2005 Festival of the Aegean
MidAmerica
Productions, Inc., of New York
Peter Tiboris, General Director
and Artistic Director
in
Association with
I.U.M.A.
Management of Rome
Christian Catena Francesconi,
Management Chairman
Presents
Opera
Aegean 2005
Peter Tiboris, Chef d’orchestre
Apollo
Municipal Theater “La Piccola Scala”
Island of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
July 14 and 16
Peter
Tiboris, Conductor
Gianmaria
Romagnoli, Stage Director
Featuring:
Figaro: Pietro Masi, baritone
Rosina: Maria Francesca Mazzara,
soprano
Almaviva: Amedeo Moretti, tenor
Dr. Bartolo: Carmine Monaco, bass
Don Basilio: Raffaele Costantini, bass-baritone
Fiorello Stefano Vito, baritone
Berta: Takako Horaguchi, mezzo-soprano
and The Rome Philharmonic Orchestra Soloists
Yannis
Xylas and Tania Panayanopoulou, Pianists
Iris Derke, Director of Special
Projects, MidAmerica Productions
Kathryn Smith, Assistant to the
Stage Director
Betsy Stein, Executive Associate
to the Music Director
Dimitra Garantzioti, Greek Program
Coordinator
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Opera
Aegean, formed in 2000 as a training
program and opera company, has presented nearly
50 young artists, many of whom have gone on to
performances with major ensembles and in the premiere
venues around the world. Working with legendary
performers and trainers such as Sherrill Milnes,
Martina Arroyo, Nicholas DiVirgilio and Carol
Castel, artists are given the unique opportunity
to combine intensive training with professional
The
2005 Opera Aegean offers the first complete opera
in the company's history (past performances have
been extended scenes). Il barbiere di Siviglia will feature artists with international careers
in the historic Apollo Municipal Theater. Known
as "La Piccola Scala," the Apollo Theater
was modeled after Milan's famed La Scala and is
well known as a tourist destination and to residents
of Syros Island alike for its opera and theatrical
presentations.
Says
Peter Tiboris, MidAmerica Productions' Artistic
Director and General Director, "This season,
Opera Aegean is forging new ground with the complete
presentation of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia featuring these outstanding young singers
and directed by the remarkably talented Mr. Romagnoli.
This is the both the realization of a dream for
me, and the beginning of a new era for Opera Aegean.
Syros is, for me, the 'Salzberg of the Aegean'
and I look forward to Opera Aegean's future growth
on this beautiful island."
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