Arts & Entertainment
'Music at the Mansion' Continues at Oakeside on Sunday
Cabaret icon Sidney Myer will lead July edition of local concert series.
The new installment of the monthly concert series, "Music at the Mansion," kicks off Sunday at 3 p.m. at Bloomfield's Oakeside Cultural Center.
Performers include Gerardo "Gerry" Mastrolia, Members of Opera Theatre of Montclair and Lisa Viggiano. The featured performer in the "Young Musician Moment" will be Amber Smith.
Gerardo "Gerry" Mastrolia, 18, is currently working on his first New York City Cabaret show, "Me, Myself & Goldie," which will play on September 28 at Don't Tell Mama NYC.
Mastrolia was a finalist in the first installment of "New York's Next Top Drag Queen" at the Metropolitan Room. Mastrolia was also recently on the CBS show "The Couch" and on E! News for his work in the Off-Broadway show, "Totally Tubular Time Machine.”
Soprano Mia Riker-Norrie, the General Director of Opera Theatre of Montclair will direct singers from the Opera Theatre in the performance. Norrie, who lives in Montclair with her husband and three children, had garnered praise from the New York Times for her “sterling control and brassiness worthy of Ethel Merman." Mia will be joined by John Petrozino, baritone and Sabrina Palladino, soprano.
Since its launch in January, 2013, the Opera Theatre of Montclair has engaged in aggressive fundraising efforts with the hope of presenting full-length, fully-staged and costumed opera with orchestra in and around Montclair. The planned opening production is Verdi's Nabucco.
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Critics have hailed Lisa Viggiano as a “powerhouse” with “pitch-perfect musicality." Viggiano began performing as a child, and has shared the stage and screen with Sarah Jessica Parker and Tom Hanks.
A native Jersey Girl, Lisa has has headlined venues such as the Gardenia in LA, Don't Tell Mama in NYC, and The Palace of Fine Arts in SF. Recordings include her live cabaret CD "One Private Moment" and the original cast recording of "Oh, Progeny!""Music at the Mansion" is a 2013 Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs award nominated series showcasing talented performers from NYC and NJ. The series is hosted by New York Cabaret singer and Bloomfield resident Corinna Sowers-Adler and features Deborah Martin on piano.
This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. Series hostess, Corinna Sowers-Adler, has been nominated as "Best Host of a Variety Show" and "Best Female Vocalist" for the 2012 Broadway World Cabaret Awards.
Tickets are $10 and are available at the door. Seating begins at 2:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center is located at 240 Belleville Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ. For more information, please contact info (at) corinnasings.com or call Oakeside at 973-429-0960.
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