STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Riverside Opera Company celebrates its 27th season with “Opera Uncorked,” a concert that features winners of recent auditions with an orchestra that has graced the stage of Carnegie Hall.
The performance of arias and duets are set for Saturday, Nov. 8, at 8 p.m. in St. Teresa’s R.C. Church in Castleton Corners, where there’s plenty of free parking.
Students and children will be admitted free of charge.
Tickets are priced at $20 online mytp.cc/e/143 and $30 at the door.
The church is located at 1634 Victory Blvd,
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About the winners/performers:
William Groton, a lyric tenor, has sung more than two dozen roles in more than 35 productions.
His credits include performances with Opera Pacific, Sacramento Opera, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Stockton Symphony, and the Opera Center of the San Francisco Opera. He also has recorded with the Russian National Orchestra.
Stephanie Foster, a soprano from Boston, Mass., has begun a vibrant artistic career as a multi-faceted musician and teacher.
After beginning piano lessons at 6, she continued to blossom creatively through theater, dance, local and statewide choirs, and speech and debate.
Over the past several years, she’s been awarded a variety of performance opportunities in the United States and in Europe, ranging from full-scale operatic and musical theater productions to recitals and oratorios.
Cassandra Douglas is an opera singer from Brooklyn, who was raised in Kingston, Jamaica.
She has performed nationally and internationally with opera companies and choirs and recently sang at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, performing in the production of “Champion.”
Douglas made her debut as a soloist with Vincerò Academy in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.
Korean-American Baritone Will (June Young) Kim received his bachelor’s degree in music from Indiana University Bloomington in composition with a minor in voice, studying under Peter Volpe.
He holds a master’s degree in composition from HMT München and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Composition from HMDK Stuttgart.
Since 2022, he has been pursuing a master’s degree in voice (Neue Musik) at HMDK Stuttgart, studying under Yeree Suh and Angelika Luz.
Recent engagements include Bach’s oratorio works with Jos van Veldhoven and Hans-Christoph Rademann in Stuttgart, Bach’s Coffee Cantata in Prangins, a production of La Traviata in Sulz am Glatt, and Die Fledermaus in Tübingen.
Engagements for contemporary music include concerts in Stuttgart, Bonn, Halberstadt, Graz, and Milan.
As a 2025 Tanglewood Fellow, he performed as a soloist with Harry Christophers & The Sixteen, gave recitals of traditional/contemporary repertoire, and portrayed the Clock in Ravel’s L’Enfant.
In January 2026, he will be singing at Carnegie Hall as part of the SongStudio program.
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