Ms. DiStefano's schedule fills up quickly especially for Weddings, private parties and charitable organizations, so contact her soon to save your date.
Some of the following events are solo performances by Danielle which she often offers at no charge for the community to enjoy.
 

Blocher

Saturday, September 11, 2 PM.

135 Evans Street
Williamsville, NY 14221

   A few favorite arias, Broadway, love songs/ballads
 One hour solo concert
  Free recital, all are welcome!

Fox Run

Saturday, October 16, 2 PM.

5689 Big Tree Road (20A)
Orchard Park, NY 14127

Boheme to Broadway
 One hour solo concert
  Free recital, all are welcome!

The 2010 Annual Fall Musicale

Sunday October 24, 7 PM.

Parkside Lutheran Church,

2 Wallace Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14214

Presented by The Erwin H. Johnson Memorial Fund, Inc.

“Beloved Opera Selections featuring Danielle DiStefano, Soprano accompanied by Paul Hartley, Pianist.” Arias from Tosca, Faust,

Turandot and more, in English, Italian, French, Czech and Latin.

Promote opera in Buffalo Niagara; help build an opera house for opera and ballet.

Reception will follow the performance.
 

Suggested Donation $20.00 For further information and reservations contact     Anastasia Johnson ~ 885-2486. Please send checks to Erwin H. Johnson Memorial Fund Musicale/ Concert, PO Box 566, Buffalo NY 14207-0566.

Canterbury Woods

Tuesday, November 23, 8 PM.

The Trafalger Building

705 Renaissance Drive
Buffalo, NY 14221

Favorite Arias, Broadway hits, love songs/ballads
 One hour solo concert
  Free recital, all are welcome!

Blocher

Monday, December 20, 3 PM.

135 Evans Street
Williamsville, NY 14221

     Beautiful Christmas Carols, a few favorite arias, Broadway, love songs/ballads
 One hour solo concert
  Free recital, all are welcome!

Ms. DiStefano has had the pleasure of performing for OperaBuffs and the Burchfield Performing Arts Center in the past and would like to share the schedule of future lectures and classes for your enjoyment.

 OperaBuffs Schedule 

  OperaBuffs of WNY's Inside Opera Lectures are offered FREE to the general public as part of the organization’s Community Outreach and take place at the Burchfiled Penney Art Center's Tower Auditorium.

(Next to Buff State College Campus)1300 Elmwood Ave.

OperaBuffs of WNY’s 24th year of Inside Opera each Saturday of the Month* September through May 2010-2011 Opera Comes to Elmwood Avenue.

 The 2010-2011 Lectures ~
      Where do you go to hear more about opera and to better enjoy the MET Simulcasts?.... why, “the place to go” is The Elmwood Village and Allentown in Buffalo, New York! Then tool- on- down to the Regal Theater on Elmwood Ave. or on Transit Rd for the Metropolitan Opera’s Simulcasts, after hearing OperaBuffs’ lectures as your very own “Cliff Notes.”

          These FREE lectures take place in the Peter and Elizabeth Tower Auditorium of the recently opened Burchfield Penney Art Center, situated in Museum Row at 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. The Burchfield Penney Art Center is a museum dedicated to the art and vision of Charles E. Burchfield and distinguished artists and the arts of Buffalo, Niagara and Western New York. Through the affiliation with Buffalo State College, the center encourages learning and celebrate our richly creative and diverse WNY community.

    In addition, a very special Opera/Informance with SUNY Fredonia’s Hillman Opera performers in “The Tales of Hoffman”, with Prof. Julie Newell narrating, is scheduled for 10:30am - Noon on October 30th in the sanctuary of Westminster Presbyterian Church, 724 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.

OperaBuffs of WNY 2010-2011 INSIDE OPERA SCHEDULE ~    
* Curtain Up’s Opera Lecture Kick-off 10:30a.m.-Noon, Saturday September 11th: “The Role of The Opera Chorus in Das Rheingold and Wagner Operas” with Dr. Doreen Rao, Director, Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (MET Simulcast on October 9.) We have been asked “What opera chorus in Das Reingold?” That’s what we will hear about when Dr. Rao leads us in an understanding of Wagner’s use of the opera Chorus in his many operas.

October 2nd: “Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov and Politics in Opera”, featuring Elaine Knecht with two local politicians. (MET Simulcast on October 23)   

* FREE LECTURE/OPERA INFORMANCE:
WHAT: "OPERA INFORMANCE: The SUNY Fredonia Hillman Opera Cast in The Tales of Hoffman" with Julie Newell and members of the upcoming production in November.
WHEN: 10:30 - Noon, Saturday, October 30th
WHERE: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 724 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo
HOW: FREE to the general public— Students and parents are encouraged to attend this exciting preview.

November 6th: “Donizetti’s Don Pasquale" with Nancy Seel (MET Simulcast on Nov. 13th)

December 4th: “Verdi’s Don Carlo" with Chris Lynch, Doctoral Candidate at SUNY Buffalo (MET HD on Dec. 11th at 1pm)

2011:
* January 15th: * Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West" with Jacquie Ornsby, Soprano and violinist with the Amherst Chamber Ensemble (MET Simulcast on January 8)

MET Opera Auditions on Sat. 1/15, 10am - 6pm and Sun. 1/16 at the Flickinger Center, Nichols School, Buffalo

February 5th; “Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride” with Peter Hall of WNED-FM and area raconteur of classical music (MET Simulcast on February 26)

March 5th:  “Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor”, with Frank Scinta, Canisius College Dept. Of Music  (MET Simulcast on March 19, 2011)

April 2nd: “Rossini’s Le Comte Ory” with Marty Wimmer, WNED and gifted composer (MET Simulcast on April 9)

May 7th: “The Role of the Orchestra in Die Walküre and Wagner Operas” featuring Conductor Paul Ferington, Buffalo State College Dept. Of Music (MET Simulcast on May 14.)
     OK! An opera could exist without a chorus BUT could an opera exist without an orchestra (no matter what the size of the orchestra?)

     *NOTE: September 11th is the 2nd Saturday, January 15 is the 3rd Saturday and the October 30th Lecture/Informance is “stand alone” event. All other lectures take place on the 1st Saturday of the month, October through May. (Lecture titles and lecturers may change without previous notice.

For further information, contact Jacquie Ornsby, Inside Opera Lecture TEAM: (716) 884-2477 jornsby@mail.com; Sylvia Volk, Inside Opera Lecture TEAM (716) 881-1424 or Jayne or Jack Mack, Inside Opera Lecture TEAM (716) 632-6210.
See www.operabuffsofwny.com for further information.

 
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