2006 Season

SUMMER 2006

Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell
72nd Street at Mid-Park
Admission is free. No tickets required.
All performances start at 7:30 pm

Celebrating 33rd Anniversary Season
of Free Opera in Central Park

Vincent La Selva, conducting

presents

Friday, August 25, 2006

Giacomo Puccini's
Suor Angelica
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Cast for Suor Angelica:

Suor Angelica -- Maria Knapik
Principessa -- Barbara McAlister
Suor Gendive -- Susan Fanale
Badessa -- Carolyn Wade
with
Amanda White
Eva Latranyi
Rose Anderson
Meredith Tobias
Jeanette Brumell
Joanna McIntire
Linda Jo Calloway
Kathleen Leisure
Valery Pyfrom

uggiero Leoncavallo's
Pagliacci

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Cast for Pagliacci:

Canio -- Edward Perretti
Nedda -- Maria Knapik
Tonio -- Theadore Lambrinos
Silvio -- Anthony Tolve
Beppe -- John Tiranno

with the
New York Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Stage Director
Roberto Stivanello

Sets Designed by
Hal Tine


The New York Grand Opera
Vincent La Selva, conducting
Orchestra, Soloists and Chorus
in
Giuseppe Verdi's
Otello

Thursday, March 23, 2006    at 7:30 pm

Free Admission

at the Church of Saint Paul and Saint Andrew
West 86th Street and West End Avenue

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Michael Hajek, Montano
Anthony Tolve, Cassio
Raemond Martin, Jago
William Brooke, Roderigo
Edward Perretti, Otello
Carmen Zayas, Desdemona - (Debut)
Carolyn Wade, Emilia
José Ponce Méndez, A Herald
Don Yule, Lodovico

The New York Grand Opera
Vincent La Selva, conducting
Orchestra, Soloists and Chorus
in
Giuseppe Verdi's
Un Ballo in Maschera
(The Masked Ball)

Thursday, January 26, 2006
at 7:30 pm

Free Admission

at the Church of Saint Paul and Saint Andrew
West 86th Street and West End Avenue

Soloists:
Christopher Jackson, tenor, Ricardo
Deborah Longino, soprano, Amelia
Frederick Redd, baritone, Renato
Barbara McAlister, mezzo-soprano, Ulrica
Susan Fanale, soprano, Oscar
Thomas Goldstein, bass, Sam
Michael Hajek, bass, Tom
Romel Jarin, baritone, Silvano
August Hoppe, tenor, the Judge


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