[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Opera Press Release
Amy Pawlukiewicz
pawlukiewicz at clevelandopera.org
Mon Mar 6 13:47:01 PST 2006
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<div align="center"><><font face="Arial"><b>Scheduling Conflict Prompts
Casting Change</b><o:p></o:p></font></></div>
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align="center"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><b>Tonio DiPaolo to replace
Stuart Neill in <i>Turandot</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">March
6, 2006<span style=""> </span>…. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>.<span style="">
</span>Due to a scheduling conflict tenor Stuart Neill, originally cast
to sing
Calaf in Cleveland Opera’s upcoming production of <i style="">Turandot,
</i>will not be appearing in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City><i
style="">.</i><span style=""> </span>He has been replaced by
internationally
celebrated tenor <b style="">Tonio DiPaolo</b>, who
reprises Calaf after recently performing the role with Austin Lyric
Opera and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Milwaukee</st1:place></st1:City>’s
Florentine
Opera.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></></p>
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<p><><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">An
artist known for his “big, authentic, rich-sounding tenor voice” (<i>The
New</i><i style=""> York Times)</i>, Mr. DiPaolo has sung
leading roles with nationally acclaimed companies including The
Metropolitan
Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Washington Opera,
Houston
Grand Opera, Arizona Opera, and Seattle Opera.<span style="">
</span>International appearances include Deutsche Oper Berlin, Canadian
Opera
Company, and L’Opéra de Montréal.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></></p>
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<p><><font face="Arial"><i style=""><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">The Washington Post</span></i><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> described Mr. DiPaolo as having
“comic
gifts and sheer acting ability that one cannot take for granted in
tenors.<span style=""> </span>He also has a voice like spun gold.”<span
style=""> </span>On the concert stage, he has sung with
leading conductors and directors around the world, including Rafeal
Fruebeck de
Burgos, James Conlon, John Nelson, and Semyon Bychkov.<span style=""> </span>Roles
such as Radames (<i style="">Aïda)</i>, the Duke (<i style="">Rigoletto</i>),
Canio (<i style="">I Pagliacci</i>), and Don José (<i style="">Carmen</i>)
highlight Mr. DiPaolo’s operatic
repertoire.<o:p></o:p></span></font></><><font face="Arial"><span
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<><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></><><font
face="Arial"><><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">“We
are very excited to have Mr. DiPaolo join the cast of <i style="">Turandot</i>,”
said Cleveland Opera Artistic Advisor Leon Major.<span style=""> </span>“He
is a wonderful artist and singer, and we
welcome him to his debut in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City>.”
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style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Adds Maestro Richard Buckley,</span><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"></span><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> </span>"Tonio DiPaolo
is a vibrant singing actor. His italianate ringing tenor voice, and
compelling
stage presence has always brought a special humane aspect to his work.
As
a Puccini interpreter, he understands rubato and long phrasing, and
delivers
all the colors and emotions in the music. I always look forward to
making
music with him."</font></font></font><font face="Arial"><o:p></o:p></font><font
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Single tickets
are on sale now for Cleveland Opera’s new production of Giacomo
Puccini’s <i>Turandot</i>
presented by <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">National City</st1:place></st1:City>
with additional support from Cleveland Magazine. P</span></font><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><font face="Arial">erformances
are March 31, April 2, 7 and 8,
with Fridays and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.<span style="">
</span>Tickets range from $25 to $135 and may be
purchased online at <a href="http://www.clevelandopera.org/">www.clevelandopera.org</a>,
by phone at Tickets.com 216/241-6000 or 800/766-6048, or at the State
Theatre
Box Office, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1519 Euclid
Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>.<span style=""> </span>Discounts
are available for students,
seniors, and groups of ten or more.<span style=""> </span><i style="">Turandot
</i>will be sung in Italian with
English “subtitles” projected above the stage.</font><o:p></o:p></span></></>
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Amy Pawlukiewicz
Public Relations Associate
Cleveland Opera
1422 Euclid Avenue
Suite 1052
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Phone: (216)575-0903 ext. 214
Fax: (216)575-1918
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.clevelandopera.org">www.clevelandopera.org</a></pre>
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