Photo Coverage: Karl Scully Plays Second Sold Out Show on Long Island

This past Friday, Karl Scully played a second sold out solo show at St. Patrick's Church in Bay Shore, NY.

Karl Scully has graced the international opera stages in Italy in Orvietto at the Teatro Mancinelli and as resident tenor at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Italy He has performed most recently at the Barga Opera Festival in 2010. Not to be confined to one avenue to showcase his musical talent, Karl Scully appeared with Ewan McGregor in the film "Nora" as he portrayed the legendary tenor Count John McCormack. In 2006, Mr. Scully joined the sensational international group "The Irish Tenors", and starred in their television show "The Irish Tenors and Friends".

Karl Scully continues to thrill audiences with solo concerts in the USA and in his homeland of Ireland, most recently in a production of "The Magic of Vienna" with soprano Deirdre Masterson and was the tenor in the much anticipated "Tribute to Frank Patterson-Ireland's Golden Tenor" production this past September.

His musical director for both shows was Joshua Rosenblum who is a composer, conductor, pianist, musical director and arranger with wide-ranging experience in classical, contemporary and theater music. He has led the orchestras for thirteen Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, with a specialty in flying vehicles (Miss Saigon, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, How the Grinch Stole Christmas).

As a composer, Rosenblum has written extensively for both the theater and the concert hall. As a music journalist, he has contributed articles to Newsday and Stagebill, as well as over 400 CD and concert reviews for Opera News. A summa cum laude graduate of Yale College and the Yale School of Music, he now teaches Composing for Musical Theater at his alma mater. Rosenblum is also the Founder and Music Director of the Pit Stop Players, an eclectic and genre-defying chamber orchestra

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy