After astounding audiences with his exhilarating voice earlier this year at the Melbourne Town Hall, rising opera star will be singing tribute to the late Mario Lanza at Melba Hall in February of 2007. ShowBiz Management promoter Jack Strom says that he is delighted with the presentation of the outstanding talent appearing in this fantastic concert: "I am thrilled that the public will once again have the opportunity to hear Sasha's magnificent and powerful voice." A television producer with over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry, representing artists such as Vanessa Amorosi (whom he discovered), Olivia Newton-John's daughter Chloe Lattanzi, in addition to working with performers like Graham Kennedy and Ernie Sigley , Strom can recognize exceptional talent when he hears and sees it.
Sasha Novak received vocal coaching under the guidance of Dr Margaret Grace Bennett, whose vocal technique goes back to the legendary tenor, Jean de Reszke. Sasha completed the prestigious Graduate Diploma in Opera at the Victorian College of the Arts, during which the late distinguished conductor Robert Rosen described Sasha as having a "voice which can conquer the opera world." Sasha then lived and trained in Germany before returning to Australia to record his debut album Wagner's Heldentenor, stunning listeners in over 20 countries with his exceptional voice and interpretation, and praised by critics as "absolutely breathtaking.
" Tribute to the Young Mario Lanza will focus on Lanza's early years, particularly the major influences and inspirations on his life and music. Born in 1921, the year that the great Enrico Caruso passed away, Mario Lanza became an international sensation during the early 1950s with his many successful recordings and Hollywood blockbuster films. The world was devastated by Lanza's untimely death at the young age of 38, with some people believing that the Mafia may have somehow been involved.
Former 20th Century Fox and United Pictures Motion Picture executive and AFI award winning film Distributor/Producer , Music Promoter Greg Lynch will be narrating the show.
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