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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 1, 2010
Contact: Ann Stewart
513-723-1182 ext.103
THE CINCINNATI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES ITALIAN SONG
The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra presents a concert featuring a program that celebrates the music and song of Italian opera. This concert will be performed at 2:00PM at historic Memorial Hall, and repeated at 7:30PM at Anderson Center.
A concert highlight will feature soprano Melody Moore, (who wowed audiences as Donna Anna in last June’s Don Giovanni), and local favorite tenor Mark Panuccio. “This concert will transport you to Italy and lusciously bathe you with the arias and duets of Verdi and Puccini” says CCO Music Director Mischa Santora. Excerpts from Verdi’s La Traviata and Otello will be performed, as well as Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Tosca and La boheme.
Melody Moore, a recent Adler Fellow and former Merola Opera Program participant, is one of America’s new, exciting talents. A graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, her expressive performances have earned her praise from the Oakland Tribune “as [a] confident, grounded singer, nurturingly soulful and versatile.” Moore has performed countless roles with a wide range of opera companies, including her most recent performance of Mimi from La boheme with the English National Opera in London.
Lyric tenor Mark Panuccio is earning sensational international acclaim from both audiences and critics alike. Maestro Santora said, “Mark Panuccio is a terrific talent and I am thrilled that he will be performing with the CCO again. He is a charismatic person who has the excellent musical goods that a conductor looks for, with his very versatile and expressive voice.” Panuccio made his debut as Edgard in Lucie de Lammermoor in the summer 2008, with the Cincinnati Opera. In the fall 2008, Mr. Panuccio made his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon with Natalie Dessay.
The concert will open with Puccini’s I Crisantemi, a piece named after the flower associated with funeral rites in Italy. Composed in a single night in 1890, I Crisantemi was written as a memorial for the Duke of Savoy.
Sunday’s concert will be preceded by Tune-Up! An informative and informal discussion of the music, which begins 40 minutes prior to the concert.
Tickets may be purchased by calling the CCO office at 513-722-1182x102
Or by visiting our website: http://www.ccocincinnati.org/
FACT SHEET
What:
Concert by the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra
When and Where:
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 2:00PM at Memorial Hall
1225 Elm St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Sunday, March 21, 2009 at 7:30PM at Anderson Center
7850 Five Mile Road, Anderson Township, Ohio 45230
To be played:
Puccini: I Crisantemi
Verdi: Arias & Duets from La Traviata and Othello
Puccini: Arias & Duets from La Boheme, Manon Lescaut, Tosca
Cilea: 'Lamento di Frederico' from L'Arelesiana'
Melody Moore, soprano
Mark Panuccio, tenor
Cost:
Adult tickets available for $15 or $25 (priced by seat location)
One child (up to the age of 18) FREE with each paying adult
AFTA – In honor of our servicemen and women, the CCO will provide free
admission to the 2:00 Memorial Hall performance to active duty personnel and their immediate family.
The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra is supported by the generosity of individuals
& businesses that give annually to the Fine Arts Fund, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council.
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