LUCINE
AMARA, Artistic Director
"An American success story." Ms. Amara of Armenian heritage grew up
in San Francisco. Her great name has become synonymous with the
Metropolitan Opera. After only one year of voice training, she was
accepted in the San Francisco Opera Chorus as a CONTRALTO!
Three years later she became a dramatic soprano singing the title
role of Ariadne auf Naxos and Lady Billows in the opera Albert
Herring. Shortly thereafter, Ms. Amara joined the Metropolitan Opera
singing 882 onstage performances, 5 opening nights, 9 new
productions, 57 radio broadcasts and, incredibly, 56 roles! Ms.
Amara appeared in the movie The Great Caruso with Mario Lanza and
has made various recordings including Pagliacci with Franco Corelli
and Richard Tucker. Lucine Amara's credits are so mind-boggling it
is easier to say: she has performed in 33 opera houses and with 25
symphony orchestras throughout the United States. To top that, she
has appeared in 21 foreign countries such as China, Japan, Armenia,
and Russia. She is said to be the only leading vocal artist to go to
Russia without going through the State Department.
Ms. Amara has sung over 1000 operatic performances in her career.
Her name appears in music dictionaries, Who's Who directories and
music encyclopedias throughout the world. In 1988 Ms. Amara
performed at a Master Class in Yugoslavia conducted by her late
voice/drama teacher/manager, Dr. Professor Bobbi Tillander. She is
always in demand in the “Masterclass” world and currently gives
classes throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. To sum up LUCINE
AMARA--Time Magazine states "She brought to the stage the kind of
dazzling vocal splendor that made the Met famous..."LUCINE AMARA is
a "SUPER STAR" by longevity; a phenomenal vocal and dramatic artist
of the highest order.
ANTHONY
MORSS · Music Director and Principal Conductor
Born in Boston he later studied at the New England Conservatory and
the National Orchestra Association in New York. While a student he
was chosen by Leopold Stokowski as his Choral Master/Associate
Conductor with the Symphony of the Air. This success led to the
position of Chorus Master of the American Opera Center at Juilliard,
Music Director of the Majorca and Saragossa Symphonies in Spain
followed by the Norwalk Symphony in the USA. Maestro Morss has guest
conducted the Madrid, Barcelona, Marseille, Cape Town Symphonies,
and Tampa Bay Opera, New York Lyric Opera, National Grand Opera,
among many others.
In 1976 he conducted the American Premiere of Massenet's Marie
Magdeleine with Regine Crespin in Avery Fisher Hall. He led the 1978
Tosca production of the Marseille Opera with Marton, Aragall and
Wixell. At Tully Hall in 1990 he conducted a concert version of
Fidelio with original instruments, the first such performance of
standard repertory opera in New York.
In addition to his symphonic posts, Mr. Morss has served as Music
Director for the New York State Opera Company, Verismo Opera, The
Maine Opera, Asociacion Pro-Zarzuela en America, Eastern Opera
Theater of New York, and Lubo Opera Company of New Jersey, a post he
still holds. Maestro Morss was appointed NJAVO’s Music Director and
Principal Conductor in 1995.
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