O'Hara, Kaiser Set for A FINE ROMANCE at Carnegie Hall, 4/4

New York Festival of Song will present Broadway's Kelli O'Hara and opera star Joseph Kaiser in a special event at Carnegie Hall entitled A FINE ROMANCE-SONGS OF JEROME KERN  The performance will take place at Weill Recital Hall at 7PM on April 4, 2011.

The evening will be directed and hosted by Steven Blier and Michael Barrett.

O'Hara has been nominated for three Tony Awards: for her performance as Clara Johnson in The Light in the Piazza; for her performance as Babe Williams in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Pajama Game, where she starred alongside Harry Connick, Jr. and Michael McKean; and, most recently, for her performance as Nellie Forbush in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of South Pacific. O'Hara was recently seen as Dot/Marie in the L.A. Reprise! concert staging of Sunday in the Park with George. She can be heard as the voice of producer Beth Totenbag on PBS's 2008 animated series Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns.

Joseph Kaiser won 2nd prize in Placido Domingo's Operalia International Opera Competition in 2005. He has performed as a soloist with the New York Metropolitan Opera, making his debut in 2007.In 2006, he played the role of Tamino in Kenneth Branagh's English-language film version of The Magic Flute. The film has been released in Europe, but not in the U.S.

For additional information, visit: http://www.nyfos.org/

 

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos

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