Italian Opera Company to perform at St. Finbar Church
In celebration of six decades of performances, the Italian Opera Company will be presenting a special concert on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Saint Finbar Catholic Church, 138 Bay 20th St., at 7 p.m. The concert is titled “A Renaissance of Inspirational Music.”
“It will be an enchanting and inspiring program of arias duets and ensembles” said Nina Di Gregorio, the founder and managing director of the company. “And wait you hear the incredible sounds of our singers in this acoustically rich and radiantly beautiful altar of St. Finbar’s Church.”
Under the musical direction of Thomas Silklos and his Light Orchestra, the performers will sing a wide array of musical styles, including the arias of Verde, Rossini, Puccini and Handel, Irish and Russian folksongs and ballads by Gershwin, Berlin, Rogers and Hammerstein and Bernstein.