La Traviata: Brindisi featuring soloists Karli Sharp, Soprano and Raul Villasenor, Tenor - Verdi

Operafest! An Afternoon at the Opera with the San José Symphonic Choir (SJSC) and Nova Vista Symphony - Music Director, Anthony Quartuccio conducting
June 4, 2023 - McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California.
KARLI SHARP, Soprano, is a music and computer science major at De Anza College. She is a member of several choirs including Vocal Flight, the vocal jazz group, and has performed all over America and Europe. She is currently studying voice with Lisa Vroman, and plans to pursue performance after she graduates.
RAUL VILLASEÑOR, Tenor, is a music major at De Anza College. He was a member of the Los Altos Main Street Singers in high school and has studied at Dominican University. He is currently a member of Vocal Flight, Vintage Singers, and the De Anza Chorale.
Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata: Brindisi
Famously based on Alexandre Dumas’ novel “La Dame aux Camélias”, La Traviata is set in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century, and tells the story of a consumptive courtesan who sacrifices her happiness for her lover’s well-being. The opera opens with a lavish party at the house of a fashionable courtesan, Violetta. Alfredo, a young provincial who has admired Violetta from afar, is completely captivated by her, and together with the chorus of party- goers they sing the famous Brindisi, a celebration of the pleasures of youth and happiness.
This unforgettable afternoon of breathtaking music and soaring voices showcases some of the most beloved opera choruses ever written, performed by an exceptional group of musicians featuring San Jose Symphonic Choir, De Anza College Chorale and Vintage Singers under the direction of IIan Glassman, DMA, Conductor. Soloists Soprano Karli Sharp, Mezzo Soprano IIaria Sacchi and Tenor Raul Villasenor under the direction of Anthony Quartuccio, Music Director - Nova Vista Symphony.