6 minute trailer from the Concert of Act One of the opera based on "The Bonfire of the Vanities" by Tom Wolfe

THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES: THE OPERA
Act I In Concert, Dixon Place February 2014

Music by Stefania de Kenessey

Libretto and Direction by Michael Bergmann

Adapted from the novel by Tom Wolfe

Music direction by Raphael Fusco

FEATURING:

Robert Balonek, Sophia Benedetti, Jonathan Blalock, Adrienne Danrich, Rubin Kodheli, Anthony Laciura, Bonnie Loren, Sheldrake Lukas, Matthew McGloin, Becca Pesce, Marcy Richardson, Gilbert Sanchez, Arri Simon, Lucas Syed, Julien Touafek, Dave Treut, Matthew Tuell, Pamela Weingarden, Matthew Yohn, Sarah Ziegler

 

MY FIRST AIDA, dedicated to Martina Arroyo for the 10th Anniversary Gala of the Martina Arroyo Foundation Music by Stefania De Kenessey Lyrics by Paul Reid Brandie Sutton, Soprano Stefania De Kenessey, Piano

MY FIRST AIDA
Dedicated to Martina Arroyo
for the 10th Anniversary Gala of the Martina Arroyo Foundation

Music by Stefania de Kenessey
Lyrics by Paul Reid

Brandie Sutton, Soprano
Stefania De Kenessey, Piano

Trio for Piano, voice and violin by Stefania de Kenessey directed by Michael Bergmann director of photography Douglas Underdahl

4 LAUGHS ONLY
Trio in Four Movements

Music by Stefania de Kenessey
Directed by Michael Bergmann