HOME | CALENDAR |  33133 STORE |  AD RATES
Welcome to the Grapevine

News you can use. - Sunlight is the best disinfectant

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Broadway and Christmas extravaganza

St. Hugh-Steinway Concert Series presents its second concert of the 2017-18 Season on Friday, December 1 at 8 pm. A Classical, Broadway and Christmas music Extravaganza, with six stars of the opera with Artistic Director Roberto Berrocal at the piano. Tickets $50 and $35 are available online at www.sthughconcerts.org , by phone at 305-318-5008 or at the door.

St. Hugh-Steinway Concert Series is beginning its sixth season of vocal and instrumental concerts, presenting four concerts each year of both classical and popular music. Each concert is followed by a complimentary wine & cheese reception in the adjoining hall to meet the artists, usually attended by a most of the audience.


St. Hugh Catholic Church has a striking vertical interior with beautiful stained glass and excellent acoustics. The intimate 500-seat church has become one of South Florida’s newest concert venues.



Maria Antunez, Martin Nusspaumer, Jennnifer Zamorano



MARIA ANTUNEZ, soprano
“Impressive, remarkable, smoldering, an excellent artist with a flexible, dark voice of dramatic weight who added genuine human dimension to the story. Sterling silvery high notes, a creamy middle register and aristocratic bearing.” This is how the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Hollywood Reporter, Opera Today and the Washington Times have written about Uruguayan soprano María Antúnez.

MARTIN NUSSPAUMER, tenor

One of the outstanding singers of his generation, Martin Nusspaumer “possesses star potential, with a tenor reminiscent of Domingo. His control of diction and intonation, phrasing, and deeply emotional delivery is stunning.” “Nusspaumer’s singing was excellent throughout, virile and showcasing a heroic tenor with clarion top notes.” - South Florida Classical Review.

JENNIFER ZAMORANO, soprano

Soprano Jennifer Zamorano began her studies in music at the age of nine in Tampa, and developed as a pop singer in her younger years. She shifted her focus to classical and operatic styles at New World School of the Arts in Miami in 2001, and continued studying at FIU where she earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Vocal Performance.


Armando Naranjo, Vanessa Gentzshein, Peter Alexander Rivera

ARMANDO NARANJO, tenor
Cuban born Baritone Armando Naranjo is not a strange to Miami and has been cataloged by the Diario de Las Americas critic as “a singer with extraordinary vocal faculties… consecrated the same in operas, zarzuelas or selected popular music” and by the Shoot Glass Review as the “the epitome of a baritone with a rich warn voic

VANESSA GENTZSCHEIN, soprano

Vanessa Gentzschein is an American soprano of Swedish and Nicaraguan descent. She received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts where she studied with soprano Judith Haddon. 

PETER ALEXANDER RIVERA, tenor

Peter Alexander Rivera has captivated the audience with his warm voice and elegant singing. Peter is a tenor who discovered the passion for opera in his hometown Ponce. His training as an opera singer has been influenced by great singers and teachers that include Antonio Barasorda, William Woodruff, Sherrill Milnes, Joel Prieto and Manny Pérez.

St. Hugh Catholic Church is at 3460 Royal Road.

YOU MAY NOT LIFT THE PHOTOS & TEXT. IT'S COPYRIGHTED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. YOU CAN HOWEVER SHARE A STORY ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY USING THE LINKS HERE.
For linking to this one story, just click on the time it was posted & just this story will open for sharing - only through social media. Not copying and pasting.