Fort Lee’s New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera) announces Edgar Jaramillo of Hackensack will debut with the company in its production of Cavalleria Rusticana in the role of Turiddu in a double bill with Suor Angelica. The production will be presented at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, on Sunday, October 20 at 3:00 p.m.
This year, Jaramillo, a tenor, sang in Verismo Opera’s concerts presented in various venues in Bergen County, including the Fort Lee and Oradell Public Libraries, and the company’s standing room only open house in Englewood. He has performed leading roles such as Cavaradossi in Tosca with the Amici Opera in Pennsylvania and Rodolfo in La Bohème with the Opera Manhattan Repertory Theatre and Operesque Opera in New York, among others. Jaramillo has also appeared in supporting roles with Family Opera, the Henry Street Settlement and the Amato Opera.
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Notably, Jaramillo was a finalist of the prestigious Enzio Pinza Council for American Singers of Opera’s (EPCASO) national auditions. He is pursuing a Master in Music Education degree at New York University from which he received a B.S. in Music Education.
Under Artistic Director Lucine Amara, one of the Metropolitan Opera’s luminary performers, the company presents each opera with a full cast in costumes created by created by Catherine Mirabella and Barbara Konig, a live orchestra under Maestro Anthony Morss, and the Verismo Opera Chorus directed by Mara Waldman. Sung in Italian with English supertitles, Gioachino Forzano’s libretto of Suor Angelica and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti’s and Giudo Menasci’s libretto of Cavalleria Rusticana will be performed with traditional staging and sets.
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Verismo Opera is providing the public with a special 30% off on $55 and $45 tickets only on October 10, 11 and 12 (Code CS3). Discount ticket rates for senior citizens, ages 65 and over, and children, ages 12 and under accompanied by a ticket-holding adult, are available now through October 20 to see Suor Angelica and Cavalleria Rusticana. Senior citizens, ages 65 and over, purchasing regular-priced tickets on non-sale dates are entitled to a 10% discount. Tickets may be purchased online, at the bergenPAC box office, and by calling (201) 227-1030 or toll-free at 1-888-PACSHOW.
Call (201) 224-2809 for special rates for group discounts on $55 and $45 tickets with a purchase of a minimum of 50 tickets. This rate is not available online.
For more information about Verismo Opera, visit its web site, follow the company on Facebook or Twitter @NJVerismoOpera, or call (201) 886-0561.
