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Lynne Hayden-Findlay (soprano, co-founder/co-producer) made her operatic debut in Darius Milhaud’s Christoph Colomb. Her roles have included Nannetta (Falstaff), Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Musetta (La Bohème) and Adele (Die Fledermaus). She premiered Dan Welcher’s Vox Femina in Europe (1995) and New York City (2000). With Operafestival di Roma, she sang Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica) and Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte. She is an ensemble member with Opera Orchestra, joined San Diego Opera for Verdi’s Requiem in May 2001, and sang Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915 with West Islip Symphony in 2002. Ms. Hayden-Findlay has been the soprano soloist for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Riverside, CT), since 1993. She produced several concerts as a founding member of Colla Voce. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from SUNY/New Paltz where she directed and choreographed several productions. She earned an MBA from Pace University and is also a certified English-as-a-second language trainer. |
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Leonarda Priore (mezzo-soprano, co-founder/co-producer) whose primary loves are singing and performing, also enjoys directing. She has assisted in directing Central Florida Lyric Opera's Le Nozze di Figaro and Carmen as well as co-directing Chelsea Opera's production of Suor Angelica. Her roles include Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana), Zita (Gianni Schicchi), La Zia Principessa (Suor Angelica), Katisha (The Mikado), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Lady Jane (Patience), Witch (Hänsel and Gretel), Augusta (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Dame Quickly (Falstaff), Mother/Grandmother (Little Red Riding Hood) and the title role of Carmen. Companies include Mohawk Valley Opera, Regina Opera, Rockland Opera, Silver Dollar Opera, Central Florida Lyric Opera, New Rochelle Opera, American Singers Opera Project to name a few. In 2002 Leonarda debuted at Carnegie Hall as the soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass. Musical Theater credits include Nettie (Carousel), Mother Abbess (The Sound of Music), and Fanny Brice (Funny Girl). She also has appeared Off Off Broadway in Pearl Cleage's Hospice performing as Suzuki and Billie Holiday. Leonarda has extensive oratorio credits in addition to performances in the jazz genre. |
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Carmine Aufiero (music director/conductor) made his New York conducting debut with Chelsea Opera's Suor Angelica and has led performances of Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci and Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors which was performed in New York and Los Angeles to rave reviews. A New Jersey native, he became assistant conductor to New Jersey's Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea under Alphonse Stephenson in 1999, conducting at the Festival of the Atlantic, the Trenton War Memorial and in 2001 at Carnegie Hall. In opera, Maestro Aufiero conducted the premiere of Kyle Gann's Cinderella's Bad Magic in St. Petersburg, Russia. The summer of 2003, he was engaged as pianist and assistant conductor for the American Symphony Orchestra's production of Janacek's Osud under Maestro Leon Botstein. Mr. Aufiero studied orchestral conducting with Harold Farberman and composition theory and improvisation with Robert Abramson. He has been a guest conductor with Regina Opera for Die Fledermaus, and conducted Espresso Opera's second production, Rigoletto. Maestro Aufiero has acted as conductor for El Dorado Opera in Los Angeles and is on the faculty of Martina Arroyo's Prelude to Performance program. He recently made his debut as guest conductor in Dicapo Opera Theater's production of Beauty and the Beast. |
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