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MidAmerica Productions Presents Peter Tiboris leading the manhattan philharmonic inMidAmerica Productions Presents Peter Tiboris leading the manhattan philharmonic in Mascagni’s Zanetto, in its first New York performance since 1902 With Jennifer Larmore and Eilana Lappalainen Monday, June 4th, 8:00 pm, at Carnegie Hall New York, NY – MidAmerica Productions presents Artistic Director and General Director Peter Tiboris conducting the Manhattan Philharmonic in an evening of opera music featuring the first New York performance of Mascagni’s opera Zanetto since 1902, with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore (Zanetto) and soprano Eilana Lappalainen (Sylvia). Monday, June 4, 8:00 PM Manhattan Philharmonic Peter Tiboris, Conductor Mascagni: Zanetto First performance in New York since 1902 Verdi: “La peregrina,” Ballet de la Reine from Don Carlo Verdi: “Ritorna vincitor” from Aïda Cilea: “Acerba voluttà” from Adriana Lecouvreur Donizetti: “Dio, che mi vedi in core … Al par del mio … Va, infelice, e teco reca” from Anna Bolena Soloists: Zanetto – Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano Sylvia – Eilana Lappalainen, soprano and the Russian Chamber Chorus of New York, Nikolai Kachanov, Artistic Director Opera in Concert Presented with Supertitles Tickets, at $94, 57, 35, may be obtained by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800, going online at www.carnegiehall.org, or by visiting the Carnegie Hall Box Office at West 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in NYC. For more information, call our Box Office at (212) 239-4699 or visit our web site at www.midamerica-music.com. *** Peter Tiboris, Founder, General Director and Artistic Director of MidAmerica Productions, has pursued a unique and highly successful musical career in two separate arenas. As an orchestra conductor, he has presented great masterworks and contemporary classics in major venues throughout the world. In addition to his wide podium activities, Mr. Tiboris has become one of today’s important musical innovators. Mr. Tiboris made his New York conducting debut in January of 1984 with the American Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Center and his European debut in June of 1985 in Dubrovnik. He has led some 250 concert performances, not only in New York (in Carnegie Hall, with the American Symphony Orchestra or with his own Manhattan Philharmonic), but in such cities as Washington, Montréal (Société Philharmonique), Mexico City (Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico), London (Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia), Rome (Rome Philharmonic and Rome Opera House Orchestra), Palermo (Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana di Palermo), Hannover (Niedersächsische Orchester), Prague (Virtuosi di Praga), Warsaw (Warsaw Philharmonic), Sofia (Sofia Opera Orchestra), Istanbul (Millî Reasürans Chamber Orchestra), St. Petersburg (Glinka Capelle Philharmonic), and Moscow (Radio and Television Orchestra of Moscow) as well as throughout the Czech Republic, Poland (Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice, Poznan Philharmonic), Portugal (Orquesta Classica da Madeira, Orquestra Cåmara de Cascais e Oeiras), Italy (Vincenzo Bellini Symphony Orchestra of Catania, Orchestra Sinfonica della Magna Grecia in Taranto, Orchestra Sinfonica Citta di Grossetto, Firenze Opera Orchestra) and in Vienna. Critics all along the way have hailed his performances. His numerous New York premieres have included works by Beethoven, Bruckner, Dello Joio, Dohnány, Glass, Mascagni, Mozart, Nielson, Schnittke, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Verdi. He has had striking success in presenting concert performances in Carnegie Hall of such rare operas as Mascagni’s Silvano, Rossini’s Ermione, and Theodorakis’s Elektra. For such treatments of Cherubini’s Médée and Taneyev’s Agamemnon, the drama was enhanced by interspersing the musical score with segments spoken by distinguished acting casts (including Olympia Dukakis and Louis Zorich). In 1984 Peter Tiboris founded MidAmerica Productions, which has since developed into New York’s largest independent company for concert production. Through its work, thousands of musicians--professional and amateur; singers, choirs, instrumental ensembles, and directors--have been enabled to perform on the finest of New York’s stages, including Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the latter’s Weill Hall. Under the MidAmerica umbrella, Mr. Tiboris has developed further undertakings, such as the Elysium recording label (issuing performances both his own and by others), the Manhattan Philharmonic, the Elysium Chamber Ensemble, Just Tenors, Inc., a management company, and Performers Management Exchange. More than a dozen of Mr. Tiboris’s musical interpretations have been preserved on disc, including nine recordings for Elysium Recordings, Inc., a label he founded in 1995. Other artists who have recorded on Elysium’s 25 albums include Lukas Foss, Stanley Drucker, members of the New York Philharmonic, and members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra David Chan and Rafael Figueroa. Mr. Tiboris received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Finnish-Canadian soprano Eilana Lappalainen’s opera repertoire includes such Verdi sopranos as Violetta in La traviata, the title role in Giovanna D’Arco, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, and Amalia in I masnadieri. She is quickly becoming one of the world’s most sought-after interpreters of Strauss’s Salome, having performed the role to great acclaim in New York, Seattle, Trieste, Nashville, Warsaw, Montreal, Ottawa, Mannheim, Dessau, Kentucky, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and twice on tour in Japan. Other roles include Marie in Wozzeck, Minnie in La fanciulla del West, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, Maddalena in Andrea Chenier, Elsa in Lohengrin, Senta in Der fliegende Holländer, the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, Nedda in Pagliacci, and the title roles of Lulu, Jenufa, Madama Butterfly, and Tosca. Ms. Lappalainen credits her artistic foundation and acting training to companies Opera San Jose (where as the first principal resident artist she sang 30 leading roles) and Anhaltisches Theater Dessau (where she sang 25 leading roles). Ms. Lappalainen has sung at La Scala, San Francisco Opera, Deutshe Oper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Finnish National Opera, Bellas Artes Mexico City, New Israeli Opera, and Aalto Theater Essen, as well as in Cinncinati, Columbus, Portland, Ontario, Minnesota, Virginia, Arizona, Warsaw, Bremen, Wiesbaden, Halle, Würzberg, Bielefeld and Linz. On the concert stage, Ms Lappalainen has sung Salome, Strauss’s Four Last Songs, Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, as well as works by Mahler and Berg. She has sung recitals and Verdi galas in New York City, Alabama, California, Japan, Finland, Greece and throughout Germany. In 2006 she made her Weill Recital Hall debut and her Michigan Opera Theater debut as Salome. In January 2007, she was the soprano soloist in the Verdi Requiem at Carnegie Hall. Jennifer Larmore is a leading American mezzo-soprano who has parlayed operatic success in Europe into international stardom. Known for excelling in the coloratura roles of the baroque and bel canto, she may be heard on the major recording labels in over 70 CDs to date, which has earned her the distinction of being the most recorded mezzo-soprano of all time. Following her European debut in 1986, her vocal talents, energetic acting and natural beauty quickly established her as an emerging star, and the next years found her performing leading roles in the prestigious theaters of Paris, Vienna, Prague, London, Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Lisbon, Brussels, Geneva, Amsterdam, Milan, Tokyo, Melbourne, Seoul, Buenos Aires, and Salzburg. In 1994, Larmore returned to the United States in a triumphant Carnegie Hall appearance. This success was followed by being chosen to receive the coveted Richard Tucker Award, and the subsequent debut at the Metropolitan Opera in her signature role as “Rosina” in Il barbiere di Siviglia. Since then, she has been a regular attraction at the Met, singing a wide range of roles from Handel’s Giulio Cesare to the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s An American Tragedy. Recital and symphonic repertoire plays a large role in this busy mezzo’s career, with the works of Mahler, Schoenberg, Mozart, deFalla, Debussy, Berlioz, and Barber featuring prominently. World orchestras under the direction of such renowned conductors such as Muti, Levine, Lopez-Cobos, Bernstein, Runnicles, Sinopoli, Masur, von Dohnanyi, Jacobs, Spinosi, Guidarini, Kalmer, Rudel, Barenboim, Queler, Mackerras, Bonynge, Maazel, Rostropovich, Ozawa, and many others are regular collaborators. Miss Larmore was the honored vocalist selected to close the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games with the singing of the “Olympic Hymn,” and, in 2002, Dr. Larmore (conferred by Westminster College of Princeton) was knighted by the French government with the title Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres in recognition of her contribution to the world of music. The Russian Chamber Chorus of New York was founded in 1984 by Artistic Director and Conductor Nikolai Kachanov. Over the course of its twenty-year history, the chorus has become America’s preeminent Russian vocal ensemble and one of the world’s greatest ambassadors of the Russian creative spirit. Known for its stylistic versatility and heartfelt singing, RCCNY commands a repertoire spanning many centuries and styles, from ancient liturgical chants, through Russian Baroque, classical and folk music, to world premieres by leading contemporary composers. Over the past 23 years, MidAmerica Productions has brought together conductors, choruses, soloists, and orchestral musicians for performances at some of the world’s greatest venues, especially at New York’s Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall. Under the guidance of MidAmerica’s founder, Peter Tiboris, the company has presented nearly 900 concerts worldwide and more than 750 in New York at Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, and Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. More than 2500 American ensembles, representing each of the 50 states, have appeared with MidAmerica in New York, as have some 100 symphonic and choral ensembles from Europe, the Far East, South America, and Canada. There have more than 300 guest conductors, 650 solo artists, and 100,000 performers who have appeared on MidAmerica’s series in Carnegie Hall. In addition to presenting classic choral and instrumental works, MidAmerica Productions has championed the works of contemporary composers. On MidAmerica’s series in Carnegie Hall and at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, there have been approximately 31 World Premieres, 16 United States Premieres, and 50 New York Premieres. For more information about MidAmerica Productions, please contact Susan Case at 212-239-0205 or scase@midamerica-music.com
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