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Tenor Antonio Buonauro, gifted with a naturally beautiful lyric instrument, is a bright star on the operatic scene.
His operatic debut was in Puccini's "Trittico,"
under the direction of Maestro Vincent la Selva.
With maestro La Selva he first appeared at New
York's fabled Carnegie Hall in a gala Verdi
concert with the New York Grand Opera. Since
that time he has appeared as Pinkerton in "Madama
Butterfly," Rodolfo in "La Boheme," Alfredo
in "La Traviata," and the Duke in "Rigoletto"
Mr. Buonauro has appeared with the Orchestra
of St. Luke's at the Brooklyn Academy of Music,
in Rossini's "La Scala di Seta," and with the
New Jersey State Opera in the world premiere
of Ulysses Kay's "Fredrick Douglas".
He has appeared in the Mannes College of
Music performances as Don Josè in "Carmen" and
Samuel in Ned Rorem's "Three Sisters Who Are
Not Sisters".
His most recent operatic performance was
with The New York Grand Opera in "La Traviata".
Recently, Mr. Buonauro appeared at Lincoln Center's
Alice Tully Hall in concert and opened the Bergen
Philharmonic season.
He returned to Carnegie Hall as a guest artist
with the Orchestra of St. Peter. He can also
be heard singing in a Nickelodeon television
commercial.
His international career has taken him to
Italy, Germany, Austria, Japan, Shanghai, Hong
Kong, Australia and Singapore. In Paris, he
sang Corasmino in "Zaira," a lost Bellini opera.
Mr. Buonauro has worked with such noted conductors
as Vincent La Selva, Alfredo Silipigni, Will
Crutchfield, David Gilbert, Alphonse Stephenson,
and Roland Fiore. He has coached with Nico Castel,
Gildo Di Nunzio, and Giovanni Reggoli of the
Metropolitan Opera. Rhode Levine, Robert Stivanello,
Janet Bookspan and Frank Gentilesca have directed
Mr. Buonauro.
Starting to sing as a child, Mr. Buonauro
studied summers in Naples when his family would
go for holiday. His formal musical training
started at Northern Illinois University, Rowen
University, The Juilliard School, New York School
Of Opera, and recently completed a professional
studies degree at the Mannes College of Music
on scholarship.
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