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Conductor ANDY ANDERSON has been named Artistic Director of Mobile Opera.
Mezzo-soprano BLYTHE GAISSERT is one of two recipients for the Daniel R. Mandelker & Marlene N. Harris Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, for the 2008 Outstanding Returning Studio Artists Award.
Mezzo-soprano BLYTHE GAISSERT was a Finalist in the 2008 Eleanor Lieber Competition at Portland Opera.
Sopranos ELIZABETH KATARIA and JENNIFER WINN are winners in the 2008 Classical Singer Competition.
Conductor ERIC DALE KNAPP is conductor and coordinator for the Choral Salute to the XXIX Beijing Olympics Concert of International Goodwill and Friendship with the Tiajin Symphony Orchestra.
Jazz pianist FRANK PONZIO wrote the music, Vavito's Blues, in the Campbell's Soup commercial on TV, with John Lithgow.
Baritone JUSTIN RYAN was one of the soloists on the New York Lottery holiday commercial, aired in December on the radio.
The SYBARITE CHAMBER PLAYERS were on the CBS Early Morning Show in August, live from the Aspen Music Festival.
The recently published book "U.S Foreign Policy in the Middle East" by Dr. Janice J. Terry acknowledges WADE ARTIST MANAGEMENT and MARTHA WADE for their contribution, comparing the "harmonious blend of numerous, seemingly disparate elements" of an opera production to the "complex interplay of numerous government agencies" of foreign policy..
Select Artist Events IVAN AMARO
-Count (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the Nagle YMHA and Le Frak Hall at Queens College - June 2008
-Don Alfonso (Cosi fan tutte) at Hubbard Hall Opera Theater (NY) - August 2008
-Don Pasquale with Garden State Opera (NJ) - November 2008
ANDY ANDERSON
-Conductor for Floyd's Cold Sassy Tree with Amarillo Opera - April 2008
-Conductor for Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Theater of Lakeland - November 2008
-Conductor for Lucia di Lammermoor at Mobile Opera - October 2008
-Conductor for Carmen with Rimrock Opera - March 2009
-Conductor for The Pirates of Penzance with Lyric Opera of Kansas City - April-May 2009
MARY ELLEN ASSUE
-Solo recital at Harmony Hall Regional Center (MD) - February 2008
-Clara (Porgy and Bess) with Fresno Grand Opera - May 2008
JASON BADGER
-Countertenor soloist in Bach's St. John Passion at the St. Petersburg Cathedral (FL) - March 2008
-Solo recital at the Salisbury House (IA) - April 2008
TIMOTHY BIRT
-Dancairo (Carmen) with Lyric Opera of San Antonio - September 2008
-Count Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Opera Theater of Lakeland - November 2008
TERESA BUCHHOLZ
-Mezzo-soprano soloist (Orfeo ed Euridice) with the Berkshire Bach Society - May 2008
-Carmen with Summer Opera Theatre Company - June-July 2008
-Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) with the Duke Symphony Orchestra - April 2008
-Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Asheville Lyric Opera - January 2008
JEFFREY MARC BUCHMAN
-Stage director for The Pirates of Penzance with Tulsa Opera Young Artist Studio - January 2008
-Stage director for Cosi Fan Tutte at the New World School of the Arts (FL) - April 2008
-Stage director for Madama Butterfly with Camarata Bach in Managua, Nicaraqua - July 2008
PETER CASTALDI
-Featured soloist in an Opera Gala with the LA Opera Orchestra in Palm Springs - February 2008
-Falstaff cover (Falstaff) with New York City Opera - February-April 2008
-Baritone soloist in B. Britten's War Requiem with the Westfield Symphony (NJ) - May 2008
-Falstaff (Falstaff) with Opera Roanoke - October 2008
TONYA CURRIER
-Soprano soloist in the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with the Augusta Symphony - February 2008
-Featured soprano soloist in Toledo Opera's Strauss Gala Concert - February 2008
-Soprano soloist in the Brahms Requiem with Joseph Flummerfelt conducting (GA) - Spring 2008
-Soprano soloist In the Faure Requiem and the Rutter Mass of the Children with MAP at Carnegie Hall - April 2008
FREDERICK FREY
-Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) with Commonwealth Opera - November 2008
BLYTHE GAISSERT
-The Israelitish Man (Handel's Judas Maccabeus) with Los Angeles Opera - January 2008
-Maddalena (Rigoletto) and Dorabella cov. (Cosi fan tutte) with Sarasota Opera - January-April 2008
-Suzy (La Rondine) with Sarasota Opera - March-April 2008
-Lucretia (The Rape of Lucretia) at the Aldeburgh Festival - October 2008
-Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) with Tulsa Opera - February 2009
MADELEINE GRAY
-Mezzo soloist in the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with the York Symphony Orchestra - February 2008
-Gertrude (Romeo et Juliette) with Baltimore Opera - March-April 2008
-Berta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Baltimore Opera - March-April 2009
-Mamma Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana) with Toledo Opera - May 2008
-Mamma Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana) with Washington National Opera - May 2008
-Duchess of Plaza-Toro (The Gondoliers) with the Young Victorian Theatre Company - July 2008
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Quad City Orchestra (IA) - October 2008
SUSAN HOLSONBAKE
-Adina (L'Elisir d'Amore) with Opera Santa Barbara - March 2008
PAUL HOUGHTALING
-Sir Joseph Porter (HMS Pinafore) with Nashville Opera - January-February 2008
-Stage director for The Gondoliers with the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre Young Artists - June 2008
ELIZABETH BEERS KATARIA
-Featured soloist in an Opera Gala with the Gateway Classical Music Society (CT) - March 2008
-Soprano soloist in Beethoven's Ninth with the Gateway Classical Music Society (CT) - May 2008
JULIA KIERSTINE
-Solo recital, "Songs of Storm and Hope", at the All Souls Unitarian Church, NYC - May 2008
-Soprano soloist in the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Chattanooga Symphony - September 2008
-Tosca cover with San Francisco Opera - May-June 2009
-Leonora (IL Trovatore) with Opera Santa Barbara - 2010
RYU-KYUNG KIM
-Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) with Fresno Grand Opera - February 2008
TIMOTHY LAFONTAINE
-Rucker Lattimore (Cold Sassy Tree) with Amarillo Opera - April 2008
-Sacristan (Tosca) and Bartolo (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Festival de Belle-Ile, France - July-August 2008.
-Schaunard (La Bohème) with Fresno Grand Opera - November 2008
SANG-EUN LEE
-Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Opera Theater of Lakeland - November 2008
MARK LIN
-Goro (Madama Butterfly) with Fresno Grand Opera - February 2008
NINA LORCINI
-Alto soloist in the Brahms Alto Rhapsody with the One World Symphony - March 2008
KERRI MARCINKO
-Leonora (IL Trovatore) with Toledo Opera - February 2008
-Soprano soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the Richmond Symphony - March 2008
-Featured soloist on an Opera Gala with East Texas Opera - March 2008
-Soprano soloist in the Faure Requiem with The Little Orchestra Society - April 2008
-Soprano soloist in New York City Opera's Composers' Showcase - May 2008
-Criseyde (Troilus and Criseyde) with American Virtuosi at Elebash Hall, NYC - April 2008
-Leonora (Il Trovatore) with Lyric Opera of San Antonio - June 2009
SARAH MATTOX
-Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) with the Eugene Opera - February-March 2008
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Northwest Sinfonietta - April 2008
-Soprano soloist in a concert at the Sunriver Music Festival - August 2008
-Second Maid (Elektra) with Seattle Opera - September-October 2008
-Public Opinion (Orpheus in the Underworld) with Eugene Opera - December 2008-January 2009
COLLEEN McGRATH
-Nora (Nora at the Altar-Rail) with the American Lyric Theater at Symphony Space - January 2008
DIANA McVEY
-Clorinda (La Cenerentola) with Opera Columbus - February-March 2008
-Cunegonde (Candide) and Mabel (Pirates of Penzance) with Light Opera Oklahoma - June-July 2008
-Soprano soloist in the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with the Rhode Island University Symphony - 2008
-Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Salt Marsh Opera - October 2008
-Liu (Turandot) with Opera Columbus - February 2009
JON MORRELL
-Tenor soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the Gwen Gould Ensembles (NY) - August 2008
-Recital at St. John's Cathedral in London - June 2008
JAE-EUN PAIK
-Carmen with The National Opera of Korea - June-August 2008
JOHN PICKLE
-Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) with Mercury Opera - January 2008
-Fourth Jew (Salome) with Florentine Opera - February 2008
-Rehearsal Pollione (Norma) with Opera Company of Philadelphia - March 2008
-Cavaradossi (Tosca) with Opera Southwest - April 2008
-Tenor soloist in Schubert's Mass in G with MAP at Carnegie Hall - April & June 2008
-Tenor soloist in the Mozart Requiem with MAP at Carnegie Hall - May 2008
-Tenor soloist in "Gathering on the Green" with Florentine Opera - July 2008
-Rodolfo (La Bohème) with Nevada Opera - February 2009
-Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Opera Southwest - March-April 2009
-Tenor soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the Baton Rouge Symphony - April 2009
-Cavaradossi (Tosca) with Opera Fort Collins - August 2009
KRISTEN PLUMLEY
-Featured soloist in Music from Sci-Fi Favorites (Jack Everly) with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - January 2008
-Soprano soloist in Handel's Sing Unto God Anthem and Mozart's Requiem with MidAmerica Productions in Carnegie Hall - February 2008
-Soprano soloist in Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessor at Carnegie Hall, with DCINY - July 2008
-Adina (L'Elisir d'Amore) with Greensboro Opera - November 2008
-Featured soloist in Music from Sci-Fi Favorites (Jack Everly) with the Edmonton Symphony - January 2009
-Featured soloist in Music from Sci-Fi Favorites (Jack Everly) with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra - April 2009
FRANK PONZIO
-Duo recital with Alex Wu at Harmony Hall Regional Center (MD) - January 2008
-A Diva's Lament with vocalist Annie Kozuch at the Laurie Beechman Theatre (NYC) - February-March 2008
-Frank Ponzio Trio in concert at the New York Institute of Technology - April 2008
-Duo recital with Alex Wu at Florida Atlantic University - April 2008
-Pianist and producer for The Kurt Weill Project CD Release show at the Laurie Beechman Theater - June 2008
-Pianist and producer for The Kurt Weill Project show at the Barnes and Noble Theater, Lincoln Center - June 2008
-Pianist for A Diva's Lament with vocalist Annie Kozuch at the Laurie Beechman Theater - June-July 2008
MICHELLE RICE
-The Mother and the Witch (Hansel and Gretel) with the Bel Cantanti Opera - December-January 2007-08
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass at Carnegie Hall with MidAmerica Productions - January 2008
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in Savitri (Holst) with The In Series - January 2008
-Anna (Jonathan Dove's Tobias and the Angel) with Opera Vivente (MD) - February-March 2008
-Mercedes and Carmen (cover) with Summer Opera Theatre Company (DC) - June-July 2008
JOHN RODGER
-Claudio cover with performance (Das Liebesverbot) with Glimmerglass Opera - June-July 2008
-Alfredo (La Traviata) with Miami Lyric Opera - 2008
-Tenor in Magic Flute arr. by Caraher (Goldilocks in Space) with Indianapolis Opera Ensemble - 2008
JUSTIN RYAN
-Baritone soloist in Schubert's Mass in G with MAP at Carnegie Hall - April & June 2008
-Horace Tabor (The Ballad of Baby Doe) with Chelsea Opera - May 2008
HEIDI SKOK
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in Handel's Sing Unto God Anthem and Mozart's Requiem with MidAmerica Productions in Carnegie Hall - February 2008
-Solo recital at LiveARTS (MA) - April 2008
-Cassandra (Troilus and Criseyde) with the American Virtuosi at Elebash Hall, NYC - April 2008
-Mezzo-soprano soloist in the Mozart Requiem with MAP at Carnegie Hall - May 2008
THE SYBARITE CHAMBER PLAYERS
-Showcase at the Museum for Sex (NYC) - January 2008
-Program at the Cutting Room (NYC) - January 2008
-Program at Caffe Vivaldi (NYC) - May 2008
-Concert at the Donnell Library Center (NYC) - May 2008
JOHN TIRANNO
-Frederic (The Pirates of Penzance) with the Vermont Mozart Festival - July 2008
-Tenor soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Vermont Mozart Festival - August 2008
JULIA TURNER COOKE
-Soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with National Chorale - April 2009
MICHAEL VENTURA
-Bass soloist in Eve Beglarian's "The Man in the Black Suit" at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (FL) - January-February 2008
-Il Re (Aida) with New Rochelle Opera - June 2008
-Bass soloist in Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessor at Carnegie Hall, with DCINY - July 2008
-Sarastro (The Magic Flute) with Opera North - July-August 2008
ASHLEY HOWARD WILKINSON
-Crown (Porgy and Bess) with Fresno Grand Opera - May 2008
-Osmin (The Abduction from the Seraglio) with Connecticut Opera - May-June 2008
-Ramfis (Aida) with Baltimore Opera - October 2008
-Osmin (The Abduction from the Seraglio) with Hawaii Opera - February 2009
-Sparafucile (Rigoletto) with Opera Naples - March 2009
-Crown (Porgy and Bess) with Baltimore Opera - May 2009
SCOTT WILLIAMSON
-Faust with Opera Notre Dame (IN) - April 2008
-Evangelist (St. John Passion) with the Masterworks Chorale and Orchestra (WV) - May 2008
-Tenor soloist in Prokofiev's cantata "They Are Seven", with the Bard Music Festival - August 2008
-Bardolfo (Falstaff) with Roanoke Opera - October 2008
-Tenor soloist in Britten's Serenade with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra - November 2008
-Cassio (Otello) with Opera Roanoke - May 2009
JENNIFER WINN
-Soprano soloist in Bach's b minor Mass with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra - May 2008
-Alice in Westergaard's Alice in Wonderland with Princeton University and CCO, at Symphony Space, NYC and Princeton, NJ. - May-June 2008
MARK WOMACK
-Featured baritone soloist at the Sanibel Music Festival (FL) - March 2008
-Count (The Marriage of Figaro) with Mississippi Opera - April 2008
-The Prince (Into the Woods) and Richard Henry Lee (1776) with Utah Festival Opera - July-August 2008
-Marcello (La Boheme) with Chattanooga Symphony & Opera - February 2009
-Fredrich Bhaer (Adamo's Little Women) with Syracuse Opera - May 2009
SUZANNE WOODS
-Tosca with Opera Southwest - April 2008
-Soprano soloist in Schubert's Mass in G with MAP at Carnegie Hall - April & June 2008
-Anna Maurant (Street Scene) with Nevada Opera - April 2009
-Mimi (La Bohème) with Nevada Opera - February 2009
ALEX WU
-Duo recital with Frank Ponzio at Harmony Hall Regional Center (MD) - January 2008
-Duo recital with Frank Ponzio at Florida Atlantic University - April 2008
-Pianist for A Latin Explosion concert at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew (NYC) - June 2008
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