Cristina Fontanelli at ARTCORE
Dates: (1/31/2015 )
ARTCORE |
330 South Center Street
Casper,WY WY 82601
Phone: (307) 265-1564
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Cristina Fontanelli has become a well-known personality through her recordings, her appearances on TV, radio, in concert, nightclubs, and opera, and through her acting debut on network television. Her most recent role is as PBS-TV/NY Affiliates Host for Andrea Bocellis historic in Central Park also starring Celine Dion, David Foster and Tony Bennett; for the Il Volo Takes Flight special; Vienna Boys Choir and Qi Gong PBS Specials. She is the voice of Dominos Pizza on their current national radio commercial, the voice of Nonna on the beloved PBS-TV Chef Lidia Bastianichs Christmas special (in over 300 PBS outlets across the U.S.). Cristinas beautiful soprano voice has taken her to the White House as part of President Clintons holiday celebration and on January 20, 2005 Cristina was invited to open the ceremonies at the Stars and Stripes Inaugural Ball for President George W. Bush. This following her Lifetime Achievement Award in the Arts from the Order Sons of Italy in America (previous honorees have included Luciano Pavarotti). Cristina has been cited as one of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts most notable alumni (along with Robert Redford, Danny DeVito, Edward G. Robinson, etc.). She made her off-Broadway debut in My Big Gay Italian Wedding. She has sung title roles with the Palm Beach Opera, the Cairo Opera, Opera of Hong Kong, the NY Grand Opera, NJ State Opera and the Opera of the Hamptons in Tosca, La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, La Traviata, the Merry Widow, etc. as well as symphonic classics such as the Beethoven 9th. Popular giants she has appeared with include Tony Bennett and Joel Grey. Ms. Fontanelli is a guest artist with many prestigious orchestras including the Boston Pops and the St. Louis Symphony performing in major concert halls throughout the U.S. and the world. She has completed three world tours with the Mantovani Orchestra. Wyoming Symphony Orchestra Principal Horn Pamela Glasser got to know Cristina while they both were traveling with the Mantovani and will perform with Cristina on the concert.
Co-Sponsored by Casper Journal, Mount Rushmore Broadcasting, and Best Western Ramkota. Partial funding is from the Schneider Fund in the Casper Area Community Foundation, the Wyoming Arts Council through the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming State Legislature, and Natrona County School District No. 1.
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