Three Tenors Plus 1

Three Tenors Plus 1
Three Tenors Plus 1
Three Tenors Plus 1
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If two's company and three's a crowd, then four must be a concert! 3 Tenors Plus 1 mixes theater shaking voices with side splitting humor to create a program like no other. With their combined experience on the opera stage and concert platform as well as radio and television, 3 Tenors Plus 1 brings you an evening of everything from operatic arias and musical theater standards to Irish ballads and Neapolitan love songs, with a Yiddish lullaby thrown in for good measure! Host Warren Moulton and fellow tenors Franco Martorana, Simon Kyung Lee and Daniel Vines raise the rafters with beautiful harmonies and laughs. An unforgettable evening of high notes and hijinks!

Warren Moulton

During the past two decades, tenor Warren Moulton has performed over 50 lead and character roles in Tosca, La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Giovanni, The Tales of Hoffmann, Die Fledermaus, The Desert Song and others for such companies as Chicago Opera Theater, Glimmerglass Opera, Madison Opera, Pamiro Opera, Light Opera Works, Du Page Opera, Chicago Chamber Opera and Lincoln Opera. A veteran of over 200 concert and recital performances, Mr. Moulton has soloed with Wheaton Symphony, Elgin Symphony, the Chicago Symphonic Pops, Illinois Valley Symphony and others. This former nightclub comic was also the host of the immensely popular "Wednesday Opera" and "Classical Cabaret" series at the Chicago Cultural Center and the "Summer Opera" concert series at Grant Park.

Franco Martorana

The son of a Sicilian tenor, Franco Martorana made his operatic stage debut as Camille in The Merry Widow for Lincoln Opera.  Other favorite roles include Alfredo in La Traviata, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Cavaradossi in Tosca and Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana.  In 1997, Mr. Martorana was invited to sing the roles of Alfredo and Turiddu in productions of La Traviata and Cavalleria Rusticana with the Opera Theatre of Humbach, Germany.  This golden voiced tenor has also gained a well deserved reputation for his interpretations of Neapolitan songs.

Simon Kyung Lee

This former Korean child star began his musical studies at Dong Eui University in his hometown of Busan.  After migrating to the U. S., Mr. Lee continued his studies at Roosevelt University. His solo debut came about during a 1994 production of La Bohème, when the tenor took on the role of Rodolfo for an indisposed colleague.  Since this unexpected debut, Mr. Lee has made a great impression on public and critics alike in such roles as Radames in Aïda, Manrico in Il Trovatore, Ismaele in Nabucco, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Luigi in Il Tabarro, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi and Calaf in Turandot.  Mr. Lee has been enjoying his association with Utah Festival Opera, Da Corneto Opera, Opera Carolina, Kansas City Puccini Festival, Sunstate Opera and others.   

Daniel Vines

This many faceted artist brings 30 years of experience in opera, operetta, musical theater and concert to 3 Tenors Plus 1.  Mr. Vines has performed leading and supporting roles in Sweeney Todd, Brigadoon, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Student Prince and The Marriage of Figaro for such companies as Fort Worth Opera, Opera Colorado, Michigan Opera and Dayton Opera.  In addition to his stage work, Mr. Vines has sung numerous concerts and radio broadcasts of gospel music and has appeared in such oratorios as Messiah, Judas Maccabeas, Carmina Burana, St. John’s Passion, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia, Dvorak’s Requiem and Gounod’s Messe Solennelle

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