritone
BRIAN MONTGOMERY sang Don Alfonso in Mozart's
Cosi fan tutte in "Opera Reads" at Opera
America. He made his debut with Salt Marsh Opera
in the lead role in Gianni Schicchi and
Judge in Trial by Jury. Brian was in
Clearwater Fl. for a performance of Verdi's McBeth
with Opera for Earth. He performed Michele
in Il Tabarro with Regina Opera in Brooklyn.
On May 15 through August 7 he will perform as Telramund in Wagner's Lohengrin
as well as Dr. Gibbs in Our Town at Utah Festival Opera.
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 performed new composer
works at the U. of Arizona followed by Peter Brook's Carmen
on April 14 and 16 and a doctoral recital.
Soprano DANA
PUNDT 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 recently performed a concert for Cinncinati Opera
and returned to sing Regnava nel silencio
for another event.
Bass-baritone ELIAM RAMOS
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 sang as bass soloist in
Bach's Cantata #112 with Bach in Baltimore
in Ellicott Md. On March 10 was a workshop of LisaDeSplainj
and Melisa Tein's Song of the Nightingale with
On Site Opera. On March 18 Eliam performrf
as soloist in the Brahms Requiem with
Eastern Connecticut Orchestra in New London
Ct. He returned to Opera in Williamsburg
for Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni May 10,12
and 14. On May 26 and 27 he joined NYU Tisch Opera
Lab for readings of several new worksOn May 29 he made his Carnegie
Hall debut singing as soloist in the Hardin Requiem with
Mid-America poroductions. On June 4 he performs Billy Eckstein in
Sassy by Richard Thompson at the Sarah Vaughn Theater with
Trilogy Opera in Newark NJ.
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.. 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 also did workshops
and clinics at RIT in Rochester.
Fred made his debut with Bach in Baltimore
as soloist in the Brahm's Requiem. He
also 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/
We welcome counter-tenor, tenor ZABRIEL RIVERS to our
roster. He recently was at the Alabama
Shakespeare Festival as Frederick J. Loudin
in Jubilee by Tazwell Thompson. On May 26, 2023 he made
his debut as counter-tenor soloist in the Pergolesi Stabat Mater
at Carnegie Hall in NY with Mid-America Productions.
ROCKY E. SELLERS 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.. On Jan. 12 he
was in a live stream workshop if Lisa DeSplain's new opera
The Hell-Bound Train at Opera America.
On April 22 he joined American Opera Projects for
a reading of a new work Precipice at Hunter College. .
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. On June 3 she makes her Carnegie Hall debut singing
as soprano soloist in the Faure Requiem with Mid-America Productions.
We welcome Maestro TOSHIYUKI SHIMADA to our roster. He is presently
Music Director and Conductor of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony
Orchestra, the New Britain Symphony Orchestra as well as the Orchestra
of the Southern Finger Lakes.
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.
Soprano MELISSA WIMBISH 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 she returned to Bach in Baltimore
for the St. John Passion at the
Church of the Resurrection in Baltimore. .
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. In January he made his debut with Grand
Rapiuds Opera as Ferrabdo in Mozart's
Cosi fan tutti on Jan 20 and 22.
He performed in a streamed production of Fractured Mosaics
with White Snake Projects. on March 30,
April 1 and 3. Please go to White Snake Opera for tickets to this
virtual opera.
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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