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Photo Flash: Dicapo Children's Chorus Musical Review

By: May. 28, 2008
The Dicapo Children's Chorus performs two concerts and a fully staged music revue each season.  Under the supervision of Director Diane Martindale, the children, who come from public and private schools in the greater New York area, are exposed to a rich and varied musical curriculum as well as an authentic theatre environment.

In the addition to the concerts and musical revue, Dicapo children often take part in mainstage Dicapo Opera Theatre productions where they work with professional directors, singers, actors and musicians. The children's musical experience is further enhanced by activities such as trips to the theatre ballet, and opera which encourage them to be an interested and appreciative audience.

The Dicapo Opera Theatre was founded in 1981 by Michael Capasso and Diane Martindale. It is one of the three professional non-profit opera companies in New York to present a full season of productions each year; the others being the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera. The 204 seat theater is State of the art and the repertoire runs the gamut from crowd pleasing traditional opera to rarely performed operas, new works and family productions. The Dicapo Opera Theater children's chorus was founded in 1982. 

Since Ms Martindale founded the Dicapo Children's Chorus in 1982, the chorus has performed as guest artists at Alice Tully Hall with "The Little Orchestra Society", Merkin Hall, The Rheinman Theatre at New York University, the Long Island Opera, the Long Island Children's Orchestra and the National Grand Opera Company. In addition, they have traveled to Europe to participate in music festivals and have sung at the Rathmus Palace in Vienna.

The 2007-2008 Dicapo Children's Chorus members are: Victoria Abdurakhmanova, Carmelle Alipio, Come Barroux, Marco Barroux, Charlotte Chapman, Karolis Daunoras, Sophie Dornbaum, Katrina Fasulo, Natasha Frid, Elizabeth Glickson, Emmanuelle Gourier-Shen, Ring Hendricks-Tellefsen, Shaienne Kamlet, Leah Lane, Chloe Locarro, Claudia Malpeli, Andrea Marinos, Paolo Marinos, Tania Marinos, Sara Ptachik, Olivia Richert, Nicholas Sadnytzky, Allison Snyder, Katrina Taverna, Taylor Taverna, Nicholas Taylor, Brian Ward and Celia Whitney

This season The Dicapo Children's Chorus performed a musical revue entitled "My Favorite Things" The shows were performed in May to sold out houses.

For more information see www.dicapo.com

Photos by Rob Rich (www.societyallure.com)


Leah Lane


Shaienne Kamlet


Chloe Locarro


Sara Ptachik, Taylor Taverna and Shaienne Kamlet


Carmelle Alipio, Leah Lane and Victoria Abdurakmanova


Brain Ward, Andreas Marinos, Paolos Marinos and Karolis Daunras


Nick Taylor, Chloe Locarro, Sara Ptachik, Nicholas Sadnytzky and Ring Hendricks-Tellefsen


Curtain Call


Leah Lane, Natasha Frid, Allison Snyder, Olivia Richert and Come Barroux


Shaienne Kamlet and Leah Lane


Director Diane Martindale, Leah Lane and Choreographer Francine Harman


Dicapo Opera Theatre

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