Zoltan DiBartolo – Virago Theatre Company presents Verdi’s soaring opera, La Traviata

Zoltan DiBartolo is a dapper and charming!

Zoltan DiBartolo comes from a long and diverse vocal background that spans 25 years and includes the genres of Opera, Classical, Jazz, Tango, Salsa, Cabaret, and Vaudeville.  His classical singing career began in 1998 as a tenor in Seattle’s Cascadian Chorale, with Brahm’s German Requiem.  In recent years, Zoltan has directed his efforts towards a long-time dream of becoming an opera singer.  His opera debut came in May 2009, with San Francisco’s Goat Hall Productions, in Christopher J. Pratorius’ contemporary opera Roxane de Boveda, Harriet M. Page directing.  His first major role was Shaunard in Virago Theater Company’s La Boheme,Robert Lundy-Paine directing.  Mr. DiBartolo has been a tenor soloist with the prestigious UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, and also with the UC Berkeley Summer Symphony, in which he performed Beethoven’s 9^th Symphony.

This past winter, Mr. DiBartolo played Enrico Caruso in the contemporary musical The Last Night of the Barbary Coast, written and directed by Jessa Brie Berkner.  In the same season, he sang with Berkeley West Edge Opera in Handel’s Xerxes and The Carmen Fixation, and was the tenor soloist for the Solano Chamber Society’s production of Handel’s Messiah.

In other musical arenas, Zoltan is the singer for San Francisco’s acclaimed Tango Number Nine,  and a featured vocalist in Allison Lovejoy’s Cabaret Classique.

He will be performing in The Red Poppy Arthouse Family Art Program on Thursday, April 21, 2011.

Virago Theatre Company presents Verdi’s soaring opera, La Traviata

Zoli, has two roles in this one– Zoli is playing the larger of the two, Gastone, on April 30th and May 8th (and also for the preview on April 28th), so get your tickets for those nights if you want a little more vitamin Z with your opera…

April 28, 7PM – sliding scale preview $10-$30, Robert Ashens conducting
April 30, 8PM – champagne opening night
May 6, 8PM – Talk Back with Director and cast
May 8, 2PM – Mothers Day event; $40 for special pre-show H’ors d’oevres, Robert Ashens conducting
May 14, 8PM – closing with wine and and cheese from Blacksmith Cellars

Virago Theatre Company presents Verdi’s soaring opera, La Traviata, at Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda. Directed by Harriett March Page of Goat Hall Productions, with Musical Direction by Andrew Whitfield, and starring SF Opera member Eileen Meredith, with Ray Chavez, Jo Vincent Parks and Andrew Whitfield, along with Zoli DiBartolo, Jennifer Schwarz, Michael Crozier, Branislav Radokovich, Roger McCracken, Gianmarco Moristica and Elizabeth Wells.  With a special appearance by Wendy Allen and Fat Chance Belly Dance!

In Italian with English translations.