Firenze e bella...

Yes, Florence is a beautiful city, and tenor Michael Fabiano had a chance to sing it. That might not actually be news, but he had the opportunity to make his very successful debut at La Scala opera in Milan, singing about Florence!

He sang the wonderful role of Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, in their recent production of Puccini’s Il Trittico. Michael was second cast, so he will not be part the production that will be playing in movie theaters in the USA this month. He told me that it was a great experience, especially to see how an Italian opera house runs, which from what I hear can be quite different than what we expect. He had the pleasure of having his mom and dad attend the performance.

Michael retuned to AVA just in time to begin staging rehearsals for our final production of the season La traviata. This is not a new role for him, since he performed it last summer in an opera festival in Austria, but this time, it will get the Maestro Macatsoris touch.

Michael will be staying part of this summer in Philadelphia where he will sing the role of Rodolfo in La bohème with the Philadelphia Orchestra during their summer season at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia. This will be a concert version under the baton of  Maestro Rossen Milanov. Michael will be joined by alum baritone Luis Ledesma, who will sing the role of Marcello.