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After 17 years, the Vann Vocal Institute--a program of the Montgomery Symphony Association--will cease operations after a free concert for the public on Saturday October 5 (7:00 p.m.) at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art (MMFA). The farewell event will feature artists that have been part of the Institute’s world-class…

Over the past few months, I have been lucky enough to enjoy several theatrically oriented Chicago events in between my own performance and teaching obligations. Included among these are: Bravo Broadway (Grant Park Music Festival) Clouds in My Coffee (Ravinia Festival) South Shore Dance Company (Auditorium Theater), To Kill a…

It is sometimes hard to know--in a full sense--what kind of impact you make as an artist on your audiences and critics; and while feedback from one's colleagues is often immediate...and generous...sometimes you are blown away by learning (several years later) just how you may have inspired a rising star.…

https://www.wsfa.com/video/2020/03/09/vann-vocal-institute-celebrates-years-with-free-concerts/?fbclid=IwAR0_8UP4Bftk4MPT8aOMDw7g72q3RAJwTV5cy-6cOO4gYfcsjBxmnyKLOj4

https://www.wsfa.com/video/2020/03/05/talk-world-finest-opera-singers-coming-montgomery/?fbclid=IwAR0SAMO6XUC6RNl61-BPCUNIOtAOXA-iuci_9WelkFhMzLWF1EcZij67KA4

Gotta love a good story regarding one's love of the craft. Click on the link and read all about it! https://www.minotdailynews.com/life/arts-entertainment/2020/01/cangelosi-shares-his-love-for-opera/

In 1966, or 1970--depending upon which release date you choose--music lovers of a certain age will remember a tuneful little song with a simple message. That message being: “Just enjoy the moment”.  (In this particular case, the ‘morning time’ specifically…but we can broaden that inspiration to encompass the entire day…

I'm busy putting the finishing touches on Das Wunder der Heliane (Korngold) which will have its U.S. Premiere in August at the Bard Music Festival ('SummerScape') under the baton of Maestro Leon Botstein. The cast will star several colleagues/friends of mine, including Daniel Brenna (my favorite Siegfried), Nathan Berg (one…

Thank you to the Kennedy Center Blog for the great article. See the original article here. A rumor was spreading among Park View’s neighborhood kids: there was an “opera man” down the street. That “opera man” is tenor David Cangelosi, who is residing in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood during his run…

Promoting concerts can be fun, as I do every year with a regular television appearance on “Alabama Live” in Montgomery, AL. Check it out, and see what we do! Watch Vann Vocal Interview on Alabama Live>>

June 28, 2018 San Francisco was officially incorporated in 1850, well after it’s founding by Spanish colonists in 1776, and only shortly after the population explosion that erupted at the time of the Gold Rush in 1848. While becoming a city-county a few years thereafter in 1856, those “Miners, 49’rs”…

September 26, 2017 As reported in ClevelandClassical.com by Mike Telin: The Cleveland Orchestra begins its landmark 100th season this week with a revival of Yuval Sharon’s critically acclaimed, made-for-Cleveland production of Leoš Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Franz Welser-Möst leads the Orchestra and a cast that will include Martina…