Verismo Opera Launches 24th Season with Open House Today

Celebrate the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's (Verismo Opera) 24th season with Love, Comedy, Obsession & Murder. Artistic Director and Met Opera luminary Lucine Amara invites the public, singers, actors, and people interested in volunteering with the organization to attend a free open house to learn more about Verismo Opera today, September 7, 2013, 1:00 p.m., at 44 Armory Street in Englewood, New Jersey.

The Verismo Opera Chorus will perform Giuseppe Verdi's Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from the opera NABUCCO. General Manager Evelyn La Quaif and Oswaldo Iraheta will perform Libiamo ne' lieti calici from Verdi's LA TRAVIATA. Iraheta recently performed the role of Rinuccio in the company's production of GIANNI SCHICCHI at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey. He will join the company again when he assumes the role of Alfredo in Giuseppe Verdi's LA TRAVIATA in April 2014.

Edgar Jaramillo, a new member of Verismo Opera, will perform Addio alla madre from Pietro Mascagni's CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA. Jaramillo will perform the role of Turriddu in Verismo Opera's upcoming new production of CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA.

Ms. Amara, Music Director/Principal Conductor Anthony Morss, General Manager Evelyn La Quaif, Chorus Director Mara Waldman, and President Dr. James Garvin, MD will discuss the organization's mission, history, and opportunities to perform with Verismo Opera. They will introduce the grand opera company's double bill of CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and Giacomo Puccini's SUOR ANGELICA to be performed on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey.

For more information about Verismo Opera, visit its web site, www.verismopera.org, follow the company on Facebook at http://bit.ly/9JXTP8 or Twitter @NJVerismoOpera; or call (201) 886-0561.

Pictured (top): Lucine Amara performs in the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's production, The Merry Widow, at the Bergen Performance Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey. (side) New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera presents Cavalleria Rusticana.

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