Bleecker Street Opera Presents THE BARBER OF SEVILLE 12/20

LOUIS S. SALAMONE 45 Bleecker and IRENE FRYDEL KIM, General Manager and Artistic Director of BLEECKER STREET OPERA are pleased to announce ROSSINI's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, conduced by David RoseNMEYER and directed by TERESA K. POND as the second production of their inaugural season. Performances run Saturdays at 3pm and Sundays at 7pm December 20th through January 17th. Tickets are $46.50 and $36.50. Student and Senior tickets are $31.50. Call TeleCharge.com at (212) 239-6200 or visit www.bleckerstreetopera.org.

The much beloved 2 act opera THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (IL Barbiere di Siviglia) is considered the most popular comic opera of all-time. An Italian opera with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini, it is set in Seville, Spain. It is based on the first of a trilogy of plays written by French author Beaumarchais, Le Barbier de Séville. Written in only three weeks it includes an overture that Rossini borrowed from the less successful opera, AURELIANO IN PALMIRA. It was first performed in 1816 in Rome. The running time of the Bleecker Street Opera's production is 1:45.

Gioacchino Rossini was Italy's dominate opera composer of the early 19th century. He wrote 35 operas over two decades (actually retiring at the age of 37 after having written his final opera, GUILLAUME TELL.) Most famous for his BARBER OF SEVILLE, Rossini rejuvenated the art of the opera buffa .

Music Director and Conducer David RoseNMEYER made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting the Oratorio Society of New York - of which he is Associate Conductor - in Stravinsky's MASS. He returned to Carnegie Hall again with OSNY and was their conductor in a tour to Hungary. He lead the Bellas Artes Opera Company of México in a staged gala as part of the Cervantino International Festival in Guanajuato. Born in Argentina, Mr. Rosenmeyer began his studies in Israel. Has conducted the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Argentina and appeared as a guest conductor with orchestras in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Israel, Hungary and México. For six years was Music Director of the Bach Society of Columbia University. Mr. Rosenmeyer is a Master's graduate of Mannes College of Music in Conducting and Theory, where he was Chorus conductor and received the FELIX SALZER award.

Director TERESA K. POND has helmed regional production of SUOR ANGELICA and PAGLIACCI for Anchorage Opera and AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS for the Anchorage Concert Chorus. New York theater credits include the Off-Broadway production of PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL; premiere productions and readings with The Women's Project Theatre, Vital Theatre (PRINCESS OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE, EXTRAORDINARY!) and FringeNYC (top award-winner). Regional productions Western Stage Theatre (THE CLEAN HOUSE, NICKEL AND DIMED) and Irvine Studio Theatre (TARTUFFE, MACBETH - L.A. Times review); also in Alaska WEST SIDE STORY, OF MICE AND MEN, Cyrano's Theatre (SYLVIA and SHAKESPEARE IN HOLLYWOOD) Ms. Pond is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors' Lab, The Women's Project Directors Forum, and co-director of NewShoe. Teresa is a proud member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC).
The production team for THE BARBER OF SEVILLE includes DANIEL NESTA CURTIS, Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master, RICHARD CERULLO, Art Director and JOHN KIM, Project Coordinator.

The BLEECKER STREET OPERA is the reincarnation of the now a defunct Amato Opera, led by IRENE FRYDEL KIM. Ms. Frydel Kim is the daughter of Metropolitan Opera bass John Frydel and niece of Sally Amato, who co-founded Amato Opera in 1948. Ms. Frydel Kim worked for ten years as the Executive Director of the Amato Opera Theatre and upon its closing in June of 2010, created the Bleecker Street Opera company with her husband JOHN KIM to continue the legacy of her family.

45 BLEECKER, operated by producer LOUIS S. SALAMONE, consists of two fully operational Off-Broadway theatres. Recent productions include Mike Birbiglia'S SLEEPWALK WITH ME presented by Nathan Lane, Ethan Coen'S ALMOST AN EVENING starring F. Murry Abraham, comedians RUSSELL BRAND, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Silverman and the long running magic shows, MONDAY NIGHT MAGIC and QUANTUM EYE. 45 Bleecker is also home to the long running family show, PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL and SHADOWBOX THEATRE. The theater's lobby houses a rotating display of original fine art curated by The Follin Fine Art Gallery and the Crosby Connection Gourmet Sandwich Shoppe. The Bleecker Street Opera is the newest addition to the 45 Bleecker family.