Minuetto Music Festival Presents: International Opera Star

The Minuetto Music Festival presents Eilana Lappalainen, internationally acclaimed opera star, who will conduct a Master Class for aspiring Young Artists at the Continuo Arts Conservatory on Sunday, September 16th at 3:30pm. This master class is free to attend, however preregistration is required. Artists interested in attending should call 908-264-5324 to reserve their seat, space is limited. After the master class, Ms. Lappalainen will be hearing auditions for the Greek Opera Studio, taking place in July 2019 in Syros, Greece. Auditions must be scheduled in advance. The Continuo Arts Conservatory is located at 36 Chatham Road in Summit, New Jersey, call 908-264-5324 with inquiries and to register.

Eilana Lappalainen, Finnish-Canadian soprano, has performed title roles to critical claim in the world’s premier opera venues including Teatro alla Scala, Opera di Roma, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra de Montréal, Bellas Artes, Teatro Verdi Trieste, New Israeli Opera, Lithuanian National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Polish National Opera, Opera North, Staatstheater Essen, Prague State Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Michigan Opera, Minnesota Opera, Nashville Opera, Kentucky Opera, Portland Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera Hamilton, Opera Ottawa, Marin Opera, Arizona Opera, and Opera San Jose, and in cities such as Wiesbaden, Dessau, Halle, Mannheim, Bremen, Würtzburg, Bielefeld, and Winterthur. Her repertoire includes leading roles in Salome, Der Rosenkavalier, Arabella, Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Fidelio, Peter Grimes, Wozzeck, Der Freischütz, Jenůfa, Giovanna D’Arco, Un ballo in maschera, I masnadieri, Il trovatore, Pagliacci, Cavalleria rusticana, Medea, Andrea Chénier, Madama Butterfly, Suor Angelica, Il tabarro, La fanciulla del West, Turandot, and Tosca.At Carnegie Hall, she has sung Verdi’s, Mozart’s & Faure Requiems, Zanetto, A Gala Concert, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn Mass in time of war, a recital in Weill Recital Hall, and recently, the New York premiere of To Be Afraid of the Dawn. Her recording of Zanettowas released in 2008, and a CD of Mahler songs was released in 2013, both on Elysium Recordings. The last few seasons, she has sung the title role in Cherubini’s Medea & Nedda in I Pagliacci for the Festival of the Aegean. Since last summer, she has performed in New York, Arizona, Catania, Czech Republic, Germany, Vienna, Firenze, as well as working on her new recording “Dramatic Diva’s” coming out the year. Upcoming engagements include concerts in New York and Italy.