NY Choral Society Performs at Tucker Music Foundation Gala, 11/14

New York Choral Society (NYCS) will make its' 18th annual appearance at the  Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala on Sunday, November 14th in Avery Fisher Hall at  Lincoln Center at 6:30pm. In an evening led by Maestro Marco Armiliato, NYCS will perform the "Era desso il figlio mio" from Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, featuring Angela Mead as soloist, the Act III Finale of Ponchielli's La Gioconda and "Lied der Sylva" from Die Csárdásfürstin by Emmerich Kalman.

The gala will also feature opera world luminaries such as Ferruccio Furlanetto and Anna Netrebko. Other guest artists include members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and 2010 Richard Tucker Award Winner James Valenti.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

New York Choral Society (NYCS), founded in 1958, has become known by audiences and critics for the quality of its performances and the diversity of its repertoire, which encompasses well-known choral masterworks as well as many compositions rarely heard in concert halls. The NYCS has presented eleven world premieres and has commissioned works by Paul Alan Levi, Morton Gould, Stephen Paulus, and Robert De Cormier.

John Daly Goodwin , Music Director of the New York Choral Society, has built on the ensemble's tradition of excellence over the past 23 seasons to make it the chorus of choice for American Ballet Theatre, the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, the September Concert Foundation, and the Shanghai Symphony Broadcasting Orchestra. Under his direction, the chorus has performed in China, the Czech Republic, Israel, Austria, France, Italy, and Greece. His performances of such works as Mahler's 8th Symphony, Beethoven's Missa solemnis, and the Requiems of Verdi, Mozart, and Brahms have achieved much critical acclaim. He has conducted more than 90 concerts around New York City, including 40 in Carnegie Hall and 7 at Lincoln Center, and has prepared choruses for Leonard Bernstein, Dennis Russell Davies, Asher Fisch, Yong Yan Hu, Yehudi Menuhin, Eve Queler, Julius Rudel, Gerard Schwarz, Leonard Slatkin, and Robert Spano and for 17 telecasts. Goodwin serves on the music faculty at New York University, where he teaches and conducts the Choral Arts Society. His strong personal commitment to music education has led him to do extensive volunteer work with aspiring young musicians. Through Young Audiences, Artsgenesis, and the New York Choral Society's Mini Maestros program, he has brought the gift of music to thousands of children in New York City public schools.

TICKET INFORMATION:

For tickets, please call The Richard Tucker Foundation, 212-757-2218.