The Riverside Opera Company will present \u201cFebruary Frolics,\u201d a cabin fever cabaret, on Saturday, Feb. 21, at Staten Island\u2019s Little Victory Theatre.<\/p>\n
The event will feature performances at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the theater, located at 4089 Victory Blvd. Tickets cost $30 in advance or $40 at the door. Seating is limited.<\/p>\n
The lineup includes mezzo soprano Galina Ivannikova, a music faculty member at the Staten Island Conservatory; violinist Suzy Mitchell; dancers from Lesko Ballet Academy; and singer Anna Polyachenko. <\/p>\n
Jared Marmo, music director and organist from St. Clare\u2019s Church, will also perform.<\/p>\n
Carol Tandava Henning and belly dancers will return to the stage, along with vocalist Rina Sklar and crossover artist Alison Madill, former music director of Gateway Church. Maestro Alan Aurelia will serve as emcee for the evening.<\/p>\n
The program receives partial funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts and Riverside Opera Company membership.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1996, the Riverside Opera Company is Staten Island\u2019s only opera company. The company presents fully staged and semi-staged productions with a full orchestra under the direction of Maestro Alan Aurelia, who has conducted performances in Italy and the United States.<\/p>\n
Tickets are available at https:\/\/www.ticketplace.vip\/event\/february-frolics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Riverside Opera Company will present \u201cFebruary Frolics,\u201d a cabin fever cabaret, on Saturday, Feb. 21, at Staten…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-135705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}