ANTONIO BUONAURO
TENOR

Tenor Antonio Buonauro, gifted with a naturally beautiful lyric instrument, is a bright new 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 José in Carmen and Samuel in Ned Rorems Three Sisters who are not Sisters. His most recent operatic performance was with The New York Grand Opera in La Traviata. This past fall Mr. Buonauro appeared at Lincoln Centers Alice Tully Hall in Concert and opened the Bergen Philharmonic season. This November 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, & Singapore. He will be in Paris this fall to sing 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.