The University at Albany Department of Music is pleased
to present artists from the Michael
Clement Professional Vocal Studio as part of the new Bel Canto series spotlighting
Capital Region vocal artists. Soprano Catherine Mazzone and tenor Angelo
Mazzone will be featured on Sunday,
November 1, 2009 at 4pm in the Recital
Hall of the UAlbany Performing Arts
Center on the uptown campus. At the
piano for the performance will be local accompanist and vocal coach Michael
Clement.
The soprano-tenor
duo will offer a program of some great moments in opera and a variety of
classics from the concert repertoire. Several composers famous chiefly
for their stage works also created smaller-scaled gems which will be featured
in this performance including selections from Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder
as well as songs by Bellini and Verdi.
Catherine Mazzone is a native of Glasgow, Scotland. She was previously a student at the Mannes
College of Music where she sang the role of Pamina in Mozart’s Die
Zauberflőte before being invited to become a young artist at the
prestigious Juilliard Opera Center
in New York. Previous engagements have included covering
the role of Medora in Il Corsaro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as part of their annual Verdi Festival,
performing the role of Isaura in Verdi’s Jerusalem for the Opera
Orchestra of New York and also taking part in their tribute to Giuditta Pasta.
In 2001, Catherine made her Sarasota Opera debut singing the Sandman in Humperdinck’s
Hänsel und Gretel and understudied the roles of Alice in Falstaff
by Verdi, Leonora in Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio Verdi’s
first opera and the Soprano in the Verdi Requiem. She made her
European debut as Agathe in Weber’s Der Freischűtz at the
Zwingenberg Schlossfestspiele.
Angelo Mazzone is a graduate of the Crane School of Music
receiving a degree in French Horn Performance and Music Education. He began his Vocal training in Sienna, Italy,
with tenor Steffano Algieri. Upon his
return to the United States,
his pursuit of a career in opera began working with such companies as Sarasota
Opera, Tri Cities Opera and Opera Excelsior. Angelo was featured in a sacred
music concert at St. Thomas’s Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. His voice has graced the Caramoor Opera
Festival, as well as the International Vocal Arts Institute in San Juan Puerto
Rico. Angelo made his New York City debut with the West Side Opera
Society singing the role of Roberto in Donizetti’s opera Roberto Devereux. Mr.
Mazzone has recently worked with Opera Exposures delighting audiences with
opera aria and duets by Verdi, Puccini and Donizetti. Angelo has recently returned from Augusta, Sicily
having the great honor of working with Marcello Giordani, world renowned
tenor. In Sicily, Mr. Mazzone was the first recipient
of the Marcello Giordani Vocal Competition.
Vocal coach/pianist
Michael Clement is a frequent performer in chamber music concert series
throughout the Northeast. He received
his education from the Eastman School of Music, the Chautauqua Institute, the University of Arizona,
and the University
of Southern California. As a student in Tucson, he was engaged as the pianist for the
Tucson Symphony and the Arizona Opera.
After relocating to southern California,
his musical activities centered on the world of opera and vocal accompanying
filling positions at the Long Beach Opera, Orange County Opera and as director
of the Opera Workshop at California State University
at Long Beach. He has also served as pianist and coach for
the Florentine Opera of Milwaukee.
Upcoming performers
featured in the Bel Canto series during the 2009-10 season
will be soprano Emalie Savoy, Capital Opera and other young
professional singers of Michael Clement’s studio.
Tickets are $8 for the general
public and $4 for students, seniors & UAlbany faculty/staff and may be
purchased through the Performing Arts Center Box Office. For further information, contact the Box Office
at (518) 442-3997 or visit the Performing Arts Center website at www.albany.edu/pac.
