Join us on Saturday, April 25th, from 1-3pm for a book signing with local author Tony Villecco. He will be here signing his newest book Voices of Opera, 1950s-1970s: Interviews with 22 Singers, which provides a rare glimpse for opera lovers and other music fans into the shifting landscape of opera. We hope to see you there!

Voices of Opera

"The interviewees recall their studies or performances with legends such as Maria Callas, Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, Aureliano Pertile, Lydia Lipkowska, Leonard Bernstein, and Leonard Warren, as well as their pitfalls and triumphs. The experience of George Shirley, the first African American tenor to perform on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, is illustrative of the challenges faced by him and his fellow performers, presenting a rich picture of these singers as they illuminated stages across the world."

Tony Villecco is a native of the area having lived in his family home in Tunnel, NY, twenty minutes outside of Binghamton. He is a tenor soloist, arts writer for the BCAC Arts Mirror and vocal adjudicator for NYSSMA (New York State Schools Music Assoc.) He has performed locally in musical theatre and recital/classical music/opera with SRO, (Former) Cider Mill Playhouse, Darkhorse Dramatists, Studio 271, STAR (Southern Tier Actor's Read), Tri-Cities Opera, both SUNY Broome and Binghamton University, (former) Syracuse Symphony and the Oratorio Society of New York. He earned his BA in English Lit and Creative Writing from Binghamton where he studied with world renowned poet Ruth Stone. His articles have appeared in School Music news, Classical Singer and online in OperaWire. His first book, Silent Stars Speak, was published to critical acclaim in 2001 by McFarland and his other book, POLA NEGRI-THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS, was released in 2017. A classically trained tenor, He has studied voice with the internationally recognized soprano Virginia Zeani and has sung under American composer Dan Locklair.

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