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Member of the
Collegiate Chorale - a non-profit choral organization in New York.
The Chorale presents three concerts yearly at Carnegie Hall, has
participated in the Richard Tucker Gala at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln
Center, as well as a Pavarotti Plus Production. We premiered Paul
McCartney's "Liverpool Oratorio" at Carnegie Hall, and
opened the 1999 MTV Music Video Awards Ceremony at the Metropolitan
Opera House.
My association
with the Chorale has afforded me the distinctive opportunity of
performing with Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle,
Maria Guleghina, Samuel Ramey, Juan Pons, Arthur Woodley, Carlo
Bergonzi, Sherill Milnes, Harolyn Blackwell, Salvatore Licitra,
Mark Rucker and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
Besides being
a singer in the organization, I also serve in a tutorial capacity
as the Chorale's Italian Diction Coach, and to date have worked
with them on the following operas, all of which were performed
at Carnegie Hall:
Respighi:
La Fiamma
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Verdi: Nabucco, Giovanna d'Arco, Macbeth, La Forza del Destino,
and most recently, Un Ballo In Maschera with celebrated tenor
Salvatore Licitra, and baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
The Collegiate Chorale was founded by Robert Shaw. It is presently
under the directorship of Maestro Robert Bass
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