February 14 at 7 pm
Opera's Greatest Hits!
Take a beautiful and emotional journey through some of the best and favorite repertoire from operas by Puccini, Verdi, Mozart and others. Featuring soprano, mezzo, tenor and baritone voices in concert. Master of Ceremony Ian Campbell guides the way with insightful context.
Performed Live in Concert Form
VBHS Performing Arts Center
1707 16th Street, 32960
The Artists
Gregory Buchalter, Music Director & Pianist
Ian Campbell, Master of Ceremonies
We will announce the rest of the Artists very soon!
Gregory Buchhalter
Music Director & Concert Pianist
Gregory became Vero Beach Opera's Music Director in 2023. He has been an Assistant Conductor at the MET Opera for many years. In fact, the position of “Maestro di Banda” was created for him there, and he worked extensively with the MET Opera Chorus. At the MET, he prepared several world premieres including John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles, Philip Glass’ The Voyage and John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby. He served as Music Director of Opera Fairbanks and Opera Camerata of Washington. Highlights include conducting Salome at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Die Fledermaus at the Vienna Volksoper, Mozart’s Entführung aus dem Serail at the Spoleto Festival, Cosi fan Tutte with the Mediterranean Opera Festival in Italy, and Eugene Onegin with the New Opera World Festival in Moscow, as well as the American Premieres of Mercadante’s I due Figaro, Von Winter’s Das Labyrinth, and Donizetti’s Olivo e Pasquale in New York, Idomeneo at New England Conservatory, Rigoletto with Opera Orlando, Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire and Tosca for Florida Grand Opera, and he conducted a tour of Madama Butterfly with Opera Lirica d'Europa and with Varna International, where he is Music Director. Recent performances include Pagliacci with Florida Grand Opera, the Mozart Requiem with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra and the Verdi Requiem, Don Giovanni, Hansel and Gretel and La Cenerentola with Varna International.
Ian Campbell
Master of Ceremonies
Ian Campbell has worked in opera for more than 58 years as a singer, stage director, artistic director, broadcaster, lecturer, and company director. He began his career in 1967 in his native Australia as a tenor with Opera Australia, singing a variety of roles through the opening season of the Sydney Opera House. He moved into administration and stage direction in 1974. He has been General Director of The State Opera of South Australia, Assistant Artistic Administrator with the Metropolitan Opera, and for 30 years was General Director and Artistic Director of San Diego Opera He has given master classes around the USA and was a member of the jury for the Marcello Giordani vocal competition with Vero Beach Opera. As the stage director his productions range from Aida and La bohème to Katya Kabanova, Don Quixote, and Murder in the Cathedral. In 2003 his radio program At the Opera with Ian Campbell was honored by the San Diego Press Club with both First Place for a Radio Series and Best in Show for Radio in their annual awards program. The same year he received the Wolfensohn Award from Sydney University Graduates Union North America for services to the community.