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Aliana de la Guardia Contemporary soprano and actor, Aliana de la Guardia has been recognized in the Boston area as “an anomalous player on the Boston music scene” (Stuff Magazine). The Cuban-American performer and New Jersey native began her training in theater and film at age fifteen, and completed professional studies in voice and oepra at The Boston Conservatory. As an avid performer of contemporary classical music, she has performed works by composers such as: Berio, Birtwistle, Gorecki, Harvey, Kurtág, Sciarrino, and Webern, as well as c o l l a b o r a t i n g w i t h m a n y l o c a l composers. As premiere soprano and General Manager of Guerilla Opera, a c o n t e m p o r a r y c h a m b e r o p e r a ensemble whose mission is to foster a new repertoire of progressive chamber o p e r a s a n d t o p e r f o r m t h e m unconducted in intimate settings, she has co-produced 6 operas and premiered 5 roles including “Sarah Palin/Diane Sawyer” in Hughes’s Say It Ain’t So, Joe, which received national attention in 2009, and most recently revived the role of the “Dog” in Rudolf Rojahn’s Heart of a Dog, a production which traveled to Memphis in February 2011, as well as premiering the role in 2007. Additional Guerilla Opera credits include Estelle in No Exit, by Andy Vores; June Jackson in We Are Sons, by Rudolf Rojahn; and the title role in Rumpelstiltskin, by Marti Epstein. Operagasm writes: “De la Guardia’s work in new opera is proof of the genre’s viable potential as entertainment. By working directly with composers, she is a part of the creative process of inventing new styles and techniques for singing. Her contemporary music projects are able to connect young audiences with music about the cultural fascinations of our times.” De la Guardia’s experience extends to traditional opera theater as well. She “Triumphed” (Scene and Heard International) as Flora in Granite State Opera’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata and was deemed “Likable and pleasing” (The Boston Globe) as Helena in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In November 2009 de la Guardia founded Dirty Paloma with a mission to engage and expose innovative artists, and to explore intimate programing with an emphasis on works for small ensemble. The first season of Dirty Paloma saw the world premier of 3 new works by Boston area composers, in concerts whose programming spanned repertoire from Baroque to Contemporary. The Boston Musical Intelligencer wrote: “Aliana de la Guardia is be commended for inventing Dirty Paloma and for presenting such a stunning first performance.” Since 2004, the Ludovico Ensemble, a contemporary chamber ensemble that dually promotes rarely heard works of the European avant-garde as well as works by Boston-area composers, has engaged de la Guardia to perform and premiere contemporary chamber works. Composer Jonathan Harvey praised de la Guardia’s and the ensemble’s performance of his Cantata X: Spirit Music as “a splendid rendition!” The ensemble received international attention in February 2009 when de la Guardia and violinist Gabriela Diaz were invited to perform Kurtág’s famous cycle for violin and soprano, Kafka Fragments, for Public Radio International. Upcoming performances include: Cape Cod Opera’s 2011 “First Night” concert series and 2012 production of Candide; premiering two new opera during Guerilla Opera’s 2011-2012 season; singing Schönberg’s Book of the Hanging Gardens during Ludovico Ensemble’s 2011-2012 season; and as a guest star on ABC’s Body of Proof.
Jonathan Nussman Jonathan Nussman is a baritone whose varied interests include opera, theater, and art song, with a special emphasis on music from the 20 th and 21 st centuries. His strong musicality and thoughtful interpretation make him a unique performer and contributor to the Boston music scene. Growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, Mr. Nussman began singing, acting, and composing at an early age. His formal training began at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied voice under Timothy W. Sparks, piano under Zina Astrakhan, and composition with Allen Anderson. While at UNC, he was an active and dedicated performer, appearing in frequent recitals and choral concerts, singing with the UNC Chamber Players and the UNC Early Music Ensemble, and appearing in productions of both the UNC Opera and Theater departments. His varied theatrical performance experiences include works by Shakespeare, Stoppard, Brecht, and Beckett. Mr. Nussman moved to Boston in 2006 to pursue his master’s studies at The Boston Conservatory. While there, he divided his time between laying the foundation of a solid education in traditional vocal and operatic repertoire and debuting new works by student and faculty composers. He appeared in many of the Opera Department’s main-stage and scenes programs, as well as productions with the conservatory Theater Department and throughout the Boston community. Since graduating with his M.M., he has collaborated with many local opera companies, including Guerilla Opera (where he sang in the 2008 premiere performance of We Are Sons by Rudolph Rojahn), as well as appeared in productions with Opera Boston, Longwood Opera, MetroWest Opera, the North of Boston Arts Center, Opera del West, the MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players, Boston Opera Collaborative, New England Light Opera and OperaHub. In addition to his experiences with Guerilla Opera, he has had the privilege of working in close collaboration with Boston-area composers John Murphree, Jeffrey Brody, and Marti Epstein. In the spring of 2011, he will sing the title role in the premiere performance of Brody’s new opera The Picture of Dorian Gray with Longwood Opera. The Fall of 2009 marked the beginning of his collaboration with soprano Aliana de la Guardia in a series of innovative recitals under the banner of Dirty Paloma productions. Their debut recital was presented at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brookline, with subsequent performances at The Boston Conservatory and the First Parish in Westwood in 2010. His performance in this program was decribed as “stunning” by The Boston Music Intelligencer. As a recitalist, Mr. Nussman’s repertoire includes major song cycles and chamber pieces by such composers as Barber, Butterworth, Fauré, John Harbison, Honegger, Brahms, Ibert, Britten, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, and Poulenc. Notable operatic roles include Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Bluff (The Impresario), Colas (Bastien und Bastienne), Don Inigo Gomez (L’heure espagnole), Angelotti (Tosca), Yamadori, (Madama Butterfly), Melchior (Amahl and the Night Visitors), John Brooke (Little Women) and Junius (The Rape of Lucretia).
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