February 8 at 7 pm
LOVE IS TIMELESS
A BEST OF BROADWAY & OPERA CONCERT
MARIA ALEIDA, coloratura soprano
EDUARDO SALLES, tenor
ROBERTO BERROCAL, piano
IAN CAMPBELL, master of ceremonies
With music from West Side Story, Carousel, The Barber of Seville, Gianni Schicchi, Phantom of the Opera
and more!
Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center
1707 16th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960
Maria Aleida on tour with Andrea Bocelli
FROM ANDREA BOCELLI'S FACEBOOK: "Maria Aleida is a formidable Cuban soprano, a real phenomenon who has become a worldwide success. We have already toured together a number of times, and her voice has always elevated each concert. Her talent never fails to enchant, winning over audiences and critics alike, especially thanks to her soaring higher register."
MARIA ALEIDA
Coloratura soprano
Cuban-born soprano Maria Aleida is enjoying a successful international career as a high-coloratura soprano singing opera and concert engagements in theaters, stadiums, and arenas around the world. Her impressively high and easy singing has been lauded by critics as “stratospheric,” with “laser-like precision,” and “seemingly unlimited above the staff.” As a regular guest soloist alongside world-famous tenor Andrea Bocelli since 2011, Maria Aleida has toured internationally to sold-out concerts in Saudi Arabia, Australia, The United Kingdom, Macau, and throughout the continents of North America, South America, and Europe. In 2023, Maria Aleida joined tenor Andrea Bocelli in several concert tours in Mexico, Portugal, Spain, and Poland. In 2024 Maria Aleida will join tenor Marcelo Alvarez in a recital at the Royal Opera of Wallonia in Liege, Belgium.
EDUARDO SALLES
Tenor
Edward moved to the United States from Cuba in 2021 and has since performed in private events and concerts at Fischer Island, St. Hugh Catholic Church Steinway Concert Series, Museo of Cuban Diaspora, Miami Beach Convention Center, and Miami Dade County Auditorium. In 2023, he received master classes from international renowned Mexican American tenor, Arturo Chacon Cruz. He later participated in a concert alongside Arturo Chacon Cruz at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Edward has performed and sung opera excerpts from I Pagliacci and Rigoletto in concert version with orchestra. He has worked in many theatrical productions, as well as operas, zarzuelas, and operettas. At present, Edward continues to train his voice with acclaimed opera voice coach and Vero Beach Opera's Artistic Consultant, Manny Perez. He has recently been preparing for the role of Phantom in the Phantom of the Opera.
Roberto Berrocal
Pianist
Basque pianist Roberto Berrocal's distinctive career is manifest in his extensive work with singers, his commitment to cultural exchange and community outreach, and his entrepreneurial spirit. Mr. Berrocal collaborates regularly with internationally acclaimed singers Latonia Moore, Sonya Yoncheva, Arturo Chacon-Cruz, Eglise Gutierrez, Maria Aleida, Megan Moore, and Martin Nusspaumer among others. His many collaborations have brought him to distinguished places such as Los Angeles Opera, Forth Worth Opera, Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, the Cervantino Festival in Mexico and the Tucson Art Song Festival. He works extensively as a coach both privately and at institutions such as Florida Grand Opera and New World School of the Arts, as well as at Miami Music Festival where he curates and coaches the Zarzuela program each summer. An ambassador for Spanish culture in the United States, Mr. Berrocal was recently knighted by the King of Spain. Committed to building and inspiring community through the arts, Mr. Berrocal is the founder and Artist Director of the St Hugh - Steinway Concert Series in Miami, Florida. lt brings the finest vocalists and instrumentalists to Miami, and has received great critical acclaim over its ten years, including a nomination to Miami's best classical concert of the year. The series has raised monies benefitting community initiatives both in Miami and abroad. Active also as a solo pianist, Mr. Berrocal has appeared with orchestras in Europe, South America, and the United States, with notable recent performances including Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the Costa Bica National Symphony, Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto at the New World Center, and a solo recital at the Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao.
Ian Campbell
Master of Ceremonies
Ian Campbell has worked in opera for more than fifty-five 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 in the Sydney Opera House, appearing in Der Rosenkavalier, Tannhäuser, Otello, The Rake’s Progress and Un ballo in maschera among many other operas. He moved into administration and stage direction in 1974, but returned to the stage as Ambrogio in The Barber of Seville with Florida Grand Opera in April 2023. He has been General Director of The State Opera of South Australia, Assistant Artistic Administrator with the MET Opera, and for thirty years was General Director and Artistic Director of San Diego Opera. He has given master classes around the USA and Australia including at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, San Diego State University, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the University of Denver. He chaired the jury for the Metropolitan Opera Auditions at the Sydney Opera House and was a member of the jury for the Marcello Giordani Vocal Competition with Vero Beach Opera. As a stage director his productions include Falstaff, Katya Kabanova, Tosca, Don Quichotte, Murder in the Cathedral, La traviata, Il trovatore and La Bohème for San Diego Opera, The Tales of Hoffmann and La Bohème for the State Opera of South Australia, and Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci for Opera Santa Barbara. He directed Terrence McNally’s play Master Class for Opera Orlando in 2015. He was a member of the faculty for Martina Arroyo’s young artist program, Prelude to Performance, in New York in 2016, 2017 and 2018 directing La Bohème, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi and Falstaff. He directed Aida for Opera Idaho in 2019. For more than twenty years his weekly radio program At the Opera with Ian Campbell was heard in San Diego. In 2003 the San Diego Press Club honored him 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. In 2024, for our Opera Studies program partnership with the Vero Beach Museum of Art, he presented a lecture called Aida, Verdi & Egypt: Sifting through the sands of time. His next lecture, La bohème and Puccini - the search for a libretto, is March 2, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. at the Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Performance Space
We perform at the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center, located at 1707 16th Street, Vero Beach, Florida 32960. The venue seats approximately 1,000 and is handicap-equipped.