An intimate concert featuring music from some of beloved Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s most famous operas, including Il Trovatore, La Traviata and Rigoletto, with two world-class opera singers accompanied by piano.

Feel the drama, the passion, the music – Viva Verdi, in the Garden – a night of operatic wonder you do not want to miss!

DANIEL SUTIN, baritone

Baritone Daniel Sutin recently sang the role of the villainous police chief Baron Scarpia in the Northern Lights Music Festival’s critically acclaimed production of Tosca, the first North American opera production to be performed with social distancing. Recent engagements include Don Fernando in Fidelio with Polish National Opera, and the title role in Rigoletto with Opera North. 2001-02 marked Daniel’s Metropolitan Opera debut, as the Journalist in Lulu. His European credits include performances at the opera houses of Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Darmstadt, Krefeld/Mönchengladbach, Zurich, and Basel. His repertoire included, in addition to roles listed earlier, the title role of Eugene Onegin, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos, and Sid in Albert Herring.

Throughout his career in the US and internationally, he has sung the principal roles of Iago in Otello, Paris in Romeo et Juliette, Sonora in La Fanciulla del West, Don Fernando in Fidelio, One-Eyed Brother in Die Frau ohne Schatten, Giacomo in Giovanna d’Arco, Paolo Albiani in Simon Boccanegra, Sergeant Belcore in L’elisir d’Amore, Orest in Elektra and Ford in Falstaff, among others.

As a concert artist, Daniel has performed as soloist in Carmina Burana and in Open Air Concerts opposite José Carreras. In 2014, he sang the title role of Wozzeck at the Metropolitan Opera, stepping in at the last moment for an indisposed Thomas Hampson. In addition to numerous opera houses in the US, his career has taken him onto the prestigious stages of Lyric Opera of Chicago, L’Opera de Montreal, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the Spoleto, Savonlinna Opera and Lincoln Center Festivals. With Boheme Opera NJ, Daniel has sung the roles of Baron Scarpia in Tosca (twice), Conte di Luna in Il Trovatore, Enrico Ashton in Lucia di Lammermoor, Valentin in Faust,Escamillo in Carmen, Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana, Tonio in Pagliacci and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly.

ASHLEY GALVANI BELL, soprano

Soprano Ashley Galvani Bell has performed as a soloist in the US, Italy, Spain, France and Russia. This season, she was thrilled to make her role debut as Leonora in Il Trovatore with Boheme Opera New Jersey, her debut in Denmark, and sing Cio Cio San in Palm Desert, California. Her 2023 appearances alone included her debut with ABAO Bilbao Opera(Spain) as Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte; her debut with Teatro Perez Galdos in Gran Canaria (Spain) as the title role of Klara; Cio Cio San with both Boheme Opera NJ and Daytona Beach Symphony Society; her debut in Milan, Italy, as soprano soloist in Exultate Jubilate with Orchestra UNIMI and Violetta in La Traviata, the title role in the world premiere of Penelope’s Dream & soprano soloist in Zemlinsky’s Lyrische Symphonie, all with Spain’s Musica en Villafranca.

Other recent highlights include her debut at Carnegie Hall as soprano soloist in Hadyn’s “Nelson” Mass and Schubert’s Mass in C with MidAmerica Productions, her debut with Seville’s Teatro de Maestranza as Violetta in La Traviata, performing her signature role of Cio Cio San multiple times in 5 different states, and soprano soloist with New York City Opera in a Puccini 100 anniversary celebration in front of more than 11,000 people in Bryant Park. During the pandemic, Ashley produced and starred in the documentary film Rival Queens featuring music from Maria Stuarda, which has won 20 awards in international film festivals, including Best Documentary at Madrid Art Film Festival and Tokyo Film Festival.

Ashley is a Phi Beta Kappa Graduate of Yale University, a recipient of Yale’s Browne Irish Award for the Performing Arts, and is fluent in five languages.

BOBBY PETERSON, accompanist

Bobby Peterson is a graduate of Stony Brook University, where he received both his Master’s Degree and his B.A. in piano and vocal performance. He is the music director and organist at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton. He has accompanied various renowned artists, including Julie Andrews in a musical theater workshop and Rufus Wainwright at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. In 2013, Bobby was the musical director for Guild Hall's production of Noel Coward's "Tonight at 8:30," starring Blythe Danner and Simon Jones. As the New York Times reviewed, "Bobby Peterson, the production's musical director, takes to the keys with virtuoso flourish..." Bobby has also performed at such regional theaters as Gateway Playhouse, Bay Street Theater, and the John W. Engeman Theater.

Tickets:

$50