Friday, July 5, 2019 — 5:30pm
Music of Beethoven, Donizetti, Rossini, Puccini, and others

The Young Tiranno Duo was formed in 2018 after many years of performances together in opera and musical theater productions. Violinist/pianist Elizabeth Young-Tiranno and tenor John Tiranno, equally accomplished in their individual careers, have now joined forces as a duo to perform their unique and varied repertoire. Most recently heard in New York and New Mexico, they are the curators of the Las Palomas Concert Series in Santa Fe, now in its second season. Recently married, they make their home in Santa Fe but travel frequently for performances across the country.

Hailed by The New York Times as “ardent and mellifluous” as well as a “clear-voiced tenor”, John Tiranno’s 2019 engagements include a return to New York City to sing Haydn’s Harmoniemesse with Sacred Music in a Sacred Space, multiple performances of Mahler’s song cycle Das Lied von der Erde with critically-acclaimed chamber music series Chatter in New Mexico, and a debut with Opera Southwest as Mario’s Father in Daniel Catán’s opera Il Postino.  Notable past performances include Berlioz’s Requiem (La Jolla Symphony & Chorus), Handel’s Messiah (Santa Fe Symphony), Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 and Paul Moravec’s The Blizzard Voices (Oratorio Society of New York), Saint-Saëns Requiem (Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra), creating the role of The Young Man in Gisle Kverndokk’s opera Upon this handful of earth (New York Opera Society & Sacred Music in a Sacred Space), Bach’s B minor Mass, Mozart’s Requiem, and the U.S. premiere of Juraj Filas’ Oratio Spei – Requiem (Sacred Music in a Sacred Space), his South American debut in Sao Paulo, Brazil singing Mozart’s Missa in C (Auditorio Ibirapuera), creating the role Trouble in Kverndokk’s Max and Moritz (New York Opera Society), Lord Tolloller in Iolanthe (Nashville Opera), Messiah (Dayton Philharmonic), and recitals at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Jedda, Saudi Arabia.  www.johntiranno.com

Violinist & pianist Elizabeth Young has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Radio City Music Hall, and The United Nations, among other notable venues in New York City, as well as the National Gallery of Art and the Embassy of Italy in Washington, DC.  A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, she has appeared on the BBC, CBS, and CNN, and she has performed concerts throughout the United States and in Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Italy, and Oman.  After over a decade working as a full-time musician in New York City, Elizabeth moved to Santa Fe, where she has performed with the Santa Fe Opera, the New Mexico Philharmonic, the Santa Fe Symphony, the New Mexico Performing Arts Society, Chatter Albuquerque, and the Las Palomas Chamber Music Series, among others.  She continues to travel nationally for chamber music and solo performances as a violinist and pianist, and in 2018, she was the violin soloist with the Santa Fe Community Orchestra in their performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto.  A previous faculty member at the New Mexico School for the Arts and the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association, Elizabeth can be heard regularly at Vanessie’s, improvising everything from Bach to The Devil Went Down to Georgia.  In addition to her musical pursuits, Elizabeth is the General Manager of Las Palomas Hotel in downtown Santa Fe.  For more information, contact Elizabeth at elizabethyoungmusic@gmail.com.