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Masterclass with tenor Carlos Enrique Santelli

Acclaimed tenor Carlos Enrique Santelli, winner of the 2018 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, will return to his hometown of Orlando this April to make his professional debut in Orlando and Mainstage debut with Opera Orlando as Tonio in their production of The Daughter of the Regiment. Before he takes the stage, he will return to his alma mater Freedom High School where he will present a voice masterclass for their music students on April 7

 

“As an Orlando native, it’s been wonderful to see the arts thriving in Central Florida. I am elated to be debuting with Opera Orlando in a dream role, but also very excited to work with the next generation of singers and give back to this community that gave so much to me as a young person,” says Mr. Santelli about his return to Central Florida. 

 

Freedom High School students will also have the opportunity to see Mr. Santelli on stage performing one of the greatest tenor roles in the repertoire, as they attend a special invited final dress rehearsal of The Daughter of the Regiment in Steinmetz Hall on April 19. Opera Orlando is able to provide these masterclasses, free opera preview performances for students, and other education and outreach events in Orange and Osceola County Public Schools thanks to a generous grant through United Arts of Central Florida, which offers Arts and Culture Access funding to help provide valuable arts programs and experiences to students. “As we were planning our in-school programs for this season, it was an obvious choice to include Freedom High School on our list of schools to visit," shares education director Sarah Purser. "Carlos is such a fantastic example of what is possible when students are supported and encouraged to explore their talents and interests at a young age. I hope that the Freedom  students  will be inspired by their interaction with Carlos to pursue their own aspirations, no matter what they may be.” 

 

Carlos Enrique Santelli is a recent graduate of Los Angeles Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program, where he covered Nadir in The Pearl Fishers. In the 2021-22 season, Santelli reprised the role of Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Finger Lakes Opera. He also sang 

 

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the role of Lorenzo in William Bolcom and Mark Campbell’s Lucrezia with Opera Louisiane, as well as the role of Valcour in the rarely performed The Anonymous Lover with Minnesota Opera before joining Houston Grand Opera for their productions of Turandot as Pong and Romeo et Juliette as Tybalt. 

 

In addition to Mr. Santelli, Opera Orlando is also excited to collaborate with conductor Joshua Horsch and stage director Andrew Nienaber on this new production of Donizetti’s comic masterpiece. Puerto Rican soprano Camille Ortiz will be making her mainstage debut as Marie, the beloved daughter of the regiment, and Metropolitan Opera bass-baritone Peter Strummer, last seen in the title role of the Company’s 2016 production of Don Pasquale, returns to Orlando in the buffo role of Sergeant Sulpice. The production, featuring the Opera Orlando Chorus, is another wonderful partnership with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and dancers from the Orlando Ballet

 

Full production details here: The Daughter of the Regiment

 

The Daughter of the Regiment  |  music by Gaetano Donizetto

libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard

sung in French with English dialogue and supertitles (translated text projected above the stage)

 

Friday  |  April 21, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday  |  April 23, 2023 at 2 p.m.

 

Individual tickets start at just $19 and are currently on sale through the Dr. Phillips Center’s Bill & Mary Darden Box Office (445 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando), online at www.DrPhillipsCenter.org, or by calling (407) 839-0119, ext. 0.


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About Opera Orlando:     Celebrating, expanding, and sharing the world’s greatest art form,  the 2022-23 season marks Opera Orlando’s seventh season producing high-quality operatic entertainment and educational programs that engage Central Florida audiences.

 

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