Opera and Other Classical Events

A commemorative celebration honoring Mayor Michael A. Guido, featuring performances by the Verdi Opera Theatre

From Left to Right:  Baritone, Dino Valle; Mezzo Soprano, Irina Mishura; Soprano, Eva Evola; Tenor, Jack Morris;

And John Zaretti, President of the Verdi Opera.

 

From Left to Right:  Mezzo Soprano, Irina Mishura and Baritone, Dino Valle

        

   

 Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan in cooperation with The Italian American of Livonia  

Charitable Foundation with The La Scala Intrumental Ensemble (Ensemble Strumentale Scaligero)

 From Milan's famed La Scala Opera House in Italy with the exceptional participation of the world

reknowned baso and 2006 Grammy Award winner Michele Pertusi together with special Guest Stars

Eva Evola and Dino Valle.

      Picture - 1: Dino Valle  and Michele Pertusi and 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

                      

                                                                                       

       Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan's production of  L'elisir D'Amore 

       First 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.

       Second Picture: Dino Valle as Dr. Dulcamara, Orchestra and Scott Ramsay

                                as Nemorino

 

       

 

 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

DinDino Valle as Germont and Eva Evola as Violetta in Concert version of LaTraviata

 

             

 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 Donato Di Stefano  from left to right:

John Zaretti, President of Verdi Opera, Eva Chirco Evola , Soprano,

Rosolino LoDuca, member of Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan,

Donato Di Stefano Basso Buffo"Don Magnifico" with the

Michigan Opera's Production of Cenerendola, Dino Valle,

Verdian Baritone, andArtistic Director of Verdi

Opera Theatre of Michigan

 

 

 

  Tenor, Salvatore Licitra and Dino Valle after Salvatore's performance of Verdi's Aida with the Michigan Opera Theatre

 

Metropolitan Opera, Mezzo Soprano, Irina Mishura and Baritone, Dino Valle, in a concert.

                Schedule of Events  2008

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.                             General Information
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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, world renowned mezzo soprano, Cecilia Bartoli, Irina Misura, and resident conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leslie Dunner.

 

A Classical and Spiritual Radio Program, airing opera melodies, including Verdi, hosted by Dino Valle is heard every Sunday from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. on 1090 AM, Michigan Catholic Radio, in the greater Detroit Metropolitan area. Now you can listen to the radio program on line at www.michigancatholicradio.org  For more information about the radio program and for advertising rates, please call:

PHONE:  DINO VALLE AT  313.996.7627

EMAIL: DINOOPERA@YAHOO.COM

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