ANNUAL OPERA SHOWCASE
Saturday MAY 28, 2011— 7:00 p.m. Sunday MAY 29, 2011— 2:00 p.m.
$15 at door, h.s. students $5, kids 12 & under free. wheelchair/elev. accessible
New York ensemble features sopranos Tammy Tyburczy, Jacqueline Bolier, tenor Anthony Abate, baritone Christopher DeVage with accompanist Jerome Tan performing highlights from The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Romeo et Juliette and the beautiful verismo duet from I Pagliacci. “Make Our Garden Grow” from Bernstein’s Candide, plus French chansons, German lieder and Italian and American songs round out the program.
North Hall artist gallery: The North Hall artist gallery featuring the art work of Tania Coletta, Jodi Simmons and Betty Langlois is open before and after the event and at intermission.
Sopranos Tammy Tyburczy and Jacqueline Bolier, tenor Anthony Abate, and baritone Christopher DeVage are Juilliard and Curtis Institute graduates. They have performed with San Francisco Opera, Aspen Music Festival, Pittsburgh Opera, Marlboro Music Festival, the Music Academy of the West, and notable symphony orchestras. Mr. DeVage has performed solo at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Alice Tully Hall.
They will be accompanied by pianist Jerome Tan, a recipient of the Marilyn Horne Foundation Award for Vocal Collaboration from the Music Academy of the West and accompanist for a birthday gala in honor of Miss Horne at Carnegie Hall.
BIOS:
Soprano Tammy Tyburczy, a graduate of Juilliard and the Curtis Institute of Music, has sung the role of Musetta in Puccini’s La boheme on tour with the San Francisco Opera and Susanna at the Aspen Music Festival. She also sang Pamina in Mozart’s Magic Flute with Pittsburgh Opera. For four years she sang the soprano solo in The Lord of the Rings Symphony with the Utah, Baltimore, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, and Leipzig Gewandhaus Symphony orchestras. In 2006 she covered the international artist Ruth Ann Swenson as Marguerite in Faust. Ms. Tyburczy recently recorded the soprano solo in The Evidence of Things Not Seen with Albany Records. She recently recorded a demo for the new Hyundai Sonata commercial.
Soprano Jacqueline Bolier, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, has performed numerous roles including Musetta in Puccini’s La boheme. She is the recipient of an encouragement award from the Licia Albanese Puccini foundation and a first place winner in both the Queens College vocal heritage competition and the Friday Woodmere Music Club vocal competition. Ms. Bolier has also performed at the Portland Opera Performing Institute under the tutelage of Tito Capobianco as well as the Academie International d’ete de Nice under the direction of Dalton Baldwin. This is her second summer at the Music Academy of the West.
Tenor Antonio Abate, a graduate of Juilliard, has performed major roles including the title role in Faust, the title role in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, Sam in Street Scene, Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Basilio and Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro, Tamino and Monastatos in The Magic Flute, and Andrew Johnson in The Mother of Us All. Mr. Abate completed a year at the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute in North Carolina as one of only six fellows. He has attended the prestigious Marlboro Music Festival, the Ravinia Steans Institute, Bowdoin Music Festival, Opera North, Chautauqua Music School, BASOTI Music Festival in San Francisco, and Aspen Music Festival.
Baritone Christopher DeVage, a graduate of Juilliard and the Shenandoah Conservatory, holds a Master of Music degree in opera performance from the University of Maryland College Park, made his New York Philharmonic début in Bernstein’s West Side Story Suites at Carnegie Hall. A winner in the Oratorio Society of New York solo competition and the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, he has appeared as soloist at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Alice Tully Hall. Mr. DeVage recently created the role, to critical acclaim, of Edgardo Mortara in the world premiere of Francesco Cilluffo’s Il Caso Mortara with Dicapo Opera Theatre.
Pianist Jerome Tan, a recipient of the Marilyn Horne Foundation Award for Vocal Collaboration from the Music Academy of the West and accompanist for a birthday gala in honor of Miss Horne at Carnegie Hall. He has also served as a staff pianist at the Steans Institute of the Ravinia Festival. His most recent appearance was during the Marilyn Horne Foundation’s Mediterranean Cruise, a nine-day tour around the Mediterranean filled with musical performances throughout the journey.
All welcome.
contact: 413- 667- 5543 / www.northhallhuntington.org