Another Night At The Opera' coming soon
Milford n For the second year in a row, The Pocono Summer Light Opera Company will bring “Another Night at the Opera” to Milford. Sponsored by the Pike County Choral Society, The Pocono Summer Light Opera Company’s production of “Another Night at the Opera” is scheduled for Saturday evening, August 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Delaware Valley High School. Tickets are available in advance at a cost of $10 per person and may be purchased by calling Millie at 570-226-4007. Tickets will also be available at the door for the price of $15 per person. Featured artists will be Julie Ziavras, Sharon Brown-Levy, Wes Garrison and Johanan Bickhardt, who will perform operatic pieces as well as some music from Broadway shows, with Henry Repp on the piano. Soprano, Julie Ziavras, has won praise for her vocal beauty, musicianship and dramatic stage persona, with repertory that spans from opera, art song and contemporary music to folk ballads. Having performed in concert, on radio and TV in the United States and abroad, she has also performed at Carnegie Recital Hall, Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Hall, Symphony Space Theatre, The World Music Institute, The Guggenheim Museum in Soho, The Alternative Museum, and for the Greek Cathedral Concert Series. Soprano Sharon Levy-Brown is gifted with a unique ability to vary her vocal roles. She has performed in opera, operetta, zarzuela, Broadway, musical theater and with big bands. Fluent in Spanish, she completed eight seasons at the Spanish Lyric Theater at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, and was an Adjunct Voice Professor at the University of Tampa. Wes Garrison, baritone/bass, has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, the Connecticut Opera and the Lyric Opera Company of Chicago. Johanan Bickhardt, who is the Founder and Director of the Pike County Choral Society, is a multi-faceted performer as well. Henry Repp, accompanist for the evening, is also the accompanist for the Pike County Choral Society. He is the Founder of the Peapack Reformed Church Community Choir..