Local Montauk School student, 13 year-old Faith Mullaly joins award-winning singer/PBS-TV Host, Cristina Fontanelli (www.cristinafontanelli.com ), on-stage at the Basilica of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton, NY on Saturday, August 17 , 2024 at 7:30 p.m. Faith will perform the great Broadway classic from Les Miserable ‘I Dreamed a Dream’. Ms. Mullaly was invited back after her 2023 stellar performance. The Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts is located at, 168 Hill St., Southampton, NY 11968 https://www.shjmbasilica.org/ and is within walking distance of shops and restaurants. This charitable concert helps raise funds for the preservation of this historic Basilica in the heart of Southampton.
Faith Mullaly is entering 8th grade this September. She has participated in NYSSMA and is a regular cantor at St. Therese of Lisieux Church in Montauk. Due to the quality of her outstanding voice young Faith has been invited to sing at the Bay Street Theatre, the Old Whaler’s Church, the Blessing of the Montauk Fleet in June 2024, the Montauk Lighthouse for the restoration ceremony (attended by Governor Kathy Hochul) and now, for the 2nd year in a row, Faith is invited to join Cristina Fontanelli on-stage alongside her world-class guest performers on August 17. Christina Tsaveras (21 year-old) who choreographs and trains local youth for the Southampton Youth Services, Inc. will be dancing.
Opera & Broadway of the Hamptons is produced under the auspices of The Cristina Fontanelli Foundation Inc.(www.thecristinafontanellifoundation.org) a 501 c-3 whose mission statement is to produce concerts and family-friendly entertainment content on-stages (including Carnegie Hall) and across the spectrum of the media giving children/youth performance opportunities, providing tickets to under-privileged families and Veterans and spreading awareness about the scientifically-proven healing benefits of classical music and the Arts on society and personal health.
This concert highlights famous arias/duets from La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, etc. and Broadway hits from West Side Story, Hamilton, My Fair Lady and more, plus famous Italian songs such as ‘O Sole mio’ and Granada.
Starring and hosted by award-winning singer PBS, /WLIW and CBS-TV host, Cristina Fontanelli will perform (“Cristina Fontanelli at Feinsteins at the Regency is like seeing a cross between Maria Callas and Ethel Merman ” – Forbes Magazine) plus guest tenor, Matthew Cerillo. who made his Lincoln Center debut at age 24 and is one of opera’s most sought after young tenors. Russian pianist Alexander Chaplinskiy (from St.Petersburg) awards include a performance at Carnegie Hall and the Moscow Music Competition award.
Opera and Crossover singer Cristina Fontanelli (www.cristinafontanelli.com) is a highly acclaimed has also hosted on PBS/WLIW for Andrea Bocelli in Central Park and has appeared with Tony Bennett, at Carnegie Hall and has sung throughout the United States and the world. Ms. Fontanelli is known in the Hamptons for her appearances at the Hampton Classic, at Guild Hall, as leading soprano of Opera of the Hamptons, and at various charity and VIP events.
Tickets can be purchased online thru: www.purplepass.com/OBHSH2024 or by calling 1-800-316-8559. Groups/Info: 212-967-1926 or info@cristinafontanelli.com
