PHANTOM Star Franc D'Ambrosio to Perform for Saint Pio Foundation

By: Sep. 30, 2016
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Broadway start singer and actor Franc d'Ambrosio will unveil his mask by performing four concerts in support of the Saint Pio Foundation, a charitable organization of which d'Ambrosio is Goodwill Ambassador.

The four concerts, all called "An Evening with Franc d'Ambrosio," will take place in Los Angeles, on October 22, 2016, in North Bethesda, MD, on October 30, 2016, in Bronxville, NY, on November 19, 2016, and in Astoria, NY, on November 20, 2016.

Other special performing guests include the Italian Tenor Luciano Lamonarca (also President of the Saint Pio Foundation), and Maestro Roberto Cani, violinist and concertmaster of the Los Angeles Opera.

Tickets start at $50, and each includes a copy of the book Padre Pio and America. A first-class relic of Padre Pio will be available for viewing for all those attending the concerts. Sponsorship opportunities are available.

For more information about the concerts, visit www.saintpiofoundation.org/events-of-2016/, call (203) 416-1471, or send an email message to info@saintpiofoundation.org.

Franc d'Ambrosio is an American singer and actor, best known for his impressive portrayal of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning musical "The Phantom of The Opera," for which he was awarded the distinction of being the "World's Longest Running Phantom," having performed it more than 2,300 times in a decade.

Franc's extraordinary achievements also include an Academy Award-nominated film, an Emmy Award-nominated television show, a four-time Tony Award-nominated Broadway show, two Grammy Considerations, and a National Theater Award Nomination.

Franc is also known worldwide for being the actor and singer who played the part of Anthony Corleone, the opera-singing son of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) and Kay Adams-Corleone (Diane Keaton) in the film "The Godfather: Part III." Franc sang the Academy Award-winning theme song "Speak Softly Love" (Brucia la Terra) for both the film and the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.



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