Opera Saratoga’s America Sings presents tenor César Andrés Parreño

Opera Saratoga's America Sings series continues with “Latinidad: a Tour of South America” featuring César Andrés Parreño, tenor with Liza Armistead, piano performing a potpourri of South American art songs at Caffè Lena. The concert features a potpourri of South American art songs. Travel with composers from Ponce, Guastavino, Guevara, Violeta Parra, Chía Patiño, Santoro, Villa-Lobos and Ginastera. Tenor César Andrés Parreño is a native of Manabí, Ecuador. In early 2020, Parreño made his Peter Jay Sharp Theater soloist debut in NYFOS@Juilliard, and has performed in two other NYFOS concerts since. In 2021, Parreño made his Juilliard Orchestra soloist debut on Stravinsky’s Pulcinella conducted by Barbara Hannigan. Last season at Juilliard, Parreño starred as Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress and sung Momo in Luigi Rossi’s L’Orfeo with Juilliard 415. In 2022, Parreño became an alumni of the Schwab Vocal Rising Stars program, a week long residency at Caramoor focused on song repertoire, concluding with a concert at Merkin Hall, in New York City. In the summer, as a Gerdine Young Artist, Parreño made his debut with Opera Theater of Saint Louis as Le Remendado in Bizet’s Carmen and later that portraying Dr. Caius in Verdi’s Falstaff with Aspen Music Festival with Bryn Tefel as the title role. While at Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Parreño stepped into the role of Dan White in the world premiere of Stewart Wallace’s Harvey Milk: Reimagined for 5 out of 6 performances. He also received the Elihu Hyndman Memorial Award from Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. In February 2023, César became an inaugural winner of the Duncan Williams Voice Competition in the Emerging Artist division. This spring at Juilliard, Parreño will debut as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, under the baton of Daniela Candillari. This coming summer season, Parreño will return to Opera theater of Saint Louis with the role of Elder Hayes in Susannah and then to Aspen as a Renée Fleming fellow. In Aspen, Parreño will perform as Gen Watanabe in Jimmy Lopez’ Bel Canto and also as Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno in Idomeneo, with Matthew Polenzani as the title role. César Andrés Parreño is a proud Kovner Fellow in Darrell Babidge’s studio at Juilliard, where he is the first Ecuadorian to ever attend the institution. Liza Armistead is a pianist from Virginia who is currently based in New York City. She graduated from The Juilliard School in 2022 with a degree in Collaborative Piano under Lydia Brown and Jonathan Feldman. Upon graduation, she was selected as the recipient of the generous Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship for demonstrating “tremendous talent, promise, creativity, and potential to make a significant impact on the performing arts.'' Liza now holds the Piano Fellow position at Juilliard where she has the pleasure of rehearsing, coaching and performing operas with students of the Vocal Arts program. Notable operas include Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, Nicolai’s Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, and Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor and La Clemenza di Tito. Other notable positions include vocal coach at the Chautauqua Conservatory and studio artist at Renée Fleming’s Song Studio in 2021 and 2022. Liza made her solo debut in Carnegie Hall at the age of sixteen, and since has gone on to perform as a solo and collaborative pianist in venues in NYC, Washington D.C., Vienna, Salzburg, Oxford, London, and Paris.

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