See
and hear our video https://youtu.be/HsXO57c-uGQ
Opera around
the World
Another video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JPzGpowUp3SlniEyNpSPwp2jR6T3oYC2/view?usp=drive_web
Soprano ViIANCA ALEJANDRA
was a First Place
Winner
in the Puerto Rico Distract Metropolitan
Opera Competition. She she sang Norina
in Don Pasquale at Festival of the
Agean in Greece.
She returned to Carnegie Hall
for performances of Mozart's Regina coeli
K.276 and the Bach Magnifical with Mid-America
at Carnegie Hall.
On November 9 she won Second Place in the Nats Competition
in NYC
Conductor
RAFFI ARMENIAN
resides in Montreal
Canada. He has recently
finished his booki "Guideline
for the Interpretation
of beethoven Symphonies".
Maestro RICHARD BARRETT
led a production of Puccini's
Tosca with
Soo Opera.. He is a busy coach
and voice teacher in NYC.
Soprano KAREN
HUGHES BEACOM performed the title role in Floyd's
Susannah with her opera
company, Soo Opera
in Michigan. She is producing concerts and doing musicals
throughout the year in Michigan. She performed the
Countess and produce Marriage of Figaro
with her Soo Opera Co. She performed
as Soprano soloist in Handel's Nessiah with Great
Lakes Chamber Orchestra on Dec. 11 and 12.
Conductor/Pianist RICHARD CARSEY was recently
conducting Phantom
of the Opera
and Carousel
on
Broadway.
Baritone JUNHAN CHOI made his debut
as Schaunard in Puccini's La Boheme with the
Cambridge Symphony Orchestra in Boston at
the Grege Auditorium. On Wed. Nov 12 he performed in Boston
Lyric Opera's Gala "Ride of the Valkyres"
at Sowo Power Station in Boston. Hewas soloist in the Lord Nelson
Mass with Cambridge Community Chorus on Dec.
14. He performs Pantheus in Berlioz's Les Troyens a Carthage
with the Boston Youth Symphony at Sanders Theatre on Jan. 25. On
Feb 22 he performs "A Feast of Remembrance" with The Boston
Cecilia at NEC.
Conductor GERARD CHIUSANO 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.
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. Gerard did arrangements
and orchestrations for "Broadway Scores"
a a concert with the Waterbury Symphony
Orchestra in Connecticu. On March 22 she will sing as soloist
in John Kramer's "Immigrant Experience" At First
Church Roxbury Mass.
Soprano
SARAH JOYCE COOPER returned to the Bar
Harbor Music Festival as Adina
in L'Elise d'amore..
She was soloist in Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with
the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra
on October 4. She returned to the
Rochester Oratorio Society for a performance
of Will Todd's Mass in Blue. and a recital for
the Opera Guild. On Nov. 7 Sarah performs a concert with Kindred
Arts in Milford PA. On Nov. 15 she sang as soloist in Beethoven's
Choral Fantasy with the New
England Conservatory Expanded Education Division.
Soprano KAHLI DALBOW performed Georgetta
in Il Tabarro with Boulder
Opera on Feb. 7-9. In July and in August
she performs the title role of Ariadne
in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Trentino Music
Fesival in Italy. From Sept 15 to Oct. 19 she
was in The Shinning at Utah Opera.
We welcome mezzo-soprano CAMERYL DEWAR to our roster.
Distinguished Conductor HERB DIMMOCK is Music Director
of the Herb Dimmock
Singers as well
as the prestigious
Bach in
Baltimore Series
in Baltimore. See web site for
performance dates.
We welcome conductor Danko Drusško to our roster.
Bass-Baritone
CARL DUPONT
is Assistant Professor
of Voice
at Peabody
Conservatory
of Music
in Baltimore Maryland. He covered the baritone
role in Stravinsky's Renard
with the Baltimore Symohony Orchestra. Carl
returmedt to Carnegie Hall and
Mid-America productions for
performances of the Vivaldi Magnificant
and the Monteverdi Magnificat. On Dec. 5 he returns to Opera
Saratoga for a performance as Colline in Puccini's La Boheme.
On Dec. 23 he was soloist at the Kennedy Center
for the annual Messiah Sing A-long.
Tenor
ETHAN ELLIS returned to Carnegie Hall
and Mid-America Productions as a soloist
in Monteverdi Magnificat. This Summer
was Tamino in Magic Flute with Chicago Summer Opera.
On Dec 7 and 14 hesang Handel's Messiah with Bach in Baltimore.
Argentinian soprano
MARIS JOSE FABARA resides in Colorado. She performed Norina
in Donizetti's Don Pasquale
with Ft. Collins Opera. Last
Summer she performed Micaela in Bizet's Carmen with
the Equadorian Symphony in Quita Equador.
She also performed Opera in the
Park "Be;;a Voce" with Boulder Opera. On Nov. 11,
15, 16 she returned to Boulder Opera as Adina in
Elixir of Love.
Soprano SUZAN HANSON
has redirected her career to being
a director and singer. She
returned to Utah
Festival Opera directing Wagner's
Lohengrin. She is very busy in the LA area teaching
voice and directing opera productions.
HARWOOD MANAGEMENT
produced a new roster
video
"Heart of Opera".
It is on youtube
at
.https://youtu.be/mCffG-j31YI.
Tenor
JESUS DANIEL HENANDEZ performed a Italian Opera
Concert with the Eastern
Connecticut Symphony Orchestra to celebrate
Toshi Shimada's 15th season with the orchestra. He also performed
in a world premier opera "To the People Like
Us" with White Snake Opera in Boston.
On September 25 he performeduu at an event for Mexican designer
Celestino Couture at Walkway on
the Hudson in Poukeepsie NY. On October 12 he performed an
Italian Concert at the Italian Festival
in Kingston NY sponsored by the Ulster County Italian American
Foundation. On Nov. 16 he performs Tony in Terrence McNally's
Masterclass as well as other music at SER restaurant
in Arlington VA. On November 30 he returns to perform in a Music
Salon Series in Falls Church VA. On December 11 he sang
a program at the Zanesville Museum of Art in Ohio. He also repeated
Mc Nally's Masterclass in Barcelona Spain.
We welcome contralo JENNIFER
HINES to our roster. On Nov.18 she performed a recital at the Boardwalk
(residence) in Long Beach NY. On Sunday March 8 she performs as
soloist in Handel's Judas Maccabeus with Bach in Baltimore.
Pianist
CRAIG
KETTER
is a busy soloist and accompanist in New
York and throughout the US. He performed
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.
Craig returned to the South Orange Symphony
in NJ as soloist playing Rachmaninov
2d Piano Concerto..He performedan Italian
evening at the Old Dutch
Church in Kingston NY on Nov. 1. On Nov.
14 he performed a program for the Business
Council for International Understanding in NYC.
Soprano
JENNY LINDSEY
made her debut as soprano soloist
in the Pergolesi Stabat
Mater at Carnegie
Hall in NY with Mid-America Productions.
Maestro ERIC MAHL has
been named Music Director in a multi-year contract with the
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. He
is also currently Music Director
of
Northport Symphony Orchestra, Arcadia Opera co. In
addition he is on the faculy of the
Charles Ives Music Festival. He began
his reign as Music Director with the Ridgefield Symphony
Orchestra on Feb. 8. On July 15 and 16 made his debut as Music
Director and conductor of L'Elise
d'amore with the Bar Harbor Music Festival
in Maine.
On August 4-8 he brings his ,usical and teaching talents to the
Charles Ives Music Festival
in Connecticut. On Sept. 27 he led the opening
concert with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. Dec 6 was
the next performance followed by a concert on Feb. 7.
Director JAMIBETH
MARGOLIS is busy at
Pace U.
and as a casting director in NYC.
She directed a semi-staged production
of
Cosi fan tutti
at
Opera America.
Baritone
BRIAN MONTGOMERY lives in NYC and Asia. Brian sang
at Opera in the Ozarks as a part of the
75th Gala Event.. Brian
returned to Carnegie Hall and sang the
Mozart Requiem and Vesperae
solemnes de confessore with Mid-America
Productions.
Mezzo-soprano
MARTINA PORTYCHOVA received
her MMusic in vocal performance from the
University of Arizona
and is currently finishing
her DMA. She was also on the Administrative
staff of the
Tucson Desert Song Festival.
She also performed new composer works at
the U. of Arizona followed by the title role
in Peter Brook's Carmen.
She continues to finish her degree in the Fall. On
March 23 she sang Beethoven's 9th
Symphony with the New
Britain Symphony Society. On August 6,8,10 she performed Marcelena
in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro with Soo
Opea in Michigan. She performed as Mezzo-Soprano soloist in Handel's
Nessiah with Great Lakes
Chamber Orchestra on Dec. 11 and 12. On April 5 she
makes her debut with Mid-America and Carnegie Hall as soloist in Mozart's
"Coronation Mass" and "Missa Brevis in D minor" and Vivaldi's
"Gloria".
Mezza-soprano OLA RAFALO returned to Sotto
Voce Vocal Collective
in Buffalo for her first Princuipessa in
Suor Angelica. She
spends much of the season at Chicago Lyric Opera in
various productions including Aida..She also performed
Mahler's Symphony
#2
with the Eugene Symphony.
Last season she covered Hrtenso in the Listeners
by Mazzoli at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
She sang the National Anthem at a White Sox baseball game.
At Lyric Opera of Chicago she is covered
the Mother in Madama Butterfly. On Jan 23 and 25 she makes
her debut with Winter Opera St. Louis as Ulrica in Verdi's Un
Ballo in Maschera.
Bass-baritone
ELIAM RAMOS sang the US Premier of Paul Aiken's
Missa Pro Terra "A mass
for Earth" at Carnegie Hall with Mid America.
He also sang Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the
New Britain Symphony Society. Eliam
he performd new operas with The Advanced AOP-NYU
Tish Opera Lab. He performed Dumas in David Winkler's
Rossini's Perduto with Long
Island Concert Orchestra and Seas Cliff Chamber Players at The
Theater at St. Jean in NYC. He sang Belcore in L'Elise
d'amore with the Bar
Harbor Music Festival in Maine and performed Figaro in Mozart's
Le Nozze di Figaro with Soo Opea in Michigan.
He alsohe performed an Art Song Concert for
Opera in Williamsburg at the Williamsburg
Regional Library. On November 4 he sang Silvio in
Pagliacci with Opera Collective in Manhattan and returned
to Regina Opera to sing
Marcello in La Boheme on on Nov. 15-23.. He returned to Opera
Collective in NYC as Marullo in Rigoletto on Dec. 18. On Sunday March 8
he returns to perform as soloist in Handel's Judas Maccabeus with
Bach in Baltimore.
Mezzo - soprano ISABEL RANDALLsang Amelia Piper
in Jodi Goble's Whaling Women at
Boston Conservatory. She also performed
a recital in Red Hill Virginia. .Last Summer she was a young artist
with Opera Theatre of St. Louis.
She covered Zoe Walker in This House
by Ricky Ian Gordon. Isabel also performed "Our Songs" a
concert with Opera Theatre of St. Louis On
Oct 13 she begins her residency at Dayton Opera. She will do Childrens
Concerts, other performances, as well as Mercedes in Bizet's
Carmen on the main stage.. On Dec 16 she returned to the
Dayton Philharmonic to perform as soloist in Handel's
Messiah. On Feb 14 and 15 she performs a solo concert
for Black History Month with the Rochester Oratorio
Society.
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.
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.
He was soloist in The Year of the Jubilee
by Harvey Brough with the Rochester Choral
Society. He also sang Bennett's arrangement of
Porgy and Bess with the Orchestra
of the Southern Finger Lakes. He returned
to Carnegie Hall for a concert
with Mid-America Productions
and was bass soloist in Bond's
Ballad of the Brown King.He returned to the
Rochester Oratorio Society for the recording
of The Year of the Jubilee. He also returned
to the Rochester Choral Society
to record Harvey Bropugh's
Freedom Song. Fred sang a Holiday
program with New York Concert Opera in Staten
Island. On March 6 he receives a "Trendsetters to Watch Award"
in Las Vegas. He sang for Barnes International
and JP Morgan in NYC and performed another concert in Staten
Is.
Maestro BYUNG Rhee
is
Music Director
and Conductor
of Camerata
New Jersey. He led a concert
for competition
winners with his Camarata Orchestra
at
Merkin
Hall in NYC.. For info on
Camerata
New Jersey
please go to http://www.cameratanewjersey.org/
Counter-tenor, tenor
ZABRIEL RIVERS has a new one man show
"A Gullah Evening with Zabriel."
This production
is available for performances. It is
sponsored by the South Carolina Arts Commission. He was
soloist in The Year of the Jubilee by Harvey
Brough with the Rochester Choral Society.
He returned to Carnegie Hall
for a concert with Mid-America
Productions as soloist in Bond's
Ballad of the Brown King. He also returned
to the Rochester Choral Society for a
recording of Harvey Brough's Freedom Song.
On June 6 he premiered his one man show "A Gullah Evening
with Zabriel" with the Rochester
Choral Society in Rochester NY.
Bass VALARIAN RUMINSKI is
Artistic Director of
Nickel City Opera
in Buffalo. He returned to
Carnegie Hall for a performance of Mozart's
Coronation
Mass with Mid America
Productions. Following this he was soloist in Hayden
Mass with the
Putnam Chorale in Brewster and Beacon NY. He made
his debut with Bielefeld Theatre as Bartolo
in Mozart's Le nozze di figaro. He was a voice on "Little Emma"
an animated film in LA. He alsoreturned to Opera de Montreal
as Benoit/Alcindoro in La Boheme.
We welcome tnor NISSIM SAAL to our roster. For his cantorial
work please refer to his website. On Dec. 3 he performed a program
at a nursing home in Long Isloand.
ROCKY E. SELLERS
sang with the Rochester Choral Society in Glenn
McClure's "Promised Land"and repeaated
it at Geneseo College. This season hewas in
Tosca and Moby Dick at the
Metropolitan Opera. Rocky makes
his debut at Carnegie Hall sining the
Mozart Requiem and Vesperae
solemnes de confessore on
June 1 with Mid-America Productions. This Fall was Porgy
and Bess at Houston Grand Opera as well as the Metropolitan
Opera.
Soprano
MICHELE SEXTON was a judge for
the Ms. New Jersey
Pageant in Atlantic City.S performed
a program for the Business Council
for International Understanding in NYC. Michele sings
the US Premier of Paul Aiken's Missa Pro Terra
"A mass for Earth" at Carnegie Hall with Mid America.
She sang Beethoven's 9th Symphony
with the New Britain Symphony
Society. On October 12 he performed an Italian Concert at
the Italian Festival in Kingston NY sponsored
by the Ulster County Italian American Foundation.
Maestro TOSHIYUKI
SHIMADA is a well established Maestro..
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. Please see their web
sites for Performance dates. He was recently guest conductor
with the Connecticut Orchestra.
He joined other alumnae ith The Portland Maine Symphony
Orchestra for performances of
Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
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
. Last Summer the Festival
presented "St. Francis in the Americas: A Caribbean
Mass" and Misa Criolla. The performance was at
the Hochstein Performance Hall in Rochester at 8pm. This
is a benefit concert..
Soprano MELISSA WIMBISH is constantly touring with her
Outcalls
(Band). She returned to the Rochester
Choral Society for a recording of Harvery brough's
Freedom Song. She also performed in a Gala
for On Site Opera in NYC at the
Edison Ballroom. Melissa ssang a New Year's Gala
with Bach in Baltimore and
returned to sing the St. John
Passion..
Conductor DAVID WROE is Music Director of the New
Jersey
Festival
Orchestra.
Please
go to the web site for
concert information.
|