Baritone Eliam Ramos
Eliam Ramos is a Puerto Rican singer with a warm and rich baritone voice who has performed opera and concert works with companies in the United States, Spain, Israel, Puerto Rico and Mexico. His artistic engagements range from traditional opera and
symphonic concerts, to zarzuelas and modern compositions. The Metropolitan Opera Guild featured Eliam in their Verdi’s Baritones Serie in their 2022-2023 season in which he also made his Carnegie Hall Debut with Clif Hardin’s Requiem. Some of Eliam’s recent engagements include being the soloist in various Bach’s Cantatas including Cantata No.82: Ich habe genug and Simon in Judas Maccabaeus with Bach in Baltimore; soloist in Beethoven’s 9 th Symphony with New Britain Symphony Orchestra; soloist in Hayden’s Lord Nelson Mass and Brahm’s Requiem with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra; soloist in
Verdi’s Requiem with the Symphonic Orchestra of the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico, as well as roles in world premiere pieces like the Doctor in The Extinctionist with Heartbeat Opera; Pap (Fannie Lou Hammer’s husband) in Is This America with White
Snake Projects; Dumas in Rossini Perduto with the Long Island Concert Orchestra, and several roles with the American Opera Project’s Opera Lab. Additional roles include Cascada in Die Lustige Witwe (Merry Widow) with Geneva Light Opera; Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, Schaunard in La Bohème and Angelotti in Tosca with Soo Theatre Project in Michigan, Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana, Scarpia in Tosca, Silvio in I Pagliacci and Marcello in La Bohème with Regina Opera; Dulcamara in L’Elisir D’Amore with the Bar Harbor Music Festival; Stephano in The Tempest with Teatro Grattacielo; and High Priest in Samson and Dalila with Union Avenue Opera, as well as different concerts in the NYC area.
Michele Sexton
Soprano Michele Sexton has been hailed in the press as an artist with a big, flexible voice, bringing stirring character portrayals to the stages of opera, operetta, concert and musical theater. Ms. Sexton has performed extensively with opera companies, festivals, theaters and musical groups throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Credits include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Hawaii Opera Theater, Opera New Jersey, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, Boheme Opera New Jersey, Natchez Festival of Music, among others. With the Hollywood Concert Orchestra, Michele was the headliner for an extensive tour of Asia, playing at some of the largest venues in the world, including the Poly Theater in Beijing, China. She is a sought-after entertainer at corporate events across the United States, recently performing a concert of Italian favorites at the famed Cipriani Wall Street and in Kingston, NY.
Michele’s favorite roles include Mozart Heroines Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro, Elettra in Idomeneo, Strauss’s Arabella and Salome, Tosca, Leonora in Il Trovatore, Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera, Alice Ford in Falstaff, the title role in Kiss Me Kate, the Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, and the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, to name a few. A “Forever” Miss New Jersey, Michele was a Top Ten Finalist in the Miss America Pageant and continues to stay active in the scholarship program as a judge, emcee, guest performer, and is in demand as a contestant, consultant and trainer. Recently, she returned to Carnegie Hall as the soprano soloist in the United States premiere of Missa Pro Terra by Paul Aitkin and also performed a concert with The State Opera of New Jersey.
Pianist Sandra Pucciatti
Pianist Sandra Milstein-Pucciatti began her life-long musical pursuit as a young piano student of Curtis Institute teachers, later enjoying a 10 year cooperative with Master teacher Karl Ulrich Schnabel. A concert performer, orchestra soloist, chamber musician, and professional accompanist, her career featured a National Tour by the East-West Piano Duo, founded with her Temple University colleague Sylvia Ho and coached by Vladimir Horowitz-trained pianist Alexander Fiorillo. As a student of world-renowned accompanist Lambert Orkis, Sandra has collaborated over the past 50 years with many instrumental and vocal artists in recital, most notably with the late legendary Metropolitan Opera bass Jerome Hines. In 1989, together with her husband Joseph, she Co-Founded Boheme Opera New Jersey, now The State Opera of New Jersey (formerly Boheme Opera NJ), for which she has been Managing Director since 1997. Sandra is the principal pianist for TSONJ's active outreach programming.
Dinner Theater
Opera meets musical theater with a delectable menu of authentic Italian cuisine.
Whether or not you have attended this popular season opener, you will be treated to two new artists: former Miss New Jersey, Soprano Michele Sexton, and international Baritone Eliam Ramos, Together, they will charm and entertain you for a classic evening to remember. Cash bar and welcoming ambiance are waiting for you.
Location:
71 West Upper Ferry Road, Ewing NJ 08628
Time:
4:00PM