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Ron
De Fesi, basso cantante, has sung over sixty roles in
eight languages and won critical acclaim for his comic and
dramatic portrayals. Mr. De Fesi studied voice with Thomas
Cultice, Louis Quilico, Mignon Dunn and Armen Boyajian. He
recently appeared at Carnegie Hall in the American premier of
Boieldieu's La Dame Blanche with the Opera Orchestra of
New York, with whom he also appeared in Wagner's Rienzi and
Donizetti's Il Duca d'Alba. He appeared in the New
York premier of Robert Ward's Abelard and Heloise at New
York City Center and sang in the world premier of Harold
Farberman's The Losers with the American Opera
Center. He has appeared throughout the United States with
numerous opera companies, choruses and orchestras as well as
having sung in South America, Germany and Israel. He has
worked with such notable stage directors as George London, John
Houseman, Michael Cacoyanos and Nicholas Muni, and conductors
Eve Queler, James Conlon, Julius Rudel and Thomas Schippers.
Roles include Olin Blitch in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, Colline
(La Boheme), Dulcamara (L'Elisir d'Amore), Mustafa
(L'Italiana in Algeri), Mephistopheles (Faust), Figaro
(Le Nozze di Figaro), the four Villains (Les Contes
d'Hoffmann), Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Giovanni
and Leporello (Don Giovanni), Frere Laurent (Romeo et
Juliet), Melitone (La Forza del Destino), Fiesco (Simon
Boccanegra), Zaccharia (Nabucco), Sulpice (La
Fille du Regiment), to mention a few. Of his New York
City debut in Cherubini's The Water Carrier, Andrew
Porter of the New Yorker Magazine wrote, "Ron De
Fesi, in the title role, played the folk hero with charm,
naturralness and candor. His singing was warm, unaffected
and lively." Backstage called his voice
"powerful, but golden-toned". The New York
Times said his voice "...always commanded power and
resonance". And Opera News noted "...the
sonorous basso of Ron De Fesi". Last season he added
the role of Phillip II in Verdi's Don Carlo to his
repertoire with performances at New York's Merkin Concert Hall,
and he recently finished performances as Ferrando in Verdi's Il
Trovatore. De Fesi serves as Artistic Director and
Principal Conductor of Hudson Opera Theater in New Jersey and
Delaware Valley Opera in New York and his conducting and
directing credits are equally long and comprehensive. He
studied conducting under the baton of world-renowned conductor,
Sixten Ehrling, as well as with Emanuel Ballaban, Jack
Kreiselman and Warren Brown. He has been the principal conductor
of the Family Opera Association of New Jersey as well. In
addition, Mr. De Fesi has conducted and/or directed numerous
plays and musicals throughout the region. In the classical
repertoire, he has conducted concerts, operas and operettas in
and around the Tri-State region for a number of companies
including the Tri-State Regional Opera, the Taconic Opera, the
Hudson Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society, The Sussex
Symphony, Delaware Valley Opera, The Nassau Lyric Opera, The
Manhasset Bay Opera, The Korean Opera Society/Bronx Lyric Opera
and numerous churches and oratorio societies. Last season, he
led performances of Rossini’s La Cenerentola for the
Taconic Opera having conducted Il Barbière di Siviglia
for them in 1998 in that company’s first season. He conducted
performances of The Magic Flute, Tosca, Faust and The
Barber of Seville for Hudson Opera Theatre in their second
season as resident company at the Williams Center in Rutherford,
New Jersey and, in addition, this past summer, he led
performances of Le Nozze di Figaro for the Delaware
Valley Opera. This season, in addition to performances of Hansel
& Gretel, Lucia di Lammermoor, Il Trittico and Carmen
for Hudson Opera Theatre, he conducted performances of Moulin
Rouge, Scheherezade and Carnevale di Venezia
for the Ballet Company of Westchester. And, as newly appointed
Artistic Director of the Delaware Valley Opera, he directed and
conduct performances of Peter Brook’s La Tragédie de
Carmen and Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld
this summer.
This season, in a rare tour de force,
he conducted the first two operas of Il Trittico, Il Tabarro and
Suor Angelica, and sang the title role in the third, Gianni
Schicchi.
Right: Sarastro tells Pamina (Jacqueline
Quirk) that the Temple is a place of truth and peace.
Ron
De Fesi, basso cantante, has sung over sixty roles in
eight languages and won critical acclaim for his comic and
dramatic portrayals. Mr. De Fesi studied voice with Thomas
Cultice, Louis Quilico, Mignon Dunn and Armen Boyajian. He
recently appeared at Carnegie Hall in the American premier of
Boieldieu's La Dame Blanche with the Opera Orchestra of
New York, with whom he also appeared in Wagner's Rienzi and
Donizetti's Il Duca d'Alba. He appeared in the New
York premier of Robert Ward's Abelard and Heloise at New
York City Center and sang in the world premier of Harold
Farberman's The Losers with the American Opera
Center. He has appeared throughout the United States with
numerous opera companies, choruses and orchestras as well as
having sung in South America, Germany and Israel. He has
worked with such notable stage directors as George London, John
Houseman, Michael Cacoyanos and Nicholas Muni, and conductors
Eve Queler, James Conlon, Julius Rudel and Thomas Schippers.
Roles include Olin Blitch in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, Colline
(La Boheme), Dulcamara (L'Elisir d'Amore), Mustafa
(L'Italiana in Algeri), Mephistopheles (Faust), Figaro
(Le Nozze di Figaro), the four Villains (Les Contes
d'Hoffmann), Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Giovanni
and Leporello (Don Giovanni), Frere Laurent (Romeo et
Juliet), Melitone (La Forza del Destino), Fiesco (Simon
Boccanegra), Zaccharia (Nabucco), Sulpice (La
Fille du Regiment), to mention a few. Of his New York
City debut in Cherubini's The Water Carrier, Andrew
Porter of the New Yorker Magazine wrote, "Ron De
Fesi, in the title role, played the folk hero with charm,
naturralness and candor. His singing was warm, unaffected
and lively." Backstage called his voice
"powerful, but golden-toned". The New York
Times said his voice "...always commanded power and
resonance". And Opera News noted "...the
sonorous basso of Ron De Fesi". Last season he added
the role of Phillip II in Verdi's Don Carlo to his
repertoire with performances at New York's Merkin Concert Hall,
and he recently finished performances as Ferrando in Verdi's Il
Trovatore. De Fesi serves as Artistic Director and
Principal Conductor of Hudson Opera Theater in New Jersey and
Delaware Valley Opera in New York and his conducting and
directing credits are equally long and comprehensive. He
studied conducting under the baton of world-renowned conductor,
Sixten Ehrling, as well as with Emanuel Ballaban, Jack
Kreiselman and Warren Brown. He has been the principal conductor
of the Family Opera Association of New Jersey as well. In
addition, Mr. De Fesi has conducted and/or directed numerous
plays and musicals throughout the region. In the classical
repertoire, he has conducted concerts, operas and operettas in
and around the Tri-State region for a number of companies
including the Tri-State Regional Opera, the Taconic Opera, the
Hudson Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society, The Sussex
Symphony, Delaware Valley Opera, The Nassau Lyric Opera, The
Manhasset Bay Opera, The Korean Opera Society/Bronx Lyric Opera
and numerous churches and oratorio societies. Last season, he
led performances of Rossini’s La Cenerentola for the
Taconic Opera having conducted Il Barbière di Siviglia
for them in 1998 in that company’s first season. He conducted
performances of The Magic Flute, Tosca, Faust and The
Barber of Seville for Hudson Opera Theatre in their second
season as resident company at the Williams Center in Rutherford,
New Jersey and, in addition, this past summer, he led
performances of Le Nozze di Figaro for the Delaware
Valley Opera. This season, in addition to performances of Hansel
& Gretel, Lucia di Lammermoor, Il Trittico and Carmen
for Hudson Opera Theatre, he conducted performances of Moulin
Rouge, Scheherezade and Carnevale di Venezia
for the Ballet Company of Westchester. And, as newly appointed
Artistic Director of the Delaware Valley Opera, he directed and
conduct performances of Peter Brook’s La Tragédie de
Carmen and Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld
this summer.
