Operation Opera (musical comedy show)
Operation Opera[1] starring Adelmo Guidarelli[2] is an operatic musical comedy variety show written by Michael MacKenzie Wills[3][4] with orchestral arrangements by Michael D. Gaylord.[5]
Synopsis[edit]
Operation Opera presents opera as an approachable and current art form for the people[6], as it was when it originated in Italy during the 16th century[7]. The show is composed of popular opera arias and their pop culture counter parts, as well as comedic narrative.[8][9][10]
Performers[edit]
Opera singer Adelmo Guidarelli[11][12] performs this work and is accompanied by Ruby Laurance[13] and pianist Seth Weinstein.[14]
Adelmo Guidarelli[15] is a baritone opera singer who grew up in West Harrison, New York.[16] In 2018, he appeared in two national TV commercials for SONY’s PS4 Pro “Opera Campaign.”[17][18] He won the 2011 MAC Award for “Best Comedy Performer” for his performance in the opera comedy show Operation Opera[19], he is a featured soloist on a German Children’s CD called “Der Kleine Tanzbar Schubidu,” he holds an International Association of Independent Recording Artists (IAIRA) certified International #1 hit for his dual language version of “Funiculi, Funicula,” and he won The Akademia Music Award for Best Gospel Song for his rendition of “Sweet Little Jesus Boy.”[20] He is a voting member of The Recording Academy/NARAS.[21]
Seth Weinstein[22] is a Harvard educated pianist and composer.[23][24] His most noted works include “The Chagall Suite,” an eight-movement piano suite inspired by themes of Marc Chagall’s artworks which was commissioned by Chagall scholar and lecturer Vivian R. Jacobson––who also commissioned Weinstein’s “Conversations with Chagall,” a melding of Russian classical themes, klezmer, rock, blues, jazz, and gospel; inspired by the music of Elvis Presley and the art of Marc Chagall.[25]
Opera Composers Featured[edit]
The following composers are represented in Operation Opera starring Adelmo Guidarelli:[26][27]
- Gaetano Donizetti
- Ruggero Leoncavallo
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Jacques Offenbach
- Amilcare Ponchielli
- Giacomo Puccini
- Gioachino Rossini
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Richard Wagner
Notable Performances[edit]
Operation Opera starring Adelmo Guidarelli has been presented at the following venues and events:[28]
2017: The National Opera Center.[29]
2015: Made its orchestral debut with the Garden State Philharmonic.[30] [31]
2014: Debuted at Lincoln Center’s Clark Studio Theater.[32][33][34]
2013: At the National Opera Center in celebration of National Opera Week.[35]
2012: At Symphony Space, NYC.[36]
2011: Operation Opera gave Adelmo Guidarelli a platform to win the MAC Award for Best Musical Comedy Performer.[37] The show made its UK premiere the same year, with 28 performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the New Town Theatre, Free Masons Hall[38] where selections from the show were also performed on BBC’s Festival Café.[39][40]
2010: At the Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.[41]
2009: Selected scenes from Operation Opera appeared during episode seven on the E! Channel reality television show “Bank of Hollywood.”[42][43]
2008: At the New York Fringe Festival in Spiegelworld’s Deluxe venue.[44]
Awards[edit]
2011 MAC Award for Best Musical Comedy Performer, Adelmo Guidarelli[45]
History[edit]
Operation Opera was previously titled Operation Adelmo in reference to the show's star character Adelmo Guidarelli.[46]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Welcome".
- ↑ "Adelmo Guidarelli - Bass-baritone".
- ↑ "Bios".
- ↑ "Heuer Publishing - author bio - Michael MacKenzie Wills".
- ↑ "Bios".
- ↑ "About".
- ↑ "Opera". 2018-09-25.
- ↑ "About".
- ↑ "Press".
- ↑ "Adelmo Guidarelli : Bistro Awards".
- ↑ "Bio".
- ↑ "Bios".
- ↑ "Bios".
- ↑ "Bios".
- ↑ "Bio".
- ↑ "You searched for adelmo guidarelli".
- ↑ "ISpot.tv".
- ↑ "The Super Bowl and Opera Come Together via Baritone Adelmo Guidarelli".
- ↑ "2011 MAC Award Nominees and Winners - Manhattan Association of Cabarets". 2011-12-08.
- ↑ "Mi2N.com - the Akademia Music Awards Announces its December 2015 Winners & Finalists4".
- ↑ "Bio".
- ↑ "Bios".
- ↑ "Seth Weinstein".
- ↑ https://music.fas.harvard.edu/alumarchive.htm
- ↑ "Lecture compares Elvis with painter Chagall". 2015-08-03.
- ↑ "About".
- ↑ "One-Man, One-Ticket, 90-Songs, 90-Minutes THE OPERATION OPERA CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR".
- ↑ "About".
- ↑ "The Super Bowl and Opera Come Together via Baritone Adelmo Guidarelli".
- ↑ "Plainfield Symphony focuses on Vienna".
- ↑ "Garden State Philharmonic to Make Debut with Adelmo Guidarelli and His One-Man Show OPERATION OPERA".
- ↑ https://www.operaamerica.org/applications/calendar/index2.aspx?month=12&day=10&year=2017
- ↑ http://www.59e59.org/archive/2014/59E59_OPPORTUNITY%20EBILL.pdf
- ↑ http://operaatflorham.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Oct-19th-Program-OAF.pdf
- ↑ "The Operation Opera Announces Christmas Spectacular".
- ↑ "Special Benefit Performance of Operation Adelmo at Symphony Space".
- ↑ "2011 MAC Award Nominees and Winners - Manhattan Association of Cabarets". 2011-12-08.
- ↑ "Heroes, Heroines and Villains, St Andrew's and St George's West Operation Adelmo, New Town Theatre Turandot, New Town Theatre Deconstructing opera's heroes".
- ↑ "26/08/2011, the Festival Cafe - BBC Radio Scotland".
- ↑ "Media".
- ↑ "[PDF] Explore - Rutgers University - Free Download PDF".
- ↑ "Pirates, Paris and Parents-To-Be".
- ↑ "Media".
- ↑ "Five from the Fringe".
- ↑ "2011 MAC Award Nominees and Winners - Manhattan Association of Cabarets". 2011-12-08.
- ↑ "Five from the Fringe".
External Links[edit]
Operation Opera official website
Adelmo Guidarelli official website
Michael MacKenzie Wills, Heuer Publishing Author page
Michael MacKenzie Wills, IMDB page
Michael D. Gaylord, named Vice-President TVLand
Michael D. Gaylord, Off-Broadway arrangement credit for The Last Session
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