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Il Barbiere di Siviglia

POM Presents: Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Concert

August 10th and 11th, 7:30pm

St. Bartholomew's Church
51st Street and Park Ave.

Ticket prices:

  • Adults - $20
  • Seniors - $15
  • Students - $10

For advance tickets (recommended), please call 212-378-0222
Or order tickets online at St. Bart's bookstore!
Tickets are also available at the door.





Cast

Carlos Feliciano
Conte Almaviva - Tenor
Native of San Juan, Puerto Rico currently persuing his graduate studies on full scholarship at the Juilliard School. He received his BM from the Manhattan School of Music. In 2002 Carlos made his debut in Italy when he performed the lead role of San Francesco in the world premier of Il Poverello, a new opera by Francesco Santelli. He has also performed the role of Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte for the music department at Queens College. He has performed as a special guest of the San Juan Children's Choir, singing the tenor solo of Camille Saint-Saëns Oratorio de Noël. Mr. Feliciano is also a regular gues for a concert series in Ohio in the Toledo Museum of Arts. He was seen in the role of Satirino in a production of La Calisto by the Juilliard Opera Theater. He was also a cover for Pedrillo in Die Entf&uunl;hrung aus dem Serail for a special project with students of the Juilliard School. Mr. Feliciano is the recent winner of the 5 Towns Music and Arts Foundation and Competition.

Future engagements include Don Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Project Opera of Manhattan, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with the New York Opera Society in France, and roles in Iphigenie en Aulide, Orphee aux enfers and La finta giardiniera with the Juilliard School.
David Adam Moore
Figaro - Baritone
A native of Texas, this young singer leapt onto the international opera scene with his portrayal of the title role in Brittenユs Billy Budd with the New Israeli Opera in Tel-Aviv. He has since appeared in over 0 principal roles with major opera companies and symphony orchestras worldwide, including Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with New York City Opera, Don Giovanni with Staatsoper Hannover, National- theater Mannheim, and Oper Kiel, and Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Future engage- ments include alternating performances of Candide and Maximilian in Candide with Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Seattle Opera, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte for New Israeli Opera, and The Pilot in de Saint Exupéryユs The Little Prince with Tulsa Opera. He has recorded for BMG records and Classic Arts Showcase television.
Laura Virella
Rosina - Mezzo-Soprano

Biography
Erik-Peter Mortensen
Bartolo - Baritone
First of his family to be born in the United States, Erik-Peter hails from New York and is a fourth-generation professional musician. At the age of nine, he began his professional singing career with the Men and Boys Choir of the Church of the Transfiguration and the Childrenユs Choruses of both the Metropolitan and the City Opera. Driven by his exposure and passion for early music, Erik-Peter went on to pursue a Bachelor of Music degree at Columbia University. While still a sophomore there, he founded and directed the New York Madrigal Singers, who later went on to produce two cdユs, appear on local radio and television shows and receive two positive reviews in the New York Times. Erik-Peter has amassed considerable experience both in directing and in singing in vocal chamber ensembles throughout the Tri-State area. He is currently a member of the choir of Saint Ignatius of Antioch. As an emerging recording engineer, he hopes to establish a record label to expressively capture and promote a cappella repertoire as a living legacy of western culture. Erik-Peter has recently embraced renewed interest in the opera scene when he performed the lead as Don Giovanni with Underworld Productions in May, 2006.
Adam Cavagnaro
Basilio - Baritone
Adam Cavagnaro attended Montclair State University studying for a Bachelor of Music with a concentration in Vocal Performance under Dr. Stephen Oosting. Roles he participated in while at Montclair include David in Barber's A Hand of Bridge; Joel Sorrel in Menotti's The Consul; The Baker in Sondheim's Into the Woods. Scenes include The Ballad of Baby Doe, La Finta Giardiniera, Pirates of Penzance. Adam now lives in Manhattan and is studying privately.
Miriam Browning-Nance
Berta - Soprano

Biography
  Randall Stewart
Conductor
Randall Stewart is founder and artistic director of the Baltimore Sinfonietta. Maestro Stewart began his conducting studies as a Music Education major at Alderson-Broaddus College, where he earned his B.A. in 1996. He went on to study conducting at Ohio University, where he earned the M. Mus in 1998. Maestro Stewart has done additional conducting studies in workshops with Marin Alsop, Harold Farberman, Daniel Lewis, Apo Hsu, Mariusz Smolij, and Kirk Trevor. In addition to his activities with the Baltimore Sinfonietta, Maestro Stewart teaches in the Baltimore County Public School System and is a freelance trombonist and bass-baritione in the Baltimore-Washington region. Outside of musical activities, Maestro Stewart holds a broad range of interests, from the outdoors and conservation issues, to art history, to theology, to numerous sports. He resides in Baltimore with his wife, soprano Sara Stewart, and their feisty cat, Giulietta.
Orchestra

Violin I
Benjamin Hellman
Heather Frank

Violin II
Heather Sommerlad
Gabriella Rengel

Viola I
Dean Whiteside
Elise Frawley

Viola II
Ting-Yang Chang-Chien

Cello
Alice Levine

Bass
Joe Soucy
Clarinet
Crystal Medina
Joseph D'Auguste

Bassoon
Dirk Wels

Flute I/Piccolo
Alicia Kravitz

Flute II
Jessica Reinis

Oboe
Caroline Ross
Da Ping Luo
Trumpet
Lily Shapiro
Ryan Gardner

Horn
Ben Brody
Aaron Korn

Trombone
Marques Young
Matthew McDonald

Piano
Clay Smith

Guitar
Joseph D'Auguste






POM is sponsored by:

New York
Accompanists Association
(NYAA)
Baltimore Sinfonietta St. Bartholomew's
Church

Mu Beta Psi