Metropolitan Opera Singer Ryan Allen to Appear in New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's Tosca
Metropolitan Opera singer Ryan Allen joins the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera to perform Sacristan in the company's October 16th production of Tosca at 3:00 p.m. at the BergenPAC in Englewood, New Jersey.

FORT LEE, NJ, October 02, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Metropolitan Opera singer Ryan Allen returns this season to perform the role of Sacristan in the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's (Verismo Opera) upcoming production of Giacomo Puccini's grand opera, Tosca. Verismo Opera, under Metropolitan Opera star and Artistic Director Lucine Amara, kicks off the 2011-2012 performing season of Love, Tragedy, and Suicide with Tosca, one of Puccini's most popular, suspenseful operas, on October 16 at 3 p.m. at the BergenPAC, 30 North Van Brunt St. in Englewood, New Jersey.


Ryan Allen's Work

Allen, a bass, performed the King of Egypt in Verismo Opera's triumphant spring 2011 production of Aida. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Hans Foltz in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg in 1993. Among his previous engagements is Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Indianapolis Opera, Manitoba Opera, Opera Memphis, New Jersey State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera Guild and several others. He has appeared as Candy in Of Mice and Men with the Florentine Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Grand Rapids and Edmonton Opera; and Don Magnifico in La cenerentola with the Utah Opera, Connecticut Opera and Utah Festival Opera.

Originally from Texas, he debuted at Carnegie Hall as the bass soloist in the Mozart Requiem for the Manhattan Philharmonic in 1989. He holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin.


Ticket Information

Tickets may be purchased at the BergenPAC box office, located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey, from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays or by calling (201) 227-1030 or toll-free at 1-888-PACSHOW. Ticket purchases may be made online at http://www.bergenpac.org/shows-and-events/tickets/.

A special 25% discount on $55, $45, and $35 tickets will be available ONLY from Thursday, October 6 through Saturday, October 8 using the code TOSCA3. Discount tickets may be ordered only through the box office and are not be available online. For special rates for group sales, call (201) 224-2809.


Funding

Tosca is made possible, in part, with funds provided by the New Jersey Council on the Arts/Department of State, through grand funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. Other supporters include The Gerda Lissner Foundation, Inc., Vanguard Charitable Endowment Fund, Paul Weiss Matching Fund, Robert J. Campbell, M.D., KSJ and Cesare L. Santeramo, KCSJ.

Press Release Contact Information:

Gianni Simone
NJ Association of Verismo Opera
President
P.O. Box 3024
Fort Lee, New Jersey
USA 07024-9024
Voice: 201-886-0561
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