Trouble in Tahiti/Quattro Liriche

Friday, May 9, 2014 @ 6:30 pm

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo at NYU

24 W. 12th St., NYC

$30 Tickets here.

"Trouble in Tahiti" by Leonard Bernstein

A staged performance about desire and disillusionment. 

"There is a garden. Come with me."
Kelli Butler and Mario Diaz-Moresco
in "Trouble in Tahiti."
Photo by Jonathan Slaff

Kelli Butler (Dinah)
Mario Diaz-Moresco (Sam)
Michelle Seipel, Miran Robarts and Radoslav Lesay (Trio). 
Saffron Chung, piano.










"Quattro Liriche" by Elsa Respighi
A work about the elusive nature of human relations.

"There was a veil through which I could not see."
Kelli Butler in "Quattro Liriche."
Photo by Jonathan Slaff.

Kelli Butler, soprano Chamber ensemble
Saffron Chung, piano
Premiere of arrangement by Henry Papale.

Directed by Gina Crusco.



This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. This program is also made possible in part with public funds from the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.  Funding has been provided by Deutsche Bank, Venable Foundation and Puffin Foundation. Special thanks to Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo at NYU.

Trouble in Tahiti FREE in WaHI

Sunday, May 4, 2014 @ 4 pm

United Palace of Cultural Arts lobby

4140 Broadway @ 175th St.

Running time: 1 hour.

"Trouble in Tahiti" by Leonard Bernstein

A staged performance about desire and disillusionment. 

"Can we find the way back to the garden?"
Stephanie McGuire and Isaac Grier.
Photo by Jonathan Slaff.

Stephanie McGuire, Dinah.

Isaac Grier, Sam.

Heather Gerban, Miran Robarts, Radoslav Lesay, Trio.

Saffron Chung, piano.

"Outerborough Songs" by Thomas Deneuville

A work about fighting and forgiveness. 

"We lost each other in forgiveness."
Gian-Carla Tisera in OBS.
Photo by Jonathan Slaff.

Gian-Carla Tisera, soprano
Marco Marino, electric guitar.

A talk with the composer will follow.

FREE; seating extremely limited.

Reservation required: underworldprod@gmail.com.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. This program is also made possible in part with public funds from the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.  Funding has been provided by Deutsche Bank, Venable Foundation, Puffin Foundation, and Columbia-Presbyterian Neighborhood Fund. Special thanks to Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo at NYU. UPO thanks UPCA for their generous support!

Arias at the Y

Sunday, March 16, 2014
2 pm
YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood

Directions


Glorious arias brought to you by UPO's talented Resident Artists and Guests.

Enjoyable spoken commentary by Gina Crusco lets you in on the secrets of opera. 

It's all yours for FREE with RSVP: underworldprod@gmail.com.

Isabella Florin,

Heather Gerban, mezzo-soprano

Raymond Storms, countertenor

         

Lesley Tay, tenor

Radoslav Lesay, tenor

Repertoire includes: 

Cielo, se tu il consenti (Handel: Orlando)

Il mio tesoro (Mozart: Don Giovanni)
Va, laisse couler mes larmes (Massenet: Manon)

Ain't it a pretty night? (Carlisle Floyd: Susannah)

Asleep, my love? (Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Sung by:

Isabella Florin, soprano; Heather Gerban, mezzo-soprano; Raymond Storms, countertenor; Radoslav Lesay, tenor; and Leslie Tay, tenor. 

Saffron Chung, pianist

Arias and Duets at the Y

Sunday, November 10, 2013
2 pm
YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood
Directions


Glorious Arias and Duets from Mozart's Cosi fan tutte and Le Nozze di Figaro; Puccini's La Boheme, and Massenet's Manon. 

Brought to you by UPO's talented Resident Artists and Guests with Elizabeth Rodgers at the piano.

Enjoyable spoken commentary by Gina Crusco lets you in on the secrets of opera. 

It's all yours for FREE with RSVP: underworldprod@gmail.com.

Isabella Florin, soprano

Heather Gerban, mezzo-soprano

Raymond Storms, countertenor

     

Hillary Esqueda, soprano

Radoslav Lesay, tenor

      

Barry Robinson, baritone

Miran Robarts, soprano

An Evening of Arias and Songs

A free community arts event at

Goddard Riverside The Bernie Wohl Center

647 Columbus Avenue at 91st Street

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

7:30 pm

Join us for an evening of favorite arias by Mozart, Puccini & Verdi, and popular songs like "Come back to Sorrento" and "O sole mio." These enjoyable selections will be performed by four dynamic young singers from Underworld Productions Opera.

Featuring Alison McConekey, soprano; Kelli Butler, soprano; Gregory Armstrong, tenor; and Isaac Grier, bass-baritone.

Alison McConekey, Soprano

Kelli Butler, Soprano

Gregory Armstrong, Tenor

Isaac Grier, Bass-baritone

Tickets are free with RSVP: underworldprod@gmail.com

Goddard.org/communityarts

First event of the new season: Morris-Jumel Mansion!

Saturday, October 12, 2013
11 a.m.

FREE community performance 

Morris-Jumel Mansion

Underworld Productions Opera is proud to announce our third annual performance at the CAFe. We are back with our talented young singers bringing you music for a relaxing Saturday at the Mansion.

On the program are arias by Mozart, Donizetti and Puccini and songs from The Sound of Music, Les Miz, and more.

UPO is first in the line-up!  Come hear us and stay for lunch al fresco on the Mansion lawn.

Directions: 
http://www.morrisjumel.org/visit/directions/

Featuring:

Isabella Florin, Soprano

Heather Gerban, Mezzo-soprano

Raymond Storms, Countertenor

Radoslav Lesay, Tenor

Barry Robinson, Baritone

Il Trionfo dell'Onore (Honor Wins Out)

at MOSA

(Music at our Saviour's Atonement)

Sunday, May 5 at 5pm

Free event! 

Sung in Italian with English and Spanish supertitles

Underworld Productions Opera presents the New York premiere of Alessandro Scarlatti's only full-length comic opera, Il Trionfo dell'Onore, a fast-paced romp of high and low characters laced with glorious melody.  

Premiered on November 26, 1718 at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples, Il Trionfo dell’Onore is seminal in the development of opera buffa. Its libretto by Francesco Antonio Tullio about four couples staying at two Pisan alberghi centers on the exploits of the dissolute protagonist Riccardo, a precursor to Mozart’s Don Giovanni. At the premiere this quintessential womanizer was played by a woman, soprano Caterina Testi.  This has inspired us to cast soprano Kelli Butler in the lead role. Featuring 8 singers, this 80-minute work will be performed semi-staged.

Featuring: 

Kelli Butler as Riccardo (pictured above)

Maria Todaro as Leonora

Rachel Policar as Doralice

Miran Robarts as Cornelia

Catherine Leech as Rosina

Stephanie McGuire as Erminio

Christopher Preston Thompson as Flaminio

Stephen Lavonier as Rodimarte

Dorian Komanoff Bandy - Music Director, violin

Christine Gummere - cello

Elizabeth Rodgers -- keyboard

Gina Crusco, Director 

Music at our Saviour's Atonement

178 Bennett Avenue

New York, NY 10040

Click HERE for Directions

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. This program is also made possible in part with public funds from the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.  Additional funding has been provided by the Venable Foundation and Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance; the NoMAA Creative Grant Program was made possible by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.