Bringing High Quality Opera to Gladstone NJ featuring Emerging Professional Vocal Artists
April Concert Series
An Evening of French Opera
Sat. April 1st, 7:30 PM
Lamington Presbyterian Church, Bedminster, NJ
Menotti's Dark Comedic Opera in 1 Act
Sat. April 22nd, 7:30 PM
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Gladstone, NJ
Classic Italian Operatic Scenes
Fri. April 28th, 7:30 PM
New Venue: Peapack Reformed Church, Gladstone, NJ
Join Opera Magnifico for three exciting evenings of opera in three different languages! Featuring emerging local artists in an intimate setting with piano, the concerts will highlight the beauty of the operatic voice. Click here to purchase tickets!
Une Nuit à Paris, or an evening in Paris, will contain arias and duets from the French Operatic Repertoire. Selections from Carmen, La Fille du Regiment, Faust and more! Starring:
Jessie Downs, Soprano
Cassidy Dixon, Soprano
Noah Donahue, Tenor
Stephen Walley, Baritone
Michelle Currenti, Soprano
Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief is an opera in one act originally written for radio, but was so popular that it was immediately staged into a full-scale production! The Plot focuses on Miss Todd and her maid Laetitia, who take in a vagrant wanderer, only to find out that he could be a wanted criminal thieving about the town. Crossing the line between comedy and tragedy, the opera invokes the classic film-noir aesthetic. Starring:
Perri di Christina, Miss Todd
Alison Saporta, Laetitia
Muir Ingliss, Bob
Amanda Livesey, Miss Pinkerton
La Belle Notte d'Opera will feature classic Italian opera scenes from the classical, bel canto and verismo repertoire. Selections from Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Lucia di Lammermoor and more! Starring:
Alison Saporta, Soprano
Stephen Walley, Baritone
Noah Donahue, Tenor
Ava Borowski, Soprano
Emily Niemeyer, Mezzo-Soprano
Michael LaPorte, Tenor