Salerni: Tony Caruso’s Final Broadcast
Eric Fennell (Tony Caruso), Jacquelyn Familant (Intern), Henry Fogel (Announcer), Vicki Doney (Marketer 1), Val Hawk (Marketer 2), Nancy Reed (Marketer 3), Dísella Làrusdóttir (Nun), Keith Phares (Priest), Rory Lipkis (Young Tony), Alison Tupay (Tony’s Mother), Phoebe Fennell (Maria Callas) &...
Salerni: Tony Caruso’s Final Broadcast
Eric Fennell (Tony Caruso), Jacquelyn Familant (Intern), Henry Fogel (Announcer), Vicki Doney (Marketer 1), Val Hawk (Marketer 2), Nancy Reed (Marketer 3), Dísella Làrusdóttir (Nun), Keith Phares (Priest), Rory Lipkis (Young Tony), Alison Tupay (Tony’s Mother), Phoebe Fennell (Maria Callas) &...
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About
Paul Salerni’s award-winning opera with a libretto by Dana Gioia takes place in a classical music radio station on the last night of its operations.
Its last program, ‘Opera Lover’, is hosted by Antonio Caruso, who remembers his early dreams of artistic fame as the ‘second Caruso’ and is visited by three ghosts — his dead mother, Maria Callas, and a mysterious woman.
Praised for his ‘resplendent vocalism’ (American Record Guide) and his ‘lusciously sweet voice, with its ringing, perfectly-tuned high notes’ (Opera Now), the young tenor Eric Fennell sings the title role.
Artists
Eric Fennell (Tony Caruso), Jacquelyn Familant (Intern), Henry Fogel (Announcer), Vicki Doney (Marketer 1), Val Hawk (Marketer 2), Nancy Reed (Marketer 3), Dísella Làrusdóttir (Nun), Keith Phares (Priest), Rory Lipkis (Young Tony), Alison Tupay (Tony’s Mother), Phoebe Fennell (Maria Callas) & Patricia Risley (The Dark Woman)
Monocacy Chamber Orchestra, Jung-Ho Pak
Contents and tracklist
- Nancy Reed (soprano), Vicki Doney (soprano), Jacquelyn Familant (soprano), Patricia Risley (mezzo-soprano), Jan Opalach (bass-baritone), Eric Fennell (tenor), Phoebe Fennell (soprano), Alison Tupay (mezzo-soprano), Disella Larusdottir (soprano), Keith Phares (baritone), Val Hawk (soprano), Rory Lipkis (boy soprano), Henry Fogel (narrator)
- Monocacy Chamber Orchestra
- Jung-Ho Pak
- Recorded: 11 April 2009 / 3, 7 June 2009
- Recording Venue: Star City Recording, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA / Red Rock Recording, Saylorsbury, Pennsylvania, USA
