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Arts/Calendar Editors: Classical Music FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Leonardo Ciampa, 617-561-0913, orientheights@usa.com
Kill Date: 29 October 2007
"Sunday Night at the Opera" in Arlington & Belmont, October 21 & 28Opera scenes & arias from "La Boheme" & "L'Amico Fritz"Bizet songs sung by Petra Pacaric
SPONSOR This concert sponsored by Orient Heights Music, Inc.
WHO
Leonardo Ciampa, director & pianist with singers
Shadi Ebrahimi, soprano as Mimi & Suzel
Heather Poduska, mezzosoprano as Beppe
Andy Bonanno, tenor as Benoit & Federico
Gregory Hanson, tenor as Rodolfo & Fritz
Daniel Draper, bass-baritone as Marcello & David
Alexander Prokhorov, bass-baritone as Colline
John Hendricks, baritone as Schaunard & Hanezò
and Petra Pacaric, mezzosoprano sings Bizet songs
WHAT
"Sunday Night at the Opera"
Puccini's "La Bohème," Scene I;
Mascagni's "L'Amico Fritz," Scene III
- plus songs by Georges Bizet
TWO PERFORMANCES
Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 7 PM: Pleasant Street Congregational Church, 75 Pleasant St., Arlington
Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 7 PM: Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont St., Belmont
TICKETS
$10 adults, $5 children Tickets available at the door.
INFO 617/561-0913 or e-mail orientheights@usa.com
Learn more at http://orientheights.org/
"Sunday Night at the Opera" presents two evenings of favorite opera scenes from Puccini and Mascagni and songs by Bizet under the direction of Leonardo Ciampa of Orient Heights Music. Soprano Shadi Ebrahim and tenor Gregory Hanson sing the roles of star-crossed lovers Mini and Rodolfo (Puccini) and Fritz and Suzel (Mascagni); their friends Benoit, Marcello, Schaunard, Beppe, Federico, David and Hanezo will sing their way into your heart. Acclaimed mezzosoprano Petra Pacaric will sing a group of songs by Georges Bizet. The two performances take place on:* Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 7 PM at Pleasant Street Congregational Church, 75 Pleasant St., Arlington, and* Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 7 PM at Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont St., Belmont.
Maestro Ciampa finds his singers through a slightly unusual audition process. He was determined not to hire "opera singers" but, rather, "great musicians with great voices, who happen to sing opera." For the audition everyone was required to sing both arias and art songs. As a result he heard an amazing crop of singers with great voices but also great musicianship. And this was his goal: to surround himself with the highest talent. "Everyone has this desire to give the best musical performance they can. That way, no one shines; we all illuminate each other."
Ciampa continues "I came to know and love opera through my family. My grandmother was Italian, and she bought Italian opera records because that was part of her culture. Her father used to play Caruso records, so these singers and opera were a part of my grandmother's home life, and then my mother's, and then mine. I heard Bjoerling, Tebaldi, Milanov, and Leonard Warren long before I knew how great they were." Ciampa documented his quest for beautiful singing in the book, 'The Twilight of Belcanto,' published by AuthorHouse and now in its second edition.
Tickets for this concert sponsored by Orient Heights Music, Inc. are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and will be available at the door. For further information, please call 617/561-0913 or visit http://www.orientheights.org/.
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