to perform in recital at the first annual Musical Festival in , . In April of 2007, Simon made his Carnegie Hall debut as soloist in Haydn's Mass in Time of War. Last season, the busy tenor debuted with Singapore Lyric as Rodolfo in La Boheme and will soon embark on a national tour as Caiaf in World Classical Performing Arts Society's production of Turandot. fOR PfftfORMIHO flRTS Governors State University Kenneth Smith, piano This highly sought after vocal coach and presents accompanist has been the winner of various awards from the New Orleans Philharmonic Society and the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale competitions. Maestro Smith's performances as soloist and The Other accompanist have taken him across the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan and Central America. In addition to his role as music director with Da Corneto Opera and Opera Theatre North, he has been principal coach for the Bel Canto Foundation and the St. Charles International Music Festival. At University of Missouri, Maestro Smith spent five years as Assistant Professor of Piano and for the past two decades has served as an official accompanist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. In 1995 he began his association with the Arcadia Music Foundation of Ashiya, Japan. Maestro Smith currently serves on the staff of Northwestern University's School of Music.

Sunday. January 30. 2011 The use of photography or recording equipment of any kind during performances is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all cell phones. Thank you! Franco Martorana The Other 3 Born in Geneva, Switzerland to Sicilian parents, Franco Martorana Since joining forces in 2001, the trio of Warren Moulton, Franco Martorana •was born to be a tenor. Franco's father..also a tenor...raised the and Simon Kyung Lee, a.k.a. The Other 3 Tenors has been playing to capacity youngster on the recordings of the great Italian tenors of the past and taught his son folksongs of his native region. The Martoranas crowds in such venues as The Arcada Theater in St. Charles, IL, The Sandwich immigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago, where Opera House, Beloit College, The Taylor Street Festa Italians in Chicago, The Franco received his education. During his teen years, the aspiring Onesti Dinner Club, The Beverly Arts Center, Chicago's Festa Pasta Vino, divp began to receive a good deal of attention for his natural tenor Taste of Melrose Park, and The Acorn Theater in 3 Oaks, MI. Combining theater (voice. Following a number of well received recitals in his community, Franco made his operatic stage debut as Camille in shaking voices with side splitting humor, this trio creates a program like no Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow for Chicago s Lincoln Opera. While other. "The 3 Tenors meet the 3 Stooges", is the way one recent concertgoer I cutting his operatic teeth at Lincoln Opera, he journeyed to Germany put it. With their combined experience on the opera stage and concert platform with the company for a series of performances of scenes and ensembles from La Boheme, and La Traviata. After returning to the States, Franco had the opportunity as well as radio and television, this talented triumvirate takes you on a veritable to meet 's teacher, Arrigo Pola, during the maestro's visit to Chicago. After musical tour of the world, with everything from operatic and musical theater a brief period of study with Pola, the young tenor was awarded a scholarship to University of standards to Korean folksong*. Viennese waltzes, French cabaret favorites, Oklahoma, where he spent the next few years working with some the country's top voice Spanish melodies, Irish ballads ald,Neap8ljtan love songs, with a Yiddish lullaby teachers and coaches, including Paul Kiesgen and John Wustman. Franco then returned to Chicago, where he was accepted into the chorus of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. One of the thrown in for good measure! Hot| Warrer%Moulton and fellow tenors Franco highlights of Franco's tenure with Lyric happened in December of 1994 when he was chosen Martorana and Simon Kyung Lee raise the rafters with beautiful harmonies and to sing the role of the Messenger in a production Verdi's A'ida under Maestro Bruno Bartoletti. uproarious laughter. The Other 3 Tenors...-an unforgettable evening of high notes In 1997, he was invited to sing the roles of Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata and Turiddu in and hijinks! Mascagni's Cavalier/a Rusticana for Zwei-Groschen-Oper in Humbach, Germany under . i the direction of Nicholas di Virgilio. In 2007, Franco debuted with Chamber Opera of Chicago as Michele in The Saint of Bleecker Street during the company's tribute to the late Gian Warren Mouiton * Carlo Menotti. During the past few seasons, Franco has appeared with Bellissima Opera in Chicago tenor, actor, comic, writer and raconteur Warren Mou[ton their productions of La Traviata and Madama Butterfly. This golden voiced tenor also has has left his mark on over 50 leading and character roles in opera well deserved reputation for his interpretations of classic Italian and Neapolitan songs. and operetta during the past two decades. Known to audiences for putting a light touch on the classics, Warren has performed in I Simon Kyung Lee productions of La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Gianni Sshicchi, Although he happens to be the youngest member of this tenorial Falstaff, , Cos/ fan Tutte, Lucia di -Lamneynoor, La trio, Simon Kyung Lee has a performing career that dates back Favorita, The Barber of Seville, Romeo and Juliet, ArisdrieaufNaxos, some three decades! This former child star made appearances in Ulncoronazione di Poppea, The Count of Luxembourg' The Merry two major motion pictures in his native Korea before the idea of Widpw, Die Fledermaus, A Waltz Dream, Candide, Knickerbocker singing opera ever entered his head. As is so often the case with Holiday, The Desert Song, Babes in Toy/and, Amahl and the Night child stars, Simon found that his film career was over by the time he Visitors and others. This multi faceted tenor has frequently been reached the ripe old age of seven. After an uneventful childhood Chicago Opera Theater, Glimmerglass Opera, Pamiro Opera, and adolescence, Simon once again found himself bitten by the Chicago Chamber Opete, Madison Opera, Light Opera Works, Du Page Opera, Muddy performing bug. This time the bug was musical and Simon took up River Opera, Lintol tfOpera and Da Corneto Opera. After a few false starts as a cartoonist, vocal studies at Dong Eui University in his hometown of Busan. After country western mu?k;ian,