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New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera to Perform at Leonia Public Library in Leonia, New Jersey
The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera will perform the concert program, Operas of Yesterday and Today, at the Leonia Public Library on Saturday, September 10 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. The event is FREE and open to the public.
LEONIA, NJ, September 08, 2011 /Performing Arts PR News/ -- The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera) comes to the Leonia Public Library with the program, Operas of Yesterday and Today, this Saturday, September 10, 3:00-4:00 p.m. The library is located at 227 Fort Lee Road in Leonia, New Jersey. The event is FREE and open to the public.
Verismo Opera's stars sing excerpts from past productions, including the recently well-received performance of Aida at BergenPAC in Englewood, New Jersey, vignettes from the upcoming performance of Tosca, and some surprises, too. Featured singers are former Metropolitan Opera star Lucine Amara, Canadian soprano Evelyn La Quaif, Patrick Blackwell, Galina Ivannikova of the Ukraine, Jasmine Thomas, and Allegra Durante.
Funding
Support for NJAVO's programs are made possible, in part, with funds provided by the New Jersey Council on the Arts/Department of State, through grand funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. Other supporters include The Gerda Lissner Foundation, Inc., Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, Paul Weiss Matching Fund, Robert J. Campbell, MD, KSJ and Cesare L. Santeramo, KCSJ.
About New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera
The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera) has been a part of the New Jersey music scene since 1989. The opera company, a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, is the only professional grand opera company in Bergen County and northern New Jersey. The organization provides performing opportunities for young musicians and artists and sponsors an annual vocal competition held in November with finals conducted in Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall, drawing artists from all over the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company also organizes opera workshops and offers affordable, highly professional operatic productions in the Bergen County, New Jersey community.
The company is recognized for providing up and coming performing artists with the training to attain a successful operatic career. Several singers, notably Richard Hobson, Frank Poretta, Emmanuel di Villarosa, James Valenti and Irina Rindzuner of the Metropolitan Opera, started their road to success by performing in Verismo Opera productions.
For more information about the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, visit its web site, www.njavo.org, view its Facebook page at http://bit.ly/9JXTP8, or call (201) 886-0561.
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