- Chelsea Opera Company
Chelsea Opera Company was founded in 2004 by Leonarda Priore [http://www.chelseaopera.org/Images/T&V%20review.jpg] and Lynne Hayden-Findlayin and is located in
New York City .History
Performances and performers
Chelsea Opera Company's 2005 production of
Gian Carlo Menotti 's "Amahl and the Night Visitors " featured Spanish mezzo-soprano Magdalena Llamas (of New York Grand Opera [http://www.newyorkgrandopera.org/summer2004.htm Magdalena Llamas in "Rigoletto" at New York Grand Opera] and the Opera Theater of Connecticut [http://www.sanibelmusicfestival.org/opera_theater_of_connecticut.html Magdalena Llamas sings at the Opera Theater of Connecticut] ), Colombian baritone Alex Britton (of Brooklyn's Regina Opera Company [http://www.reginaopera.org/otelphot.htm Alex Britton at Regina Opera Company] ), Puerto Rican bass Jorge Ocasio [ [http://www.novoartists.com/ocasio.html Jorge Ocasio - Bass ] ] (a finalist in theMetropolitan Opera Auditions), and 11-year-old Nick Agar-Johnson. [ [http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/review/review.aspx?id=1217 Opera News > The Met Opera Guild ] ]Chelsea Opera's 2006 production of
Ruggero Leoncavallo 's "I Pagliacci " [http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/section/castcrew/show/119264 Chelsea Opera's I Pagliacci on TheaterMania.com] , with artistic direction by Rod Gomez, [http://www.rodgomez.com Rod Gomez, Director] featured tenorsDaniel Rodriguez [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/arts/music/09pagl.html?ex=1167886800&en=288994fc1035dbf2&ei=5070 Daniel Rodriguez, New York's 'Singing Cop,' Tries an Opera - New York Times ] ] (protegé of noted tenorPlacido Domingo ), and Christopher Campbell (of Glimmerglass Opera, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the New York City Opera National Company [http://www.operaworks.com/ccampbell.php Christopher Campbell on Operaworks.com] ) in the role of Canio. Soprano Maryann Mootos (Marquis Award winner in the Emerging Professional Division of the 2006 Classical Singer competition [ [http://www.classicalsinger.com/bios/bio.php?id=103 Maryann Mootos - Classical Singer Community ] ] ) alternated with soprano Crystallia Spilianaki (of Opera in the Heights [http://www.operaintheheights.org/images/new_gall/index.html Crystallia Spilianki - Operaintheheights.com] ) in the role of Nedda.References
External links
* [http://www.chelseaopera.org/index.html Chelsea Opera]
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