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2024
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Sunday, April 28, 2024 3:00 pm	Anthracite Opera Company presents: "It's Spring! Love is in the Air"	St. Peter's Lutheran Church 1000 Taylor Ave & Ash Street Scranton, PA
Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the Anthracite Opera Company troupe performing classcial song and operatic arias with a spring theme. Julie will sing a R. Strauss song and a song by Rachmaninov with solo violinist Mark Woodyatt. Master of Ceremonies is Clark Luis and pianist Linda Houck leading a small ensemble of instrumentalists. Tickets $16 donation, available at the door.
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Sunday, June 9, 2024 4:00 pm	The Rossetti Foundation for the Arts & Culture presents: "Classical Songs of Spain" with soprano Julie Ziavras and pianist Steve Margoshes"	The Rossetti Estate 1005 Vine Street Scranton,PA 18510
Soprano Julie Ziavras will present a program of songs by some of the most prominent and beloved classical composers of Spain. The repertory reflects the influence of Spanish folk and flamenco music on de Falla, Granados, Albeniz, Mompou, Montsalvatge and others. Their works celebrate Andalusia, the southern region of Spain and the birthplace of flamenco. Julie is accompanied by renowned pianist, composer and orchestrator Steve Margoshes on the piano. There will be a special guest appearance by soprano Anne Marie Dupre. There will be a special catered Spanish meal and wine served before the concert. There is limited space, so reserve your seats early. For tickets and more information call The Rossetti Estate at 570-445-3610. More information to come.
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Sunday, June 30, 2024 4:00 pm	The Rossetti Foundation for the Arts & Culture presents: "An evening of opera and Broadway"	The Rossetti Estate 1005 Vine Street Scranton,PA 18510
Soprano Julie Ziavras will join a troupe of singers performing selections from opera and Broadway musicals under the artistic direction of Anne Marie Dupre. More about the program to be announced.
2023
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Sunday, April 30, 2023 3:00 pm	Classical recital with soprano Julie Ziavras "A Celebration of Spring!"	Montgomery Senior Center 136 Bridge Street Montgomery, NY
Soprano Julie Ziavras and pianist/composer Steve Margoshes share the stage to launch a new concert series with songs celebrating spring and young love. Julie Ziavras, described by the New York Times as "an estimable vocalist' and Steve Margoshes, pianist, Broadway composer and orchestrator (Fame, The Musical), present a program of classical song and Steve's original compositions. Works featured are in six languages and include Mahler, Faure, Duparc, Mompou, Grieg, Theodorakis, Jerome Kern, Gershwin and a new song Steve has composed to the poetry of e.e. Cummings to be premiered by Julie in this concert. This inaugural concert of the Arthur Patchett Memorial Music Series is presented by the Wallkill River Center for the Arts (formerly the Wallkill River School), with proceeds to benefit the Wallkill River Center for the Arts and The Chris Farlekas Legacy Fund. Tickets available online or cash or credit at the door. $20 suggested donation. Online tickets: https://www.wallkillriverschool.com/event/concert-julie-ziavras-steve-margoshes Information: info@wallkill.art
2020
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Saturday, February 29, 2020 7:30 pm	The College of Arts and Letters, Musica Mundana and DeBaun PAC present: "Musical Journey with the Orient Express"	Stevens Institute of Technology DeBaun Performing Arts Center 24 5th Street Hoboken, NJ 07030
Soprano Julie Ziavras is guest soloist with the chamber ensemble Musica Mundana under the Artistic Direction of pianist Aysegul Durakoglu. The musical program is inspired by the journey of the legendary Orient Express which traveled between Paris and Istambul at the end of the 19th century. The international repertory includes waltzes, tangos, gypsy and czardas music by Bartok, Liszt, Strauss and Monti, music by Debussy, Satie, Piazzolla, operatic arias by Lehar and Offenbach and Ottoman court music from the 19th century. Julie will present Ravel's Greek Songs, Offenbach, Massenet, Franz Lehar and Richard Strauss, accompanied by the chamber ensemble. Performers include Members of the Chamber Music Society Musica Mundana; Aysegul Durakoglu, pianist and Artistic Director, cellist Leo Grinhauz, violinist Claudia Schaer and narrator Anthony Pennino. Durakoglu, an acclaimed pianist, has recorded and performed internationally with major orchestras. She began her musical training at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory and as a scholarship recipient continued her studies in NY receiving her Master degree from Juilliard and Ph.D from New York University, where she served on the piano faculty. In 1998, she established the Chamber Music Society Musica Mundana and is currently on the faculty of the Music and Technology Department at the Stevens Institute. General admission to the concert is $10, $5 students and seniors, with Stevens ID admission is free. Reception to follow the concert. Click for link to ticket URL. For further info call: 201-216-8934 or visit: stevens.edu/DeBaunPAC.
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 4:00 pm	Mostly Opera presents: "From Verdi to Verismo"	Jewish Community Center 601 Jefferson Ave Scranton, PA 18510
Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the cast of Mostly Opera in a program of opera arias and scenes by Verdi and the verismo composers. The program is led by Music Director Linda Houck at the piano with Artistic Direction by Anne Marie Dupre. For reservations call: 570-677-4287. More information to come.
2019
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Saturday, March 31, 2019 3:00 pm	Celebration of Life: A Concert for Claudia	Union Presbyterian Church 44 Old Balmville Rd. Newburgh, NY 12550
Julie Ziavras will join a cast of six opera singers celebrating the life of the late soprano Claudia Cummings, who has had a lasting impact on the classical music scene of the Hudson Valley. In her 25 year operatic career, Claudia Cummings had appeared all over the world singing lead operatic roles, including with the NY City Opera, San Francisco Opera and Chicago Lyric Opera. After moving to the Hudson Valley in 1979, she produced numerous concerts throughout the region as the Co-Producing Director of the Festival Theater of New York with her husband, the eminent Shakespearean actor Jack Aranson. She also was the Founder and Artistic Director of the Opera Company of the Highlands (OCH) and Conductor of the Newburgh Symphonic Chorale. Mount Saint Mary College conferred upon her the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. Julie performed in numerous concerts and operas that she directed, including principle roles in her OCH productions of The Marriage of Figaro, Die Fledermaus, Hansel & Gretel and Showboat. This concert is being organized by two of her colleagues from OCH Terri Vargas and Rose Wolvek. For this Celebration, Julie will join the following principal singers of OCH singing arias and ensembles from operas that Claudia directed; Lori-Brown Mirabel, Jeremy Moore, Vira Slywotzky, Jabob Feldman and Rebecca Gordon, with piano accompanist Ryan Kennedy. There will be a showing of selections from Claudia's superb PBS performance of Lucia Di Lammermoor. Claudia's DVDs will be on sale for $15. All the proceeds and donations from this concert will be given to the Alzheimers Foundation and "The Mount Scholarship Fund" in Claudia's name. A reception in Fellowship Hall will follow the concert. For more information, contact Terri Vargas, Chairman at teeanjaa@yahoo.com or call 845-565-6366
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Saturday, May 18, 2019 7:00 pm	The Mostly Opera Company presents: "Prince Orlofsky's Gala Party"	St. Luke's Episcopal Church 232 Wyoming Ave Scranton, PA 18510
Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the cast of Mostly Opera in a program of Act 2 of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss which features a big gala party in which the cast will perform opera and musical theater as part of the celebration. The orchestral ensemble is led by Music Director Linda Houck at the piano with Artistic Direction by Helene Tinsley. Tickets $20 for adults and $10 for students and are available at the door. Free parking. For additional information visit www.mostlyopera.net, email: mostlyoperasings@gmail or call: 570-702-4356.
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Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:00 pm	Mass of Consecration for Bishop elect Anthony Green	Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit 57 Hurlbut Street Albany, NY
Soprano Julie Ziavras will sing the Mass of Consecration for bishop elect Anthony Green in the Catholic Apostolic Church.
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Sunday, September 22 3:00 pm	The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series presents: "Enchantments for a Sunday Afternoon" with Broadway composer Steve Margoshes,	Montgomery Senior Center 36 Bridge Street Montgomery, NY 12549
Soprano Julie Ziavras will join pianist, Broadway composer and arranger Steve Margoshes, composer/pianist Ada Margoshes and baritone Elex Vann in a program of works by Sondheim, Webber and Steve and Ada Margoshes. Featured are songs and duets from Webber's Phantom of the Opera, Sondheim's Company, Barnum and Follies, classical piano works by Debussy and Poulenc for 4 hands, the premiere of a song by Steve Margoshes, songs from Ada Margoshes' show The Little Prince and an arrangement medley of songs from Cirque du Soleil by Steve Margoshes. The concert is free and open to the public as part of the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series. Visit www.montgomerychambermusic.com.
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Sunday, November 17 4:00 pm	Mostly Opera presents: "Mostly Opera goes Cabaret"	Madame Jenny's (inside Ale Mary's) 126 Franklin Ave Scranton, PA 18510
Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the cast of Mostly Opera in a cabaret program of Dynamic Duos, the music of Lerner & Loewe and Rodgers & Hammerstein. The orchestral ensemble is led by Music Director Linda Houck at the piano with Artistic Direction by Anne Marie Dupre. More information to come.
2018
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Saturday, April 21, 2018 7:00 pm	The Mostly Opera Company presents: "Opera... 2, 3, 4" Duets, Trios & Quartets"	Covenant Presbyterian Church 500 Madison Ave Scranton, PA 18510
Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the cast of Mostly Opera in a program featuring memorable duets,trios and quartets from famous operas. Julie will sing the card scene from Bizet's Carmen, which will be staged and costumed, a trio from Mozart's Cosi fan tutte and a dramatic duet from Verdi's Trovatore. The program also includes a duet from Puccini's Madame Butterfly, the quartet from act III of La Boheme, Turandot and duets from Bizet's Pearlfishers and Verdi's Traviata. There will aslo be ensembles from Tales of Hoffmann, Donizetti and Mostly Opera's "Three Tenors". The orchestral ensemble is led by Music Director Linda Houck , Artistic Director Helene Tinsley and staging by LarryVojtko. Tickets $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, $10 for students and are available at the door. Free parking. For additional information visit www.mostlyopera.net, email: mostlyoperasings@gmail or call: 570-702-4356.
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 6:00-8:00 pm	Summer Concert Series Harpswell, Maine Spiros Exaras & Julie Ziavras	Harpswell Bandstand by the Sea Mitchell Field Harpswell, Maine
Vocalist Julie Ziavras will join the internationally renowned classical and jazz guitarist and composer Spiros Exaras for a program of international folk inspired music. They will perform different styles of music, including jazz, folk and world music sing in several different languages. The program will include works by DeFalla and Lorca inspired by Spanish folk melodies. They are joined by guest singer/songwriter and guitarist Ken DeAngelis. The Summer Concert Series at the Harpswell Bandstand by the sea features concerts by prominent American and international musicians sponsored by the Town of Harpswell, Maine. It is free and open to the public. Visit: harpswell.maine.gov.
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 6:00 pm	The Mostly Opera Company presents: "An Odd Couple": The music of Sondheim & Webber	Scranton Hilton 100 Adams Ave Scranton, PA 18510
Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the cast of The Mostly Opera Company for their annual dinner theater performance entitled "An Odd Couple", celebrating the music of Steven Sondheim & Andrew Lloyd Webber. Two of the most famous composers of Broadway, these two greats have written over 50 shows, an "odd coupling" variety of very different styles. The program is accompanied by an instrumental ensemble led by Music Director Linda Houck at the piano. Featured is music from Evita, Cats, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Sunset Boulevard, Follies, Company, Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods, Phantom of the Opera and more, with a special guest appearance by the dancers of the Scranton Civic Ballet. Julie's solos are "Don't Cry for me Argentina" from Webber's Evita and Sondheim's "Ladies who Lunch" from Company. The dinner theater begins with a cash bar cocktail hour at 6:00 pm followed by the full course dinner and the show in the ballroom at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $65 for dinner and the show. Mostly Opera’s dinner cabarets are always very popular and well attended events, so if you are interested in coming, you are encouraged to make a reservation. Call: 570-702-4356 or send a check to: Mostly Opera, P.O. Box 20044, Scranton, PA 18503. Call: 570-702-4356 or send a check to: Mostly Opera, P.O. Box 20044, Scranton, PA 18503.
2017
Link to: COMPLETE CALENDAR of upcoming appearances
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Sunday, April 30, 2017 4:00 pm	The Mostly Opera Company presents: "Opera to Die For"	Covenant Presbyterian Church 500 Madison Ave Scranton, PA 18510
Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the cast of Mostly Opera in a program featuring memorable scenes and arias from operas with scenes of death, destruction, maddness and murder. Operas to include Massenet's Manon, Giordano's "Andrea Chenier", Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" and more. Julie will sing an aria from Catalani's "La Wally" and the Confrontation scene from Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda". The orchestral ensemble is led by Music Director Linda Houck and staging by Larry Vojtko. Tickets $20 for adults and $10 for students. Free parking. For additional information visit www.mostlyopera.net, email: mostlyoperasings@gmail or call: 570-702-4356.
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Sunday, May 7, 2017 3:00 pm	The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series presents: "A Theatrical Concert with Steve and Ada Margoshes"	Montgomery Senior Center 36 Bridge Street Montgomery, NY 12549
A concert of original theater works by composer/pianists Steve Margoshes and Ada Janek Margoshes with guest artists Julie Ziavras & Ken DeAngelis. This extraordinary husband and wife composer/pianist team will perform excerpts from their various theater works. This will be a show that is both fun and virtuosic. The concert, presented by the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series founded by Howard & Judy Garrett, is free and open to the public. For the first half of the program, pianist, composer and Broadway orchestrator Steve Margoshes presents a light-hearted retrospective of his years in music. Best known as the composer of *Fame - the Musical, Steve’s past collaborators include Jim Rado* & Jerry Ragni (authors of *Hair). Steve has written for theatre, symphony, ballet, rock recordings and songs in various styles. His selections include his compositions using Shakespeare’s* text as lyrics for which I (Julie Ziavras) am guest singer, his musical version of *A Midsummer Night’s Dream, excerpts from his soundtrack for a documentary about the Three Stooges* and his Piano Rhapsody *This Is Forever. Julie Ziavras* and Ken DeAngelis with his guitar are guest singers for two songs Steve has written songs in the folk/bluegrass vein. Jeanne-Marie Lowell will join him singing a selection from *“New songs from Oz”* written for the Oztravaganza Festival in Chittenango, NY (birthplace of L. Frank Baum). The second half of the program features Ada Janek Margoshes' grownup musical fantasy *"The Little Prince", which is lyrically beautiful and absolutely charming. It is a musical adaptation of the book The Little Prince, by Antoine de St.-Exupery* sung in English. The cast features wonderful Musical Theater professionals; boy soprano Oliver Nathanielsz as The Little Prince, Julia Nightingale as The Rose and Jonathan Victorian as The Aviator. Julie Ziavras and Jeanne Marie Lowell as The Lady Narrators sing the story narration. Ada accompanies at the piano with a haunting clarinet obligato. This short version of the show is staged and costumed. The concert is free and open to the public. Free refreshments served at intermission. Come early to be ensured a seat.
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Saturday, October 28, 2017 6:00 pm	Mostly Opera Co. presents: "The Ghosts of Tin Pan Alley" Irving Berlin, George Gershwin & Cole Porter	Scranton Hilton 100 Adams Ave Scranton, PA
Julie Ziavras will join the singers of The Mostly Opera Company in a dinner theater program called "The Ghosts of Tin Pan Alley", presenting the music of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin & Cole Porter. These geniuses invented the American sound of music in the 1920s and 30s and introduced a new style of music to the world. The program will include Alexander's Ragtime Band, Blow Gabriel Blow, Begin the Begine, Whote Christmas, Night and Day, It's delovely, Anything Goes, Embraceable You, In the Still of the Night, Summertime and more. The dinmer theater begins with a cash bar at 6:00 pm followed by the full course dinner and show in the ballroom. Tickets are $65 for dinner and the show. Call: 570-702-4356 or send a check to: Mostly Opera, P.O. Box 20044, Scranton, PA 18503.