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 On Sat. April 18
she makes her debut wwith the Dessoff Choirs led by Malcolm Merriweather
sining excerpts from Bach's Mass in B Minor at the Mother AME Zion
Church in Harlem.
Conductor RAFFI
ARMENIAN resides
in Montreal Canada. He
has recently finished
his book "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 performed Pantheus in Berlioz's Les Troyens a Carthage
with the Boston Youth Symphony at Sanders Theatre on Jan. 25. On
Feb 22 he performed "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.
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 performed a concert with Kindred Arts in Milford
PA. She alsosang as soloist in Beethoven's Choral
Fantasy with the New England Conservatory Expanded
Education Division. On March 28 she sang Samuel Barber's Hermit
Songs and a few Spirituals
at St. Agatha-St.John Parish in Philadelphia Ms. Cooper sings Beethoven's
Symphony #9 with the Ridgefield Symphony on April 18. On April 26
she returns to Mid-America as soloist forthe premiere of Mark Hayes
"Psalmos" at Carnegie Hall. She will
sing Bennett's arrangement of Porgy and Bess and Nicolas Hersh's
We Shall Overcome with the NEC Youth Philharmonic
an Jordan Hall in Boston on May 20.
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 CAMRYN 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.
Bass-Baritone
CARL DUPONT
is Assistant Professor
of Voice
at Peabody
Conservatory
of Music in Baltimore
Maryland. 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. In March he sang Only The Air music of J.S. Bach with
the In Series.
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 he sang Handel's Messiah with
Bach in Baltimore. On April 26 he returns
to Carnegie Hall and Mid-America Productions
for performances as soloist in Mozart's Coronation
Mass as well as the Forrest Requiem for the Living.
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 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
made her debut with Winter Opera St. Louis as Ulrica in Verdi's
Un Ballo in Maschera.
Bass-baritone ELIAM RAMOS 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 returned to perform as soloist in Handel's Judas
Maccabeus with Bach in Baltimore. On
Sunday April 26 he at 4pm will perform as soloist in the Verdi Requiem
at the Puerto Rico Conservatory. He is an alumnae.
The conductor is Roselin Pavon.
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 a 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 performed a solo concert for Black History
Month with the Rochester Oratorio Society. On
Sunday May 10 she returns to the Oratorio Society of
Virginia to perform as alto soloist in Mendelssohn's
Elijah. She will be a part of the Cincinnati
Fellowship of Song May 17-22.
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 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.He also receiveda "Trendsetters
to Watch Award" in Las Vegas. He sang for Barnes
International and JP
Morgan in NYC and performed another concert in Staten Is. On Feb
15 he presented the 2026 William Warfield
Legacy Award to Wayne Sanders pianist and co-founder
of Opera Ebony at the Eastman School of Music. On Saturday April 11 he performs
in the opening ceremonies of the Rochester Institute
Performing Arts Center.
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. He returns to Carnegie Hall with
Mid-America to perform Bernstein's Chichester
Psalms on May 9.
Bass VALERIAN RUMINSKI 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 also returned to
Opera de Montreal as Benoit/Alcindoro in La Boheme. Valerian
will make his devut as Commandatore in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival in Ireland on May
26-June 1.
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 made 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.
On Sat. April 11 he performs Coplan's Old American Folksongs Part 1 with
the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn Heights.
On April 16 he performs at concert in the Schaumburg Library in
Harlem in a tribute to the founder
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. On Feb
10 she performed a concert for Boheme Opera.
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.
We welcome bass GENNADIY VSOTSKY to our roster
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.
|