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My theater experience started in highschool as a dancing Indian
in Annie Get Your Gun. Not content with my station in life, I went on to receive a vocal scholarship to the University of
Miami,where I proceeded (after a lot of voice lessions) to sing the lead in La Boheme, Tosca, Cosi Fan Tutte, Don Pascquale,
to name a few. However, my entrance into the professional world came with roles such as Goro in Butterfly, Pepe in Pagliacci,
and Spoletta in Tosca, which I performed with Metropolitan Opera casts and directors in Florida and other parts of the country.
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Goro
In Madame Butterfly
Durango Colorado
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While the world of Opera is interesting, it was also restrictive
and the acting stilted. I turned to musical comedy where I could express myself in freer terms. My first role was the boy
in The Fantastics. From there the world was wide open. I appeared as Og in Finnians Rainbow, Jigger and later Billy in Carousel,
the peddler and recently Carnes in Oklahoma, Big Jule in Guys and Dolls, Captain Von Trapp in the Sound Of Music, Phil and
later David in Milk and Honey, the list goes on, and so does the lust for and the joy of the stage.
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Tito And Max
Lend Me a Tenor
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At the center of all these lifelong experiences is the love
of music. My family being Italian has produced many singers and musicians. My uncle, my great uncle, my grandfather, my cousins,
and my son to name a few. I have had the Joy to perform with family members on the stage. As a singer I have also appeared
as a soloist on the concert stage with both Opera,and popular music as well. I have been both a Church Cantor and a Temple
Cantor. My first professional job was when I reached the age of 18. I sang 7 nights a week at the Old Hidlelburg Restaurant
in Hallendale,working my way through college.
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