OPERA ARIA & SONG SHOWCASE
Sunday Sept. 24, 2023 – 2:00 p.m
Admission: FREE, donations accepted. Wheelchair-accessible, air-conditioned
The accomplished NYC ensemble of tenor Antonio Abate, soprano Amy Orsulak with piano accompanist Jerome Tan will perform various celebrated arias and art song favorites.
The North Hall artist gallery open during events features paintings and photography by the North Hall Association board members.
BIOS:
Tenor Antonio Abate is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music where he received both a bachelors degree and a graduate diploma. Hailed for his diction, paired with his ability to sing in multiple languages, Mr. Abate is considered a go-to performer for some of the top religious institutions in NewYork and New England. In opera, his major credits include the title roles in Faust and Offenbac’s Orphée Aux Enfers, Ottavio in DonGiovanni, , Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro , Tamino in The Magic Flute, Andrew Johnson in The Mother of Us All, and the Student Servant in the world premiere of Stephen Paulus’s Heloise and Abelard, Sam in Street Scene. Mr. Abate has performed at the Ravinia Steans Institute; the Marlboro, Bowdoin, and Aspen Music Festivals; and attended the young artist programs through Opera North and the Chautauqua Music School. For three summers he studied and performed at the Music Academy of the West in SantaBarbara, California under the tutelage of world renowned mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne. A resident of Chatham, Antonio has most recently been heard in concerts in Brewster, Chatham, and Dennis. This fall will bring performances in Western Massachusetts and South Carolina.
Soprano Amy Orsulak is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music. She has had the honor of singing on the stage of the Met, Chicago Lyric Opera, Carnegie Hall and Symphony Space. Hailed as “having the voice of an angel” by her mom she is thrilled to be performing with her friends.
Pianist Jerome Tan, a native of Singapore, came to the U.S. on a music scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University, where he earned masters degrees in piano performance and ensemble arts. He has served as a staff pianist at the Steans Institute of the Ravinia Festival. Since receiving the Marilyn Horne Foundation Award for Vocal Collaboration from the Music Academy of the West, he has become a regular collaborator with many singers. Notable engagements include both The Song Continues and On Wings of Song programs in New York, and a birthday gala in honor of Miss Horne at Carnegie Hall as well accompanist for singers at the L’Academie musicale de Villecroze in southern France.
All welcome.
contact: 413- 667- 5543 / www.northhallhuntington.org