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From the left, Anna Tonna, Frederick Redd and Melody Alesi during “A New York Concert Opera Christmas” in last year’s concert at Christ Church. (Courtesy\/Steve White)Staten Island Advance<\/p>\nSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 The New York Concert Opera will reprise its \u201cA New York Concert Opera Christmas\u201d Saturday evening, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the historic Christ Church in New Brighton.<\/p>\n
Organizers ask that revelers ring in the holiday season with the NYCO soloists, the Christ Church Chancel Choir, and the Christ Church Youth Choir.<\/p>\n
From the left, Anna Tonna, Frederick Redd and Melody Alesi during “A New York Concert Opera Christmas” in last year’s concert at Christ Church. (Courtesy\/Steve White)Staten Island Advance<\/p>\n
Along with Soprano Melody Alesi and Mezzo Soprano Anna Tonna, this year\u2019s concert also features violinist Bori Choi, flutist Richard Paratley and trumpeter Luke Finaldi, and the opera company\u2019s organist, Andrew Kilkenny. <\/p>\n
The company will once again present Miles Rivera and Jana Ballard, his mom.<\/p>\n
NYCO will fill the halls of the majestic 175-year-old gothic stone church with the most sacred, classical, traditional and beloved music of the holiday season!,” says Melody Alesi, founder of the opera company who adds, \u201cWhile you get wrapped up in the magic, don\u2019t forget to take in the beauty and history of the immense original Tiffany windows.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the concert, guests will get to sip champagne and enjoy food tasting highlighting some of Staten Island\u2019s most popular restaurants, while attending the New York Opera\u2019s post-concert Meet the Artists\u2019 Reception. <\/p>\n
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. <\/p>\n
Christ Church is located at 76 Franklin Ave.<\/p>\n
Tickets, that are $45, include admission to the post-concert Meet the Artists\u2019 Reception.<\/p>\n
Advanced ticket sales are suggested. However, tickets are also available at the door.<\/p>\n
Make checks payable to New York Concert Opera.<\/p>\n
Mail to New York Concert Opera, 837 Jewett Ave., Staten Island, N.Y. 10314.<\/p>\n
For additional information, phone 347-489-1129 or 908-635-2694, or email: Info@newyorkconcertopera.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 The New York Concert Opera will reprise its \u201cA New York Concert Opera Christmas\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-52154","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\/52154","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=52154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}