2017 Giargiari Bel Canto Competition

We are so excited for the 2017 Giargiari Competition! AVA’s Resident Artists will perform on Saturday, October 7 at 7:30 pm at the Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theater. AVA faculty member Richard A. Raub will join the Resident Artists on stage, as both the pianist and music director. They have been working tirelessly and have selected some incredible pieces for the show. Here is a sneak peek of what’s in store:

TIMOTHY RENNER, baritone

             Si può? Si può? | Pagliacci

              Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)

REBECCA GULINELLO, soprano

                Mercé, dilette amiche | I vespri siciliani

                Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

MATTHEW WHITE, tenor

                È la solita storia del pastore… Anch’io vorrei dormir così | L’arlesiana

                Francesco Ciléa (1866-1950)

PASCALE SPINNEY, mezzo-soprano

                È sgombro il loco… Ah! Parea che per incanto | Anna Bolena

                Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

ETHAN SIMPSON, baritone

                Alzati!… Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima | Un ballo in maschera

                Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

CLAIRE DE MONTEIL, soprano

                Robert, toi que j’aime | Robert le diable

                Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)

ROY HAGE, tenor

               Il était une fois à la cour d’Eisenach! | Les contes d’Hoffmann

                Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

 

ALEXANDRA RAZSKAZOFF, soprano

               Glück, das mir verblieb | Die tote Stadt

                Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)

MARCO CAMMAROTA, tenor

                I know that you all hate me | The Saint of Bleecker Street

                Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)

PIOTR BUSZEWSKI, tenor

               Parigi! È la città dei desideri | La rondine

                Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

MERYL DOMINGUEZ, soprano

               Oui, pour ce soir… Je suis Titania! | Mignon

                Ambroise Thomas (1811- 1896)

ABRAHAM BRETÓN, tenor

               Addio fiorito asil | Madama Butterfly

                Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

 

ANTHONY WHITSON-MARTINI, baritone

                Come un’ape ne’ giorni d’aprile | La cenerentola             

                Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

JOANA RUSCHE, soprano

               De cet affreux combat… Pleurez mes yeux | Le Cid

                Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

MACKENZIE GOTCHER, tenor

                Cielo e mar! | La gioconda

                Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)

HANNAH LUDWIG, mezzo-soprano

               Où suis-je?… O ma lyre immortelle | Sapho

                Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

DANIEL NOYOLA, bass-baritone

               Ça, vous commettez tous… Riez, allez! | Don Quichotte

                Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

ALEXANDRA NOWAKOWSKI, soprano

               En proie à la tristesse… O bon hermite | Le Comte Ory    

                Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Tickets to the event are still available but selling quickly! Tickets may be purchased via the Kimmel Center website or by calling their box office at 215-893-1999. Don’t miss your chance to vote for your favorite! We look forward to seeing you there!