Joseph R. Pucciatti, Artistic Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jerrold C. Kalstein, President
CONTACT: Sandra M. Pucciatti
(609) 581-9551
* BOHEME OPERA NJ FEATURES DELPHI CAROLERS *
GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE EAST GALLERY THIRD ANNUAL HOLIDAY EVENT
Boheme Opera NJ shares a nostalgic holiday evening when it presents The Delphi Carolers, a
costumed quartet who will bring their a cappella singing style to the Grounds For Sculpture
East Gallery on Friday, December 12 at 7:00pm. The Boheme Opera Chorus is making a
cameo appearance with Chorus Master Brittany Montoro. This is the third annual holiday
event to be hosted by Boheme Opera NJ at the iconic sculpture venue.
Christmas Memories of Bygone Years: A Good Ole-Fashioned Holiday in Carol and Song
will feature traditional English carols, highlighting the King’s College sound and other wellknown settings. Some English-style titles to be performed include The Boar’s Head, Lo How a
Rose, The Holly & The Ivy and Away in a Manger. Other carols offered will be American-based
and jazz-inspired by such arrangers as Kirby Shaw and Alfred Burt, as well as Southern and
folk styles, heard in such carols as Go Tell It on the Mountain and I Wonder as I Wander.
Starring members of The Delphi Carolers are soprano Eve Edwards, who has performed
extensively in the mid-Atlantic region in over forty leading roles of opera and oratorio; mezzosoprano Maja Lisa FritzHuspen, a busy performer in opera, oratorio and operetta in the
Northeastern US; tenor Peter de Mets, who is active as a freelance composer, conductor and
tenor soloist in the Central Jersey and Pennsylvania region; and bass Martin Hargrove, who
has performed Opera, Musical Theater, and Concerts throughout the US, Europe, and Canada.
Each singer will perform a solo carol accompanied at the GFS Petrof grand piano by BONJ
Managing Director Sandra Milstein-Pucciatti. A holiday sing-a-long will close the program.
The event is free with paid admission to Grounds For Sculpture and admission after 6pm is
reduced to $6 pp. Payment is made in the Welcome Center, where the newly-opened Van Gogh
Café offers French-inspired street food, coffee bar, craft beer and wine and will remain open
until 7:45pm on December 12.
For 25 consecutive seasons, Boheme Opera NJ has presented an amazing art form that has
collectively touched the lives of thousands in Mercer County and surrounding regions. Boheme
offers career opportunities to talented singers, designers, directors and musicians, while
enriching its market region with entertaining and inspiring experiences.
Upcoming Boheme Opera events include Love’s Music from the Opera Stage on Thursday,
January 15-7:30pm at Princeton’s Richardson Auditorium, and a fully-staged new production
of Puccini’s La Boheme on Friday, April 24-8pm and Sunday, April 26-4pm at Kendall Main
Stage Theater, The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ.
Boheme Opera programming is funded in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/
Dept. of State and Roma Bank Community Foundation.
For more information about this event, visit http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/Events/ChristmasMemories-of-Bygone-Years-A-Holiday-in-Carol-and-Song
PO Box 4157 ▪ Trenton, NJ 08610 ▪ (609) 581-9551 ▪ www.bohemeopera.com