The history of The Martha Cardona Theater


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		In just two years, The Martha Cardona Theater has been actively providing opera, musical theater, zarzuela, and other types of music in places you wouldn't expect! From a street festival in Brooklyn Heights to an Easter concert with the Haitian choir Troupe Eclat to an elementary school street fair to an Irish bar/restaurant, our performers have brought the beauty of opera and music to many diverse audiences. See our full list of concerts and performances below.

		July 2011 La fanciulla del West, by Giacomo Puccini Musical director/Pianist: Matthew Lobaugh Rosa D'Imperio, Daniel Snyder, Jason Stearns -Nantucket and NYC Summer sounds...An afternoon of Opera and musical theater Pianist: Matthew Lobaugh Adam Herskowitz, Jorge Ocasio -Nantucket May 2011 Don Carlo, by Giuseppe Verdi Conductor: Eric Halfvarson, Pianist: Tristan Cano Rosa D'Imperio, Gulnara Mitzanova, Nathan Baer, Diego Matamoros, Jorge Ocasio, Nicholas Simpson Performances in NYC and Bay Rige, Bklyn August 2009 Busy Lizzy, by Elizabeth Dembrowsky: An original play for children - Brooklyn Heights & Carroll Gardens libraries - FREE September 2009 Staged scenes from La bohème, Gianni Schicchi, Rigoletto, and L'Elisir d'Amore - The Montague Street Summer Space Festival, Brooklyn Heights - FREE October 2009 Staged scenes from the above operas - Rockaway Artists Alliance, Fort Tilden, Queens - FREE December 2009 Cinderella, by Ruth Newton - Mason Hall, Baruch College, New York City La bohème, by Giacomo Puccini - Brooklyn Heights February 2010 A benefit concert for Haiti w/ Troupe Eclat: featuring Opera, Yiddish Folk music, Musical theater - Brooklyn Heights - FREE March 2010 La bohème, by Giacomo Puccini (in concert) - New York City April 2010 A special appearance at Troupe Eclat's 15th Annual Easter Concert - Flatbush, Brooklyn May 2010 L'Elisir d'Amore, by Gaetano Donizetti - Brooklyn Heights and NYC June 2010 PS8 annual street fair: arias and duets - Brooklyn Heights - FREE An evening of arias, duets, and musical improvisation - Eamonn Dorann's Irish bar/restaurant, Brooklyn Heights - FREE July 2010 A jubilee concert of Opera, musical theater, musical improvisation, and the talents of Marco and Luca Varisco, the youngest members of our group - Brooklyn Heights library - FREE September 2010 Don Pasquale, by Gaetano Donizetti - Brooklyn Heights and New York City November 2010 Gianni Schicchi, by Giacomo Puccini w/ scenes from Cavalleria Rusticana and Tosca December 2010 Hansel and Gretel, by Engelbert Humperdinck - Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and New York City February 2011 - present Otello Salon concerts - New York City February 2011 An Evening in Italy - Bay Ridge, Brooklyn March 2011 An Evening in Italy 2 April 2011 An Evening in Italy 3