Soprano Martina Arroyo to be interviewed on The Opera Diva Series May 30, 11 a.m. on BlogTalk Radio

May 28, 2012 - PRLog -- The Opera Diva Series, hosted by Patrick D. McCoy on BlogTalk Radio will welcome the legendary Metropolitan Opera soprano Martina Arroyo as a guest on The Opera Diva Series, This series pays homage to past and present divas of the operatic stage.  Singers who have appeared on the series include sopranos Carmen Balthrop, Christine Brewer, Marquita Lister, Nicole Cabell, Elizabeth Futral, Angela Brown, Sarah Coburn and mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung.  In 2010, Ms. Arroyo received the NEA Opera Honor and just recently was bestowed an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts by the Rutgers University.

Ms. Arroyo joins the broadcast to discuss the upcoming initiative of the Martina Arroyo Foundation, 'Prelude to Performance."  The program gives selected singers opportunity to prepare the complete interpretation of operatic roles in furtherance of the objectives of the Foundation. The program will focus on the preparation of an entire role, culminating in the performance(s) of a select opera(s).

ABOUT MARTINA ARROYO:

For a generation, from the stages of the world's most prestigious opera houses — New York's Metropolitan Opera, the Paris Opera, London's Covent Garden, Milan's La Scala, the Vienna State Opera and the Buenos Aires Teatro Colón — to the concert halls of Salzburg, Berlin, Rome, Paris and New York, the name of Martina Arroyo has been synonymous with music making of the highest order.

Famous for her interpretations of Verdi, Puccini, Strauss and Mozart, Ms. Arroyo has had the honor of three opening night performances at the Metropolitan Opera, two of them in consecutive seasons. At ease with contemporary music, she has premiered works of William Bolcom and Carlo Franci and was chosen to present the world premiere of Samuel Barber's Andromache's Farewell as well as Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Momente. She later recorded both pieces and performed them throughout the United States and Europe.

TUNE IN WEDNEDSAY, MAY 30, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.
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