Elko Community Concert Association presents:

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performing in Elko on
Tuesday,
September 14, 2010

Soprano Sherri Seiden, known for her sparkling voice, has graced stages across four continents. A versatile and multi-faceted artist, Ms. Seiden has performed effortlessly in the genres of opera, concert, and musical theater. Her first CD of operetta highlights, Lover Come Back, was recorded with the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by Peter McCoppin. It will be released in 2009.

2009 engagements included March and November performances with the National Philharmonic in Washington, D.C. with a program that includes Mozart's Requiem, Bach's Cantata #51, Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, and Mendelssohn's Symphony #2, conductor Stan Entgebretson and Predrag Gosta. In April 2009, she performed as soloist at the Horatio Alger Awards, hosted by Denzel Washington at Constitutional Hall in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Seiden made her Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist in the Brahms and Rutter Requiems, conducted by John Rutter. With much success, Ms. Seiden and Mr. Rutter were reunited for an encore performance in 2008. Regarding Ms. Seiden's performance, Mr. Rutter was quoted as saying, "With confidence and secure technique, Ms. Seiden filled the hall with a serenely beautiful sound much admired by choristers and audience alike."

Other opera performances include Stella in Andre Previn's A Street Car Named Desire at the Tennessee Williams Festival in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Jake Heggie's At the Statue of Venus with the Capital City Opera in Atlanta, Georgia, Rosina in The Barber of Seville with Florida's Treasure Coast Opera and Amor in Gluck's Orfeo with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera.

Concert appearances include a nationally televised solo performance in Shenyang, China with the Liaoning Symphony; Carnegie Weill Recital Hall; Attila Glatz Concerts New Year's Day 2007; the Greenville Symphony Orchestra and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, both conducted by Edvard Tchivzhel; Mozart Requiem with the Elysium Chamber Orchestra; and gala concerts with the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada, conducted by Boris Brott.

As an original cast member of the First National Touring Company of the Broadway show Beauty and the Beast, Sherri also had the opportunity to perform the role of Christine in the European tour of Phantom.

Ms. Seiden completed a post-graduate program with the University of Toronto's Opera Division, received a Bachelor of Music degree from the Boston Conservatory of Music, and also trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.

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Classic American baritone, Daniel Narducci is a multi-faceted artist whose talents have been captured through live stage presentations, recordings, documentaries, and television. Since his professional debut with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the direction of Erich Kunzel, Mr. Narducci has appeared with many of the world's most prestigious orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Naples Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Houston Symphony, and the Detroit Symphony. He has appeared regularly as a guest artist at many popular summer music venues throughout North America, including the Wolf Trap, Ravinia, Blossom, Saratoga, and Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festivals.

Mr. Narducci's television appearances have reached audiences worldwide. His historic performance with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was filmed for nationwide broadcast in China. Mr. Narducci's other television appearances include co-starring with Frederica von Stade and the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra in a program broadcast internationally by PBS, entitled Pops at the Phil: A Century of Broadway. He also appeared with Judy Kaye in the BBC television documentary Kurt Weill in America: I'm a Stranger Here Myself.

On the operatic stage, Daniel Narducci's recent appearances include Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with the Canton Symphony, Silvio in I Pagliacci with Opera Santa Barbara, Mercutio in Gounod's Roméo Et Juliette with the Cleveland Opera, and Escamillo in Carmen with the Indianapolis Opera. He has portrayed Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Marcello in La Bohème, Figaro in Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, Guglielmo in Così Fan Tutte, and Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore with the opera companies of Washington, New Orleans, Central City, Palm Beach, Kentucky, Nashville, Fresno, and Hawaii.

Daniel Narducci's combined talents have been seen on operetta and musical theatre stages throughout North America and Europe. He made his New York City debut at Alice Tully Hall with the Collegiate Chorale under the direction of Robert Bass in An Evening of American Operetta. Mr. Narducci played the role of Lancelot during two national tours of Camelot, most notably opposite Robert Goulet's King Arthur, and portrayed Old Deuteronomy in the 10th anniversary production of Cats in Hamburg, Germany. In Cleveland Opera's production of Sweeney Todd, he appeared as Anthony Hope. Mr. Narducci's additional credits include Jim Kenyon in Rose Marie with the Central City Opera, Count Danilo in The Merry Widow with the Chautauqua Opera and Cincinnati Symphony, and Strephon in Cleveland Opera's production of Iolanthe.

An increasingly active recording artist, Daniel Narducci sang the role of Captain Hook on the world premiere recording of Leonard Bernstein's Peter Pan. This complete version of the musical co-stars Linda Eder, and was released by Koch International Records. Mr. Narducci's debut recording, Timeless Broadway, appears on the Archaeus Records label, and a solo Christmas CD entitled Christmas Once More, a collection of classical and traditional songs, is his most recent release. Daniel Narducci is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music.