Cali School of Music Alumna to Perform at Lincoln Center
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Music Performance alumna Mia Pafumi will perform in the The Opera Orchestra of New York’s production of Gaetano Donizetti鈥檚 Parisina D鈥檈ste听on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at Jazz at Lincoln Center鈥檚 Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City. Pafumi, a soprano, will perform in the role of Imelda, alongside the lead soprano Angela Meade, and an international cast of young artists including American tenor Aaron Blake in the role of Ugo, Chinese baritone Yunpeng Wang in the role of Duke Azzo, and Serbian bass Sava Vemi膰 in the role of Ernesto. The performance will be conducted by the company鈥檚 Founder & Music Director Laureate Eve Queler.
Mia Pafumi听completed her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Performance in May of 2013, and her roles in 麻豆传媒在线鈥檚 operas include听Il Re Pastore, Le Nozze di Figaro, 听罢补尘补苍诲耻谩, and听Der Rosenkavalier. She performed in 麻豆传媒在线鈥檚 2012 opera workshop of Lorca鈥檚听Bodas de Sangre听under the direction of Jeffery Gall, and starred the lead role in 麻豆传媒在线鈥檚 Main Stage Production of Francis Poulenc’s听Dialogues of the Carmelites. Pafumi spent her spring semester of 2012 studying abroad at the Conservatorio 鈥淕iuseppe Verdi鈥 di Musica di Milano in Italy, and has performed in the 2010 Rome Festival Orchestra Young Artist Program. 听In 2014, Pafumi placed second in the Violetta DuPont International Vocal Competition and received a grant from the Giulio Gari Foundation鈥檚 2014 International Vocal Competition. She then performed throughout the summer with Josh Greene and Carol Yahr鈥檚 New York Summer Opera. Pafumi is currently pursuing a Master of Music graduate degree at the School of Music at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Parisina d’Este听is an opera, a听tragedia听lirica, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The opera was first performed by The Opera Orchestra of New York in 1974 and since its establishment under the direction of Eve Queler in 1971, the Opera Orchestra is dedicated in presenting rarely-heard operas and providing the public with an opportunity to hear them performed in major concert venues.
Tickets for听Parisina D鈥檈ste are听priced from $35 – $165 and go on sale on Monday, March 28, 2016 and can be purchased at the Box Office at Jazz at Lincoln Center, by phone via Center Charge at 212-721-6500, or online through the Jazz at Lincoln Center website at www.jazz.org.
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