Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan

		Operatic Performances Schedule of Events for 2010 Current Scheduled Performances Bellini Opera/Bellini Music Society Presents To view further information please click here. “From Bel Canto to Verismo” Performing the Music of Delibes, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, and Mascagni Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 6:00 PM at The Italian Cultural Society 43843 Romeo Plank Road, Clinton Township, 48048 586-226-1582 Featuring Eva Evola, soprano; Kimberly Swan, soprano; Karin White, soprano; Lisa Agazzi, mezzo soprano; Dino Valle, baritone, Jacqueline Csurgai-Schmitt, pianist and music director. Italian Cultural Society, 43843 Romeo Plank Rd. 48038 Lecture and Selections Eva Evola, Dino Valle, Lisa Agazzi, Kim Swan, Karen WhiteT - Naples, Florida Operatic Performances and Lecture Series at the Collier County libraries and Steinway Performing Arts Hall Sun. April 11th Divine Mercy Sunday at the First Congregational Church, Pastor Dr. Les Wicker. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy and songs of Faith and Devotion Featuring Baritone, Quinto Milito, Baritone, Dino Valle, and Pianist, Lidia Doroshina To Listen to a portion of the Performance, please click here. Thurs. Jan. 14th 2010 at the Headquarters Regional Library at 6:00 P.M. Padre e Figlia', Lecture and Selections from Verdi's famous Soprano/Baritone Duets, featuring soprano's: Ellie VanderMeuse, Beth Wininger, Christine Bronson, Baritone, Dino Valle and Pianist, Lidia Doroshina …………………………………………………………………………………………............................................ Thurs. Jan. 21st 2010 at the South Regional at 2:00 PM Lecture and Selection from Verdi's LaTraviata, Featuring Beth Winninger and Dino Valle and Pianist, Lidia Doroshina …………………………………………………………………………………………..................................................... Friday, Jan. 29th 2010 at Steinway Performing Arts Hall at 6:00 P M, 28751 South Tamiami Trail, Bonita Spring, Florida, 34134 Concert Featuring: Soprano's: Beth Wininger, Valarie Milazzo, Christine Bronson, and Baritone, Dino Valle and Pianist, Lidia Doroshina …………………………………………………………………………………………................................................. Sun., Jan. 31st at the First Congregational Church To Listen to a portion of the Performance , please click here. Wed. Feb 17th, 2010 at Naples Regional at 6:00 PM Lecture and Selections from Rossini's The Barber of Seville ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Thurs. Feb 25th, 2010 at the South Regional (951 and RattleSnake) at 6:00 PM Lecture and Selections from the Phantom Masks and Opera ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Friday, Feb. 26th, 2010 at Steinway Concert Hall at 6:00 PM 28751 South Tamiami Trail, Bonita Springs, Florida, 34134 Concert Featuring: ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Tues. March 9th, 2010 at the Headquaters (Airport Rd and Orange Blossom) at 6:00 PM Lecture and Selections from Donizetti's, Elixir of Love …………………………………………………………………………………………..... Friday, March 26, 2010 at Steinway Concert Hall at 6:00 PM 28751 Sout Tamiami Trail, Bonita Spring, Florida, 34134 Concert Featuring: ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Tues. March 30th at Marco Island Library at 6:30 PM Lecture and Selections from Verdi's Rigoletto Past Performances Padre E Figlia, November 2009 Italian Cultural Society, 43843 Romeo Plank Rd. 48038 Lecture and Selections Eva Evola, Dino Valle, Lisa Agazzi, Kim Swan, Lisa Agazzi, Elena Repnikova, T -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dino Valle performing with the renowned basso and 2006 Grammy Award winner, Michele Pertusi Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan in cooperation with The Italian American Club of Livonia's Charitable Foundation, featuring La Scala Intrumental Ensemble (Ensemble Strumentale Scaligero) From Milan's famed La Scala Opera House in Italy, with the exceptional participation of the world renowned basso and 2006 Grammy Award winner, Michele Pertusi together with special Guest Stars Eva Evola and Dino Valle. Picture - 1: Dino Valle, Michele Pertusi, Maurizio Simeoli and La Scala Ensemble - 2: Dino Valle and Maurizio Simeoli - 3: Dino Valle and Michele Pertusi singing a duet from the opera Attila by Verdi - 4: Dino Valle, Eva Evola, and Michele Pertusi taking a bow after the performance - 5: Group picture with the performers; Verdi Opera Officers; John Zaretti and Maria Harris; and our Benefactors; Michael Chirco and Rosolino Lo Duca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Tribute to the Former, Mayor of Dearborn, Michael Guido A commemorative celebration honoring Dearborn's Former Mayor, Mayor Michael A. Guido, featuring performances by the Verdi Opera Theatre. 1st picture: From Left to Right: Baritone, Dino Valle; Mezzo Soprano, Irina Mishura; Soprano, Eva Evola; Tenor, Jack Morris; And John Zaretti, President of Verdi Opera Theatre 2nd picture: From Left to Right: Mezzo Soprano, Irina Mishura and Baritone, Dino Valle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan's production of L'elisir D'Amore 1st Picture: Dino Valle as Dr. Dulcamara in the top row, left to right - John Zaretti, President of The Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan; Kim Swan as Gianetta; Scott Ramsay as Nemorino; Eva Evola as Adina; Suzanne Acton conducting the Birmngham Bloomfield Symphony; Stephen Henrickson as Belcore. 2nd Picture: Dino Valle as Dr. Dulcamara, Orchestra and Scott Ramsay as Nemorino L'elisir D'Amore- Live in performance of Dulcamara's Aria, Udite O Rustici The Afterglow of L'elisir D'Amore at Andiamo Restaurant of Dearborn Our Benefactor, Mike Chirco, performs for the guest and the artists, accompanied on the accordion by the President of the Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan, John Zaretti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Concert version of LaTraviata Dino Valle as Germont and Eva Evola as Violetta in Concert Select the above sound track from the concert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan presented an all Mozart Concert with Clairion Symphony Orchestra of Sarnia, Canada at the Ford Performing Arts Theatre of Dearborn From left to right: Soprano, Karin White; Mezzo Soprano, Dorothy Duensing; Concert Pianist, Jacqueline Csurgai Schmitt; Baritone, Dino Valle; and Tenor, Shawn McDonald. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An evening with Andrea Cesare Coronells and Tiziana Caruso after their Performance of Mot's production of La Sonnambula Listen to a portion of a Performance, please click here. 1st Picture - Frank Stella, Andrea Coronella, and Dino Valle 2nd Picture - Eva Evola, Tiziana Caruso, and Andrea Coronella 3rd Picture - Dino and Tiziana 4th Picture - Andrea Coronella and Tiziana Caruso ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A TRIBUTE TO LUCIANO PAVAROTTI Andiamo Celebrity Showroom - Second Tribute, Fri. Oct. 24, 08 Soprano, Eva Evola Baritone, Dino Valle holding statue of Caruso Mezzo Soprano, Lisa Agazzi Opera Series at La Zingara - 2009 Soprano, Eva Evola; Mezzo Soprano, Lisa Agazzi Baritone, Dino Valle; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An evening with Donato Di Stefano, performing Buffo "Don Magnifico" with the Michigan Opera's Production of Cenerendola. From Right to Left: John Zaretti, President of Verdi Opera, Soprano Eva Chirco Evola, Rosolino LoDuca, member of Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan, Basso Donato Di Stefano, Verdian Baritone and and Co Founder and Former Artistic Director of Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan, Dino Valle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An evening with Tenor, Salvatore Licitra after his Performance of Verdi's Aida With the Michigan Opera Theatre Tenor, Salvatore Licitra and Dino Valle ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Concert with Michigan Opera Theatre's Irina Mishura Metropolitan Opera, Mezzo Soprano, Irina Mishura and Baritone, Dino Valle ................................................................................................................................ Dino Valle is the co founder of Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan.

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	The Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging appreciation of the music of Giuseppe Verdi and other composers of opera and popular music for the theater. This is done through concerts, workshops, dinner-theater performances, various media promotions and the active participation of the members in the society's cultural activities. One of the goals of the Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan is to promote goodwill and friendship among all people, through music, for everyone's enjoyment and cultural enrichment. Founded in May 1988, the company's opera presentations, exhibits, and performances in theaters, clubs, schools, restaurants, civic centers and public parks have already delighted thousands of people- Some of the accomplishments: Opera lectures, presentations and performances to students at many Detroit Metropolitan area high schools, exhibits on opera at the Italian-American Cultural Center in Warren, the German-American Cultural Center in Detroit, the 'Toledo Opera Association in 'Toledo, Ohio, the Verdi Club in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada, the Italian Riverfront Festival at Hart Plaza, Detroit, and elsewhere. Artists of the Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan performed with the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra, in concert, versions of "La Traviata," "The Barber of Seville' and "I Pagliacci", also with Michigan opera theatre, the Parma opera, with Metropolitan opera basso, Michele Pertusi, and the Birmingham- Bloomfield symphony orchestra, Suzanne Acton conducting L'elisir D'amore. Other notable concerts were held at the Marquis Theater in Northville, the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dearborn, the Somerset Collection in Troy, Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester, the Sicilia Club in Windsor, and in many other important community centers. Principals of the Verdi Opera also served as co-hosts of the Bel Canto Opera Competition and of the Piccolo Regional Opera Society Vocal Scholarship Competition. Also the Verdi Opera annually sponsors the "Italian Songs and Arias Vocal Competition for Michigan High School Students" now in its 13th season, in cooperation with the Italian-American Cultural Society of Livonia and Warren. The Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan established a subsidiary, the Statue of Enrico Caruso Society, to honor one of the greatest opera singers the world has known: Enrico Caruso. As a tribute to this great artist, the society commissioned Master Sculptor Ferenc Varga to create a life-size statue depicting Caruso as the Duke of Mantua in Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", one of Caruso's most famous roles. The statue, cast in bronze and mounted on a marble pedestal, was donated to Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall and is permanently on display at the Detroit Opera House/Michigan Opera Theater. A miniature replica of the Caruso statue is periodically presented by the society to worthy representatives of the opera world for their outstanding contribution in promoting this art. Past recipients of the Caruso award: tenors, Carlo Bergonzi, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras, and Placido Domingo and baritone Sherrill Milnes. The society also awards a bust of Giuseppe Verdi to outstanding artists from Michigan and elsewhere who have contributed to the development and appreciation of opera in Michigan and around the world. Past recipients of the Verdi bust: Coloratura Soprano, Janet Williams, Metropolitan Opera basso, Ara Berberian, Michele Pertusi, Luciano Pavarotti, Mezzo Soprano, Cecilia Bartoli, Irina Mishura, and resident conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leslie Dunner. Verdi Classical and Spiritual Radio Program, airing operatic selections, hosted by Dino Valle is heard every Sunday from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. on 1090 AM, in the greater Detroit Metropolitan area. Now you can listen to the radio program on line at www.divinemercy.tv. Celebrating 36 years on air. For more information about the radio program and for advertising rates, please call: PHONE: DINO VALLE AT 313.702.9264 EMAIL: DINOOPERA@YAHOO.COM The Statue of Enrico Caruso Society *Click Image to Learn More* .....