VENICE PERFORMING ARTS SERIES, Inc.
2008-2009 Season Archives
Saturday
July 5, 2008
at 7:00 pm
Student Spotlight
6:45 to 6:55
Deborah Berioli, Soprano
Eve Gigliotti, Mezzo-Soprano
Martin Hennessy, Pianist,
Composer, Arranger
We are fortunate to have these outstanding artists with us in a completely original program in celebration of the Fourth of July. Mr. Hennessy is creating arrangements of well known American ballades and patriotic songs especially for Ms. Berioli and Ms. Gigliotti. You will have the opportunity to hear some rare American art songs as well as traditional tunes in this one of a kind program. So come one and all - and be sure to wear red, white and blue!!
Saturday November 1, 2008
at 7:00 pm
Student Spotlight – 6:45 to 6:55
Jennifer Winn, Coloratura Soprano
Deborah Berioli, Soprano
Lee Dougherty Ross, Pianist
Jane Hoffman, Flutist
The title says it all! There is so much music for Halloween we could barely decide! The highlight of this program is of course the famous Mad Scene from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor performed by Ms. Winn and Ms. Hoffman. Don’t be scared – there’s plenty of lighter fare to balance out the madness!
Saturday December 13, 2008
at 7:00 pm
Student Spotlight – 6:45 to 6:55
Deborah Berioli, Soprano
Lee Dougherty Ross, Pianist
This year, Ms. Berioli will collaborate with local instrumentalists and of course, Lee Dougherty Ross, performing time honored classics to celebrate the Christmas holiday.
Saturday January 17, 2009
at 7:00 pm
Student Spotlight – 6:45 to 6:55
Annelise Skovmand, Soprano
Pablo Gonzalez Jazey, Guitarist
Coming to us from Buenos Aires, Argentina, The Inca Rose Duo, comprised of American soprano Annelise Skovmand and Argentine guitarist Pablo Gonzalez Jazey, is dedicated to building cross-cultural understanding through music, bridging the divide between classical and popular music by melding elements from both worlds into new musical expressions. The “song”, marrying text with music, makes up the repertoire of this unique multi-cultural duo with its unique acoustic sound and original arrangements.
Saturday
February 14, 2009
at 7:00 pm
Student Spotlight
James Van Druten, Tenor
6:45 to 6:55
Deborah Berioli, Soprano
Christopher Bengochea, Tenor
Lee Dougherty Ross, Pianist
Join us on Valentine’s Day as Ms. Berioli and Mr. Bengochea serenade you with a program of the world’s most beautiful operatic love songs and duets - you DO NOT want to miss this!
Ms. Berioli and Mr. Bengochea will offer selections from performances they have given in the past with Opera San José in California, including the famous love duet from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.
Basque-American born tenor, Christopher Bengochea, has been praised as having "power, sure intonation, and fine diction that come in a package tied with a ribbon of 'natural sound.'.....It is a unique, broadly-projected "wide" sound that can serve lyrical or heroic music equally well," as quoted by Janos Gereben of the San Francisco Classical Voice. He has delighted audiences with his unique combination of vocal and dramatic interpretations in performances ranging from art song to opera.
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