TONY AND DONNA BUONAURO

Tony and Donna Buonauro were born to entertain. Donna learned about life behind a microphone while singing with her father’s band. She fell in love with the old standards through her role models Shirley Bassey and Barbara Streisand. Tony’s parents, first generation Italian Americans, filled his soul with a passion for opera and Neapolitan music.

Gifted with a natural voice, Donna soon found herself traveling the nightclub circuit across the country from New York’s Ballroom cabaret to Los Angeles’ Gardenia Room. Tony a winner of many scholarships and awards, including The New York Grand Opera competition and a Metropolitan Opera’s young artist competition, moved quickly from Broadway to major opera houses around the world. This fall he appeared in Paris in a Bellini opera.

When they met they had a mutual admiration for each other’s talent, but never really considered singing together. After years of performing separately, they focused their energy on creating their act. They have combined their musical styles to create a thrilling musical experience. Their music covers classical to pop in such a way that it reaches everyone. Broadway, Opera, Pop and standards, there’s not much this dynamic duo does not cover.

Donna and Tony’s act has taken them around the world from New York to Tokyo and Europe to Australia, from Carnegie Hall, Broadway, Lincoln Center and almost every major show room in the country.

You must see them soon and share in the magic of their gift.

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.