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These amazing performers deserve all the support!! Lovely meeting you as well.

DON JOSE ON THE COUCH John Kim, Conrad Schmechel, Bonnie Frauenthal, Michael Celentano, Melissa Serluco, Paul Khoury, Sidney Dixon, and Julia Gmeiner Although ...

Performance #3
CARMEN!!
COME ON DOWN.
Tomorrow final performance in White Plains!

OPENING NIGHT TONIGHT!!
FOUR PERFORMANCES;
TWO CASTS -- SEE IT TWICE!!
Buy tickets at the door
Check or cash only!

JOIN US FOR OUR LATEST OPERA BREVE PRODUCTION!

August 2-4: St Michael's Parish House
225 West 99th St, NYC
7:00 p.m.
August 5th: Congregation Kol Ami
252 Soundview Ave
White Plains, NY
7:30 p.m.
For advanced tickets: email us at [email protected]

Updated, breve-style with two stellar casts under the direction of Lenora Eve with musical direction by Matt Lobaugh.
Cast: Caroline Tye, Melissa Serluco as CARMEN
Ross Schwaber, Michael Celentano as DON JOSE
Bonnie Frauenthal, Traci Pritchard as MICAELA
David Rosen, Paul Khoury as ESCAMILLO
Erin Merceruio Nelson, Julia Gmeiner as FRASQUITA
Sidney Dixon, Perri Sussman as MERCEDES
Ravon Middlebrooks, John Kim as REMENDADO
Conrad Schmechel, Alejandro Banuelos as DANCAIRO

Costume Design: Kristi Koury Biglin
Assistant Director: Alex Hopkins

Purchase tickets at the door or contact [email protected] to be placed on a reservation list to insure that you will have a seat!
Aug. 2nd and 4th Cast:
CARMEN: Melissa Serluco
DON JOSÈ: Michael Celentano
MICAELA: Bonnie Frauenthal
ESCAMILLO: Paul Khoury
FRASQUITA: Julia Gmeiner
MERCEDES: Perri Sussman
REMENDADO: John Z. Kim
DANCÄIRO: Conrad Schmechel
Aug. 3rd and 5th Cast:
CARMEN: Caroline Tye
DON JOSÈ: Ross Schwaber
MICAELA: Traci Pritchard
ESCAMILLO: David Rosen
FRASQUITA: Erin Merceruio Nelson
MERCEDES: Sidney Dixon
REMENDADO: Ravon Middlebrooks
DANCÄIRO: Alejandro Banuelos

OPENING NIGHT IS ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT!
TWO CASTS -- SEE IT TWICE!!
JOIN US FOR OUR LATEST OPERA BREVE PERFORMANCES!!

August 2-4: St Michael's Parish House
225 West 99th St, NYC
7:00 p.m.
August 5th: Congregation Kol Ami
252 Soundview Ave
White Plains, NY
7:30 p.m.
For advanced tickets: email us at [email protected]

Updated, breve-style with two stellar casts under the direction of Lenora Eve with musical direction by Matt Lobaugh.
Cast: Caroline Tye, Melissa Serluco as CARMEN
Ross Schwaber, Michael Celentano as DON JOSE
Bonnie Frauenthal, Traci Pritchard as MICAELA
David Rosen, Paul Khoury as ESCAMILLO
Erin Merceruio Nelson, Julia Gmeiner as FRASQUITA
Sidney Dixon, Perri Sussman as MERCEDES
Ravon Middlebrooks, John Kim as REMENDADO
Conrad Schmechel, Alejandro Banuelos as DANCAIRO

Costume Design: Kristi Koury Biglin
Assistant Director: Alex Hopkins

Opera Breve Alumni!
Those of you who know Dalton...prayers and donations (if you feel so moved) are needed for his adorable newborn boy, Josiah

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Click here to support Help For The Flake Family by Catherine Clarke Dalton, Charmine, and Lochland Flake received news of a welcomed surprise in the Fall of 2016! The family of 3 were were expecting a new baby May, 23 2017, and the two music educators began their school year preparing to become a family of four! After having had their two year old son, Lochland,...

Great write up from OperaWire.
Another two shows tomorrow.
3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
For advanced reserve tickets write us at [email protected] today or purchase at the door.

Antonella Delli Carpini on Singing & Teaching Menotti’s ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ [Exclusive Interview] “You could research my family as far back as the 1600’s and you wouldn’t find anyone anywhere involved in music,” declared mezzo soprano Antonella Delli Carpini during a recent chat with Opera Wire…

OPENING NIGHT TONIGHT!!
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Thursday at 7 p.m.
Friday at 8 p.m.
Sunday matinee 3 p.m.
Sunday evening 6 p.m.
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Baritone Gary Ramsey Speaks about Menotti’s ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ and Luring Young Audiences to Opera (Exclusive Interview) On Dec. 8, Opera Breve will open its 2016-17 season with “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” The rarely-staged Menotti opera is a special work as it was the first opera made in the U.S for …

Meet our AMAZING Amahls!!

Email us at [email protected] to reserve your tickets for this weekend's performance of "Amahl and the Night Visitors."


Ethan Laird (Amahl, Friday & Sunday evening) is excited to be performing in his first opera as the title character in Amahl and the Night Visitors. An avid musician and singer, Ethan began his musical education with piano lessons at Third Street Music School. He later expanded his repertoire to include guitar, drums and vibraphone at the Boys Club of New York (Harriman Clubhouse). In 2010, Ethan joined the Boys Club of New York Chorus, where he blossomed into a featured singer, including a solo ukulele performance of “Count on Me” by Bruno Mars at the 2014 Board of Directors Annual Dinner and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” at the annual concert the same year. In the summer of 2014 Ethan performed in the 14th Street Y Summer Theater Intensive production of Hair and most recently completed a chorus intensive at the “Count Me In” Program at Carnegie Hall. Ethan currently attends the Institute for Collaborative Education where he participates in the Drama Program. In addition to acting and singing, he enjoys photography, film making and is a talented magician. Ethan would like to thank his family for their love, support and chauffeuring.

Lior Schwartz (Amahl, Thursday night and Sunday afternoon) is 11 years old and has spent most of his life singing. Since a very young age, he has studied voice at his grandmother’s Alla Schwartz Children Vocal Studio in Fair Lawn, NJ. Starting in Kindergarten, Lior regularly sang as a member of the choir and as a soloist with Temple Beth Sholom in New City, NY. He later joined the NY Children's Choir at Temple Sinai of Roslyn in Roslyn Heights, NY, where his parents Elena and Sergei Schwartz serve as Cantors. Recently, he debuted as a soloist with Temple Sinai’s professional choir, singing Leonard Bernstein’s Psalm 23, Chichester Psalms. Lior studies piano with Elena Kuzmenko and in 2015, he performed as a winner of the Royal Music Development Program at Carnegie Hall. Lior does not only enjoy music, but he is also a member of Island Fencing Academy team and Long Island Aquatic Club swimming team. He is a devoted soccer fan and an avid reader. Lior is proud to be the first United States born member of the Schwartz family, originally from the Former Soviet Union. He is very excited about his debut as Amahl with Opera Breve.

Opera Breve is thrilled to kick off its 2016-2017 with Gian Carlo Menotti’s holiday gem “Amahl and the Night Visitors.”

Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 7:00pm
Friday, December 9, 2016 at 8:00pm
Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 3:00pm and 6:00pm

St. Michael’s Parish Hall
225 West 99th Street
New York, NY 10025

For tickets please email us at: [email protected].

RESERVED IN ADVANCE:
Adults $15; Senior/Student $12
AT THE DOOR:
Adults $20; Senior/Student $15

Our Shepherds’ Chorus features emerging young artists from the Professional Performing Arts School and choreography by “Hamilton’s” Gregory Treco.

MEET OUR CAST……..Part I:
Gary R. Ramsey (Melchoir) most recently played Don Alfonso in Cosi Fan Tutte with Loft Opera (New York Times Review) a role he also performed for Opera Breve. Amore opera he played the title role in Rigoletto. God Pan in Daphnis and Chloe, with Heartbeat opera. He won the Osgood Prize for his “charismatic” performance in the title role of Salieri’s Falstaff, at CSC Repertory with dell’Arte Opera (New York Times Review). He was described as a “tour de force” (NY Times Review) performing the title role in Bum Phillips: All-American Opera. He appeared as Mr. Braxton in Thomas Pasatieri’s God Bless Us Everyone, (World Premiere) with Dicapo Opera. Other credits include: Older Thompson in Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied at Chelsea Opera (New York Premiere, NY Times Review); Farmer Beanpole in Tobias Picker’s, Fantastic Mr. Fox, (New York Premiere); Thomas Putnam in The Crucible for the Mezzo Festival, Hungary (television premiere).