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On the Concert Stage, he has sung with the Mexican National Philharmonic, Jalapa Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica and Mexico, and Westfield Symphony Orchestra in Westfield NJ. Mr. Mora has been the recipient of many awards including: Liderkranz Foundation, Music Awards and More, Full scholarship student at Juilliard and from Israel Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv, Musicians Club of America, and other Competitions in Mexico. Mr. Mora holds a Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School of Music as well as an MD in General Medicine from the University of Veracruz in Mexico. Mr. Mora has appeared as a featured soloist in Gateway special events and in Gateway’s 2008 Opera Highlights concert. |
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Ida Angland, Artistic Director and
Conductor, is dedicated to providing opportunities for artists on
the rise and reconnecting audiences to great music masterworks
through Gateway's performances designed to achieve impact and
intimacy. Gateway's performances with full orchestra have received
enthusiastic response by audiences in Connecticut and New York and
have been described in reviews as ''thrilling,'' ''compelling,'' ''a
revelation,'' ''unforgettable,'' and ''amazing.'' Ida Angland has been
described as having ''inner genius,'' ''flair,'' ''idealism,'' and
''grit.''
Of the Verdi Requiem, it was said, ''The soft opening notes took one
into a spiritual realm that grew and reached heights and depths that
only a sorcerer could delve. Ida Angland was able to open the doors
of hell and make us feel the heat then just as quickly bring us the
mercy and forgiveness we seek. The orchestra literally wept in the
Lacrymosa. Never have I heard it so powerfully done.'' Ms Angland
became an apprentice conductor with the New York Grand Opera in 2001
and assistant-conducted numerous operas as well as symphonic works
including such works as Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. In 2002, she
became the Director of The New York Grand Opera Chorus. In her
capacity as Director of the chorus, she organized regional
choristers to participate with the New York Grand Opera Chorus in
several concerts in Carnegie Hall. Ms Angland began her music
training as a pianist. When she was 12 years old, she was the
youngest of four contestants chosen by the National Federation of
Music Clubs and the University of North Carolina as the state's
''most promising'' musical talent. She continued her training at the
North Carolina School of the Arts, Peabody Conservatory and Indiana
University. Ms Angland sang as a soprano in regional companies.
Featured guest appearances have included the Metropolitan Museum of
Art and WQXR.
Rosa D'Imperio,
soprano, has sung the leading roles in Aida, Attila, Nabucco,
Otello, Il Trovatore, La Forza del Destino, Oberto, Messa di
Requiem, Tosca, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, La
Fanciulla del West, Il Tabarro, Andrea Chenier and Cavalleria
Rusticana. She has received international recognition for her
big, beautiful voice and for her exciting and masterful
interpretations and has been extolled for her ''beautifully dark and
sensual voice,'' ''tall, handsome and dramatic presence,''
''technical mastery,'' ''beautiful and imposing voice,'' ''great
expressive power,'' and a myriad of other glowing descriptions by
both the national and international press. Other roles in her
repertoire include Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera, Elisabetta
and Eboli in Don Carlos, Norma, Adalgisa, Lady Macbeth, Adriana
Lecouvreur, Gioconda, Carmen, Giulietta (Tales of Hoffmann),
the title roles in Strauss’ Die Aegyptische Helena and Ariadne
auf Naxos, Dolores in the Zarzuela La Dolorosa, Leonore (Fidelio),
as well as Wagnerian roles such as Elsa, Sieglinde, Elizabeth and
Senta. Companies with which Ms D’Imperio has sung include: Opera
Cleveland, Palm Beach Opera, Sarasota Opera, Teatro Grattacielo,
Treasure Coast Opera, Opera of New Rochelle, Culturarte de Puerto
Rico, Opera de Puerto Rico, Teatro de la Opera, Gateway Classical
Music Society, New York Grand Opera, Opera of the Hamptons, Puerto
Rican Zarzuela & Operetta Foundation in the United States and Teatro
Lirico di Cagliari and Companions Opera in Switzerland and Germany.
As a concert soloist, Ms. D’Imperio has appeared at the Theater An
Der Wien, on the George Jellinek Show, at the Kosciusko Foundation,
Weill Recital Hall, and with the symphony orchestras of Krakow,
Prague, Sofia, Shanghai (Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony), Fuxjo,
Danbury, and Puerto Rico (Bach’s Magnificat). She has
received numerous awards and was a past finalist in the George
London Competion and the 2006 winner of the Joyce Dutka Arts
Foundation Vocal Competition. Ms D’imperio sang the title role in
Aida for Gateway’s inaugural performance in 2004 as well as for
Gateway’s New York debut in 2005. She has appeared frequently as a
soloist in Gateway’s Opera Highlights concerts and special
events and will be the soprano soloist for the Rossini Stabat
Mater and Beethoven Ninth Symphony.
Tamara
Haskin, soprano, is well known for delivering exciting,
power-packed performances. The Gibraltar Chronicle cites Tamara
Haskin as ''offering a musico/dramatic performance of the highest
caliber.'' In 2004, Ms. Haskin made her debut with Boheme Opera
as Santuzza in CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA in Trenton, New Jersey.
Engagements in 2005 included the Rossini Stabat Mater and the
Schubert Mass in G with the Brooklyn Chorus and Symphony. Ms.
Haskin made her New York City Opera debut in 2002 in the role of The
Strawberry Woman PORGY AND BESS. She was invited back to
cover the role of Sister Rose in their production of DEAD MAN
WALKING. She has sung the title roles of TOSCA and
AIDA in The Minnesota Opera's Educational Outreach
presentations. Ms Haskin's other notable appearances in 2002 include
the role of Mary in the world premiere of YORK: THE VOICE OF
FREEDOM at Penn State University, which was broadcasted on PBS
in 2003. Also during the summer of that year, Ms Haskin was the
soprano soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the Brooklyn
Contemporary Choral Society. She was a featured artist in New York
City Opera's Composer's Showcase, and appeared with the One World
Symphony as Fiordiligi in COSÌ FAN TUTTE as well as with the
New Haven Symphony. She went on to sing Musetta in LA BOHÈME,
as well as appearing in a series of sacred concerts at the
Lyrique-en-Mer Summer Opera Festival in France. December 2001 marked
Ms. Haskin's Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall concert debut as a featured
artist in the Voices of the New Millennium and the New York Vocal
Artists Concert Gala. Ms Haskin is a two-time winner of the Vera
Scammon International Voice Competition. She is the 1st Place Winner
of the 2001 New York Vocal Artists Competition, and winner of the
Altamura/Enrico Caruso International Voice Competition, and the
South Orange Symphony 2000 Vocal Competition. Recently, Ms. Haskin
was the featured soloist in the world premier of Tania Leon's song
cycle Reflections at the grand opening of a new performance
hall in New York City. Ms Haskin will debut with Gateway in the
Rossini Stabat Mater and the Beethoven Ninth Symphony
will be sung for the first time by Ms Haskin with Gateway Classical
Music Society.
Jacqueline
Goldgorin, soprano, has performed nationally in numerous roles
including Nella (Gianni Schicchi) with the Empire Opera in
New York, Grimgerde in Die Walküre with New Jersey Concert
Opera, Mable Loomis Todd in E. Kendrick’s Emily the Countess
(Marriage of Figaro) with Longfello Summer Concert Series in
Cambridge, MA, Mussetta (La Boheme) with the University of
Arkansas, Suor Angelica (Suor Angelica) with California State
University, and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi) with Boston
University. She has performed as soprano soloist in the Bach
Magnificat, the Beethoven Mass in C and the Mendelssohn
Elijah with Masterworks Chorale Summer Sing in Massachusetts,
the Vivaldi Gloria with the Camerata of Los Angeles, Mozart
Requiem with the Pacific Chorale, Handel’s Messiah and
more. Ms Goldgorin is the recipient of numerous awards and studied
at the I Malatesta Centro di Lingua e Cultura Italiana in Remini,
Italy and at Boston University. She has sung as a featured soloist
in Gateway special events and Highlights concerts and will
sing the soprano soloist part in the fourth movement of the
Beethoven Ninth Symphony on May 2 for the first time with Gateway
Classical Music Society.
Barbara
Burnham Fox, mezzo-soprano, has performed numerous roles in
regional opera companies. They include Marcellina in Le Nozze di
Figaro and the Witch in Hansel and Gretel with
Liederkranz Opera, Principessa in Suor Angelica and Frugola
in Il Tabarro with Genesis Opera, Charlotte in Werther
at the Actors Theatre of Nantucket, The Mother in Hansel and
Gretel and Second Lady with Crystal Opera, Alisa in Lucia di
Lammermoor, Albine in Thais and Berginella in La
Perichole with State Repertory Opera. A quotation form the
Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror described Ms Burnam Fox as having , “a
sumptuous mezzo-soprano voice, equally adept in both comic and
tragic roles…” Ms Burnham Fox has appeared in recital with the
Plantation Recital Series at the Natchez Opera, at Weill Hall with
Artists of the New Millennium and has been a featured soloist with
the Southfield Symphony and the New York Choral Society. Ms Burhnam
Fox will both debut and sing the mezzo soprano soloist part in the
Beethoven Ninth Symphony for the first time with Gateway
Classical Music Society. 
Daniel
Juarez, tenor, has performed a number of roles with the Yale
Opera. They include: Don Jose in Carmen, Monostratos in
Die Zauberflöte, Jaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors
and Rodolfo in La Boheme. Other credits include Ferrando in
Cosi Fan Tutte with the St. Cloud State University in
Minnesota and Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore with the Anoka
Lyric Arts Company in Minnesota. Mr. Juarez has appeared as the
tenor soloist for the Messiah, the Mozart Requiem, Seven
Last Words of Christ (Schütz and DuBois), Bach Magnificat,
Rachmanninov Vespers and other oratorio works. He placed as a
finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council competition -
southwest region, and holds a Master of Music from the Yale School
of Music. The Rossini Stabat Mater will mark Mr. Juarez’s
debut with Gateway Classical Music Society on May 2.
Armando
Mora, tenor, has appeared with the Royal Opera in Denmark, Opera
House in Cape Town South Africa, Bonn Opera, Stuttgart Opera in
Germany, Zurich Companion Opera Company in Switzerland, Cyprus Opera
Theatre, Croatia Opera House, in Europe. The Miami Grand Opera, The
Dallas Opera, Rhode Island, Connecticut Grand Opera, Arizona Opera,
The Caramoor Festival and Di Capo Opera in New York, New York City
Opera National Tour, Pittsburgh Opera, Eugene Opera, Cleveland
Opera, Juilliard Opera Theatre, Lyric Opera of New Jersey, Pro-Arte
Lirico de Puerto Rico, Guadalajara Opera y Bellas Artes Opera in
Mexico.
Hamid
Rodriguez, tenor, has performed numerous roles in universities
and conservatories. They include Kaspar in Menotti’s Amahl and
the Night Visitors, Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte,
Federico in Mascagni’s L’Amico Fritz, and the Witch in Humperdinck’s
Hansel and Gretel. Mr. Rodriguez has appeared as the tenor
soloist in several oratorios. He appeared as the tenor soloist for
the Mozart Requiem at the Ninetieth Anniversary of
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico as well as in other concerts
as the tenor soloist. He sang the Prince of Persia in Puccini’s
Turandot for the Casal’s Festival in Puerto Rico. Mr. Rodriguez
has appeared numerous times with Gateway singing the roles of El
Remendado in Carmen, the Messenger in Aida, and the
Borsa in Rigoletto. Additionally, he has been a featured
soloist in Gateway’s Highlights concerts and will be singing
the tenor soloist part in the fourth movement of the Beethoven
Ninth Symphony for the first time on May 2. 
Stephan Kirchgraber, bass, has performed principal operatic
roles throughout the United States and Europe having made his
professional operatic debut at the Greater Miami Opera (now the
Florida Grand Opera) in La Gioconda. Also with the Florida
company, Mr. Kirchgraber has performed the roles of Banco in
Macbeth, Oroveso in Norma, Timur in Turandot and
Bobadilla and Il Terzo Romeo in the American premiere of
Franchetti’s Cristoforo Colombo. Other appearances include
the Nazarean in Salome, Lo Zio Bonzo in Madama Butterfly,
Monterone in Rigoletto and the King in Aida with the
Connecticut Opera. He also sang Lodovico in Otello and Ashby
in La Fanciulla del West for the Utah Opera and with the Todi
Music Festival, he appeared as Geronte in Manon Lescaut and
Ramfis in Aida. Mr. Kirchgraber received critical acclaim
for this portrayal of the Villains in Les Contes D’Hoffmann
and for Prince Gremin in Eugene Ogenin with the Delaware
Opera. He has toured frequently with the New York City Opera
National Company and made his European operatic debut in Die
Meistersinger at the dei due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy. Apart from
numerous other opera appearances, Mr. Kirchgraber has created roles
for Opera Theatre of St. Louis and in Tokyo, Japan in world
premieres. He is the recipient of the Robert M. Lauch Memorial Grant
presented by the Wagner Society of New York. The role of Ramfis was
sung by Mr. Kirchgraber in Gateway’s New York City debut with
Aida as well as the role of Sparafucile in Rigoletto for
Gateway Classical Music Society’s 2007 production.
Daniel
Hague, bass, has sung the role of Figaro in Marriage of
Figaro with the Sanibel Arts Festival, Colline in La Boheme
with Arizona Opera, Opera North, Opera Theatre of Connecticut and
Liederkranz Opera, Sarastro in the Magic Flute and Leporello
in Don Giovanni with Bronx Opera. Other roles include Basilio
in Il Barbiere di Seviglia with the Sanibel Arts Festival,
Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Commendatore in Don
Giovanni , Angelotti in Tosca and Sparafucile in
Rigoletto with the Schubert Opera, Il Re in Aida with
Manhattan Opera Association, Zuniga in Carmen with the
Connecticut Grand Opera, the Bonze in Madama Butterfly with
the New Rochelle Opera and Douglas D’Agnus in La Donna del Lago
with the Arizona Opera. Mr. Hague has appeared in concert with Opera
Orchestra of New York, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, Harrisburg
Symphony and Bronx Chamber Orchestra. He has been the winner of an
award sponsored by Opera Theatre of Connecticut and placed as a
finalist in the Connecticut Opera Competition and Bruce Yarnell
Awards. Mr. Hague sang the role of Ramfis in Gateway Classical Music
Society’s inaugural performance of Aida and was the bass
soloist for Gateway’s Verdi Requiem performances. He has been
a featured soloist in the Opera Highlights concerts and will
be singing the bass soloist part on May 2 in the Beethoven Ninth
Symphony for the first time with Gateway Classical Music
Society. 