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Dicapo
Opera
Theatre
Announces
Its Next
Season
After
the
Metropolitan
Opera
and New
York
City
Opera,
Dicapo
Opera
Theatre
is the
only
opera
company
in New
York to
present
an
entire
season
of opera
productions,
musical
theatre,
concerts,
family
fare,
and
other
events,
and it
does so
in a gem
of a
facility
tucked
away on
the
Upper
East
Side at
184 East
76th
Street.
The
Dicapo
Opera
Theatre
is
headed
by
General
Director,
Michael
Capasso
and
Artistic
Director,
Diane
Martindale.
For the
2009-10
season
Dicapo
mounted
a new
production
of
Tobias
Picker's
Emmeline;
the New
York
premiere
of
Thomas
Pasatieri's
The
Hotel
Casablanca;
the
world
premiere
of Il
Caso
Mortara
by
Francesco
Cilluffo;
the
American
premiere
of
Donizetti's
Requiem,
and a
concert
entitled
"Italian-American
Composers
of the
20th
Century,"
which
will
feature
music
from
Thomas
Pasatieri,
Gian-Carlo
Menotti,
Norman
Dello
Joio,
Mark
Adamo,
and
Vittorio
Giannini.
Other
productions
included
Verdi's
Rigoletto;
and
Puccini's
Madama
Butterfly
in the
Brescia
version.
The
season
finished
off with
the
Dicapo
Opera
Theatre’s
Childrens’
Chorus
Spring
Concert.
The
Dicapo
Children’s
Chorus
presents
several
shows
and
concerts
throughout
the
year.
Since
Ms.
Diane
Martindale
founded
the
Dicapo
Children's
Chorus
in 1982,
the
chorus
has
performed
at
Lincoln
Center,
as guest
artists
at Alice
Tully
Hall
with
"The
Little
Orchestra
Society,"
Merkin
Hall,
The Rose
Theater
at
Lincoln
Center,
the
Rheinman
Theater
at New
York
University,
the Long
Island
Opera,
the Long
Island
Children's
Orchestra
and the
National
Grand
Opera
Company.
In
addition
to the
children’s
concerts,
the
Dicapo
Children
Chorus
children
often
take
part in
mainstage
Dicapo
Opera
Theatre
productions
where
they
work
with
professional
directors,
singers,
actors
and
musicians.
The
Dicapo
Opera
Childrens
Chorus
members
are:,
Howard
Cravens,
Jeanne-Marie
Cravens,
Sophie
Dornbaum,
Katrina
Fasulo,
Grace
Goldstein,
Emmanuelle
Gourier,
Emily
Irwin,
Leah
Lane,
Juliet
LaSala,
Chole
Locarro,
Claudia
Malpeli,
Andres
Marinos,
Paolo
Marinos,
Jane
Priester,
Sara
Ptachik,
Olivia
Richert,
Olivia
Romano,
Nicholas
Sadnytzky,
Katrina
Taverna,
Taylor
Taverna,
Tania
Taverna,
Nicholas
Taylor,
and
Cecelia
Whitney
The
Dicapo
Opera
2010 to
2011
season
begins
in
September
with a
production
of The
Seagull.
Also
scheduled
for the
next
season
are
productions
of La
Boheme,
God
Bless Us
Everyone,
The
Saint of
Bleeker
Street
and
Eugene
Onegin.
For more
information
of The
Dicapo
Opera
Theatre
please
see:
www.dicapo.com
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