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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 masterworks through
Gateway’s performances designed to achieve impact and intimacy.
Gateway’s Great Works of Art 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 characterized as having
''inner genius,'' ''flair,'' ''idealism,'' and ''grit.'' Ms Angland became an apprentice conductor
with the New York Grand Opera in 2001. In 2002, she became the
Director of The New York Grand Opera Chorus and assistant-conducted
numerous operas as well as symphonic works, including such works as
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. 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 talents. She
continued her music training at the North Carolina School of the
Arts, Peabody Conservatory and Indiana University studying with,
among others, Konrad Wolff, Elaine Bonazzi and Margaret Harshaw. Ms
Angland sang professionally as a soprano with regional opera
companies. Other featured guest appearances have included the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and WQXR. |
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Roberto Stivanello, Stage
Director, represents a third generation on both sides of his family
to be involved in opera. He apprenticed with his late father,
Anthony L. Stivanello, from whom he took over the Stivanello Costume
Co. of New York, which has been providing scenery and costumes for
opera for over 80 years. Mr. Stivanello is also principal owner of
the famous Sormani scenic studio in Milano, Italy, which has created
scenery since 1836. He teaches dramatic movement for the Rosa
Ponselle Foundation, and serves as a vocal judge for the Liederkranz
Foundation Scholarship awards. He has also taught master classes in
both directing and design. As a director, designer, and translator
he has worked throughout North and South America and Europe. Mr.
Stivanello has directed over 100 productions of opera; as well as
designed over 400 productions, not including his studio work, and is
a magna cum laude graduate of SUNY Albany. |
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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 been a featured soloist in
Gateway special events concerts as well as Highlights concerts and
was the soprano soloist for the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with
the Gateway Orchestra in 2008. She will be performing the role of
Cio Cio San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with Gateway in May
of 2010 and will be a featured soloist in the Highlights
concerts with the Gateway Orchestra this spring. |
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Christina
Rohm, Soprano, has been hailed for singing with
"exquisite conviction and emotion" and her voice called
"indescribable in its impact, beseechingly powerful, yet humbling
and heartfelt." Ms. Rohm’s opera credits include Harriet Mosher in
Emmeline with Dicapo Opera Theatre and Szeged National
Theater (televised on Mezzo TV); Micaela in Carmen with
Treasure Coast Opera Society, Inc.; Cio Cio San in Madama
Butterfly with Opera Company of the Highlands and Dicapo Opera
Theatre; Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow with Pineda Lyric
Opera Company; Marguerite in Faust with Regina Opera, One
World Symphony, and Dicapo Opera Theatre; Nedda in Pagliacci
with Rockland Opera and Riverside Opera; Mimi in La Bohème
with Cantiamo Opera and New York Opera Singers Association;
Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus with Little Opera Company of New
Jersey and New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble. Other roles performed
in New York include Leonora in Il Trovatore; the Countess in
Le Nozze di Figaro; the Mother in Hansel and Gretel;
Pamina in The Magic Flute; Vitelia in Clemenza di Tito;
Claudia in Claudia Legare - New York stage premiere, Soprano
in Opera Senza Rancor; Estrella in La Perichole,
Mother in Passion and Alice Ford in Falstaff. Oratorio
credits include the soprano solos in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis,
Faure's Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah, and Handel's
Messiah, simulcast on WMBI 90.1 FM in Chicago. Ms Rohm placed as
a finalist with the Liederkranz Competition, Opera Division in 2008
as well as in 2006 and with the International Opera Singers
Competition, CCO, in New York in 2005. She will be performing the
role of Cio Cio San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with
Gateway in May of 2010 and will be a featured soloist in the
Highlights concerts with the Gateway Orchestra this spring. |
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Joan
Marie Peitscher, Mezzo-Soprano, has performed a number of roles in
Manhattan, Palm Beach, Florida, where she participated in the Palm
Beach Opera Young Artist Resident program, and in Chiari, Italy
where she studied at the International Institute of Vocal Arts.
Roles include the Mother in Hansel und Gretel at Opera Manhattan,
Mrs. Trout in The Golden Ticket at the American Lyric Theater in New
York, Alma March in Little Women at IVAI, Tel Aviv, Israel, La
Zingara in Dodici Personaggi in Cerva di voce at the Parco Villa Mazzotti, in Chiai, Italy, Third Lady in
The Magic Flute at IVAI,
New York, the title role in Carmen and Hansel in Hansel und Gretel
at Villa Mazzotti in Chiari, Italy, Mercedes in Carmen at the South
Florida Opera, Hansel in Hansel und Gretel, The Queen of Hearts and
The Doormouse in Alice in Wonderland and Josephine in Dialogues of
the Carmelites with Palm Beach Opera. Ms Peitscher was a Gerda
Lissner Award Prize winner in 2007 and appeared as a featured
soloist at the New York Public Library in 2008. She will be a
soloist with the Gateway Orchestra and will perform the role of
Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with Gateway in May of 2010.
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Guadalupe Peraza,
Mezzo-Soprano, has performed many opera roles and solo concerts in
Europe and North America. She was the First Prize Winner of the
Fifteenth Annual Francisco Araiza Voice Competition. In 2004 she was
a semifinalist in the Tenth Julián Gayarre International Competition
in Pamplona, Spain, and in 2007 she was a finalist in the
International L'Orfeo
Competition in Verona, Italy. Ms Peraza completed her studies with
scholarships from the Mexican Fine Arts Institute (Instituto
Nacional de Bellas Artes) and The Mexican National Institute for
Culture and the Arts (FONCA). Most recently she was a featured
soloist with the New York Virtuoso Singers in a concert of music by
John Corigliano and Mark Adamo. The role of Kate Pinkerton in
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly will mark her debut appearances
with Gateway Classical Music Society. |
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Mauricio
O’Reilly, Tenor, has sung all over the world. Among the noted
places he has sung are the Opernhaus Zurich, the New Israeli Opera,
the Santa Fe Opera, the Bregenzer Festspiele in Austria, the Palacio
de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and the Morelia Music Festival in
Mexico. He has also appeared with the Opera Orchestra of New York at
Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Town Hall where he performed in
the world premier of La Promesa del Guerrero composed for
him. Other appearances have included the Royal Albert Hall, Sala
Eduardo Carreno in Venezuela and the Kongress und Kultur Zentrum in
Luzern where he received critical acclaim by the Luzern Zaitung.
Roles include Cavaradossi in Tosca, Luigi in Il Tabarro
Alfredo in La Traviata, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor,
Rodolfo in La Boheme, and Romeo from Gounod’s Romeo and
Juliette as well as other roles. Mr. O’Reilly attended the
Manhattan School of Music and received the Placido Domingo
Encouragement Grant as well as the Panasonic Scholarship of the Year
in 2001 which granted him a Lincoln Center debut in Alice Tully Hall
with the New York Symphonic Ensemble. Other rewards include the OEA
02 Organization for the American states, Department of the UN SIVAM
99’00’01 International Society of Art in Mexico, Fonca 04, 05 and
the National Fund for the Arts in Mexico. Mr. O’Reilly was the tenor
soloist with Gateway for the Verdi Requiem in 2006 and has
appeared as a soloist in numerous special events concerts. He will
be performing the role of Lt. B. F. Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama
Butterfly with Gateway in May of 2010 and will be a featured
soloist in the Highlights concerts with the Gateway Orchestra
this spring. |
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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 was a tenor
soloist for Gateway’s Beethoven Ninth Symphony performances.
He will be performing the role of Goro in Puccini’s Madama
Butterfly with Gateway in May of 2010. |
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Benjamin Sloman,
Tenor, has performed internationally on opera stages and as a soloist in
recitals and concerts. Critics have describe his voice as ''an absolutely
splendid voice… so heroic and resonant'' (ConcertoNet) and as ''a voice of
staggering power and technical excellence ... sophisticated and stylish'' (T.
Howard, Australian Opera Review). For his performance as Cavaradossi in June
2009, Mr. Sloman was hailed as ''A magnificent tenor... a natural... superb in
the role''(C. Wellerlane, MNN1 Channel 34 New York). Recent operatic credits
include Don Jose in Carmen, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Avito
in L’Amore dei Tre Re, Macduff in Macbeth, Cavaradossi in Tosca,
Siegmund in Die Walküre, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, and
Canio in Pagliacci for companies including The Sydney Lyric Opera, The
Old Vic Theatre, Bleecker Street Opera, Opera New York, and Opera of the
Hamptons. On the concert stage, Mr. Sloman has made numerous recent appearances
including featured performances at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the
Levitas Hall in Southampton, the Summer Nights Concert Series at Brighton Beach,
and a recital honoring Puccini's 150th Anniversary at the 92nd Street Y. Mr.
Sloman has appeared regularly in recital at the Bechstein Piano Hall in New York
City. He will be performing the role of Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton in Madama
Butterfly with Gateway in May of 2010 and will be debuting as a soloist in
the Highlights concerts with the Gateway Orchestra this spring.
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Ricardo
Rosa, Baritone, sang the role of Heraldo in Otello for Teatro de
la Opera in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He also appeared in Madama
Butterfly for Opera de Puerto Rico. Mr. Rosa performed in the
world premiere of Roberto Milano’s opera The Queen’s Mirror
as John the Baker and has appeared as the baritone soloist in
several concerts in Puerto Rico, for, among others, the Anniversary
Gala of Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico, the Casals Festival and the
Anniversary Gala of the University of Puerto Rico choir. Mr. Rosa’s
musical education took place at the Escuela Libre de Musica Antonio
Paoli where he studied clarinet. He later studied voice at the
Conservatory of Puerto Rico with Justino Diaz. Mr. Rosa debuted with
the roles of Morales and El Dancairo in Gateway Classical Music
Society’s Carmen performances. He has been a featured soloist
in Gateway’s Highlights concerts and special events and
performed the role of Monterone in Gateway’s performances of
Rigoletto in May 2007. A review of that performance described Mr.
Rosa as a ''powerful Monterone,'' and his ''Maledetto'' as ''bone-chilling'' and
''hair-raising.'' He will be performing the role
of Sharpless in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with Gateway in
May of 2010 and will be a featured soloist in the Highlights
concerts with the Gateway Orchestra this spring. |
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Daniel Quintana, Baritone, has sung a number of
operatic roles in the U.S. Roles include Count Gil in Il Segreto di Susanna
with Opera Manahttan, the title role Gianni Schicchi with Regina Opera of
Brooklyn,, Smirnov in William Walton’s The Bear with Chelsea Opera,
Manfredo in L’Amore dei Tre Re with the Bleeker Street Opera, Marcello
in La Boheme wih Opera Las Vegas, Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale
with the Academy for the Performing Artist and Giovanni in Daniel Catan’s
Rappaccini’s Daughter for Opera New. He recently sang the roles of
Guardia/Prete/Cardinale for the world premiere of Franceso Cilluffo’s Il Caso
Mortara with Dicapo Opera. Mr. Quintana was a semi-finalist in the 2007
Chester Ludgin Memorial International Verdi Baritone Competition. He has also
performed in numerous musical theater productions. The role of Yamadori in
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly will mark his debut appearances with Gateway
Classical Music Society.
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Carlos Monzón, Bass-Baritone, has
performed numerous roles around the United States. They include
Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Idaho; Il
Sagrestano in Tosca, Don Annibale Pistacchio in Il
campanello di notte, and Dr. Pandolfo in The Maid as Mistress
with Spokane Opera; Il Bonzo in Madama Butterfly with Opera
Plus!; and Uin-Sci in L'oracolo and Le Diable in
Grisélidis with Willamette Concert Opera. He has performed the
roles of the Doctor in La traviata, Alidoro in La
Cenerentola, Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro and Bonze in
Madama Butterfly with the Florida Grand Opera. Mr. Monzón
participated in the Merola Opera Program portraying Leporello in
their 2008 production of Don Giovanni. He was an artist in
residence with the Pensacola Opera and an apprentice artist with the
Des Moines Metro Opera. Other roles he has performed include Figaro
in Le nozze di Figaro, Kaspar in Der Freischutz,
Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Colline in La bohème,
and Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte. The role of the Bonze in
Puccini's Madama Butterfly will mark his debut appearances
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Gregg Lauterbach,
Bass-Baritone, has over fifty opera and oratorio roles to his credit covering
most of the Mozart baritones and ranging from Enrico in Lucia and Germont
in La Traviata to the title roles in Elijah and Hercules.
In New York, he has performed as Danilo in The Merry Widow,
Jupiter/Amphitryon in Olympus on My Mind, and Paul Fontaine in Desert
Song. Regional credits include Horace Vandergelder in The Matchmake,
Dr. Chumley in Harvey, Emil DeBecque in South Pacific and
Voltaire/Pangloss/Governor in Candide. His acting roles include
appearances on Ed, CSI, Law and Order and Sex in the City
and in the movies Kinsey, and A Beautiful Mind. Mr. Lauterbach
will be debuting with Gateway Classical Music Society in the roles of The
Imperial Commissioner and The Official Registrar in Puccini’s Madama
Butterfly in May.
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Alina
Kiryayeva, Pianist, has concertized internationally performing
as a soloist with the Kharkov State Philharmonic and State Opera
Theatre Orchestras, The Imperial Valley Symphony orchestra and New
York Symphonic Ensemble Orchestra as well as in chamber ensembles in
Weill Hall, Morse Recital Hall, Maiden Lane Concert Series, the
Concerto Takes Manhattan Series at Yamaha Hall, Young Artist Concert
Series in Bergenfield, NJ and the Concert Series at Jefferson’a
Ferry, NY. Ms Kiryayeva has been the recipient of numerous awards
that include the First Prize in the Senigallia International
Competition, Italy, the Grace Welsh International Competition and
the California Young Artist International Competition. She was
honored by the Ukrainian President, Leonid Kravchuk, with the State
Award for Achievements in Arts. She has also been awarded the Fannie
Gottlieb-Harkavi Scholarship and Susan Rose Piano Scholarship. She
has been a featured soloist on several of Gateway’s special event
concerts and works as a rehearsal pianist for Gateway. |
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Ming
Kwong, Pianist, apprenticed with Florida Grand Opera for their
2008-2009 season. He held a fellowship coach position at the Aspen
Summer Music Festival and was a vocal coach and pianist at the Music
Academy of the West. Mr. Kwong recently made his Kennedy Center
debut with Metropolitan Opera Grand Winner Lori Guilbeau. He was
chosen to participate in the Cleveland Art Songs Festival in 2010.
Other credits include performing on the Stephanie Blythe master
class at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Joey
Reynolds show – WOR news talk radio 710HD in October 2009. Mr. Kwong
has acted as the Music Director of the Undergraduate Opera Theater
at Manhattan School of Music. Other engagements as opera coach and
rehearsal pianist include the Tanglewood Music Center and the
Glimmerglass Opera. Mr. Kwong has been a prizewinner of numerous
competitions including First Prize in the Advanced Improvisation and
Second Prize in the Advanced Bach Session in the Twelfth Hong Kong
Piano Open Competition. He holds a Masters degree in Piano
Accompanying from Manhattan School of Music and a Masters degree in
Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory. He is a rehearsal
pianist for Gateway Classical Music Society. |
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Michael
Pilafian, Pianist, has played for voice-studio of Carolina
Segrera and performed concerts internationally with the Ambassadors
of Opera. He was music-director of the After Dinner Opera Company
with which he premiered several chamber-operas by Seymour Barab.
Currently he plays for the New York Grand Opera, the Center for
Contemporary Opera, Opera on the Hudson, Taconic Opera, and the
Juilliard School of Music. Mr. Pilafian plays as a rehearsal pianist
for Gateway. |
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