SOME ENCHANTED EVENING

A CELEBRATION OF CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY MUSICALS INCLUDING WEST SIDE STORY, CHORUS LINE, LES MISERABLES AND MORE.

Dive into the enchanting world of Broadway with “Some Enchanted Evening.” Join CBC-Radio host Julie Nesrallah, crossover baritone Gino Quilico, and legendary pianist/composer David Warrack on a musical odyssey. This celebration blends classic and contemporary Broadway and West End hits, featuring iconic tunes from West Side Story, Chorus Line, and Les Misérables. Immerse yourself in the magical melodies that resonate with lovers of Broadway, as Nesrallah’s velvety voice, Quilico’s acclaimed baritone, and Warrack’s masterful piano transport you to the heart of musical theatre. It’s an evening of timeless enchantment, where every note echoes the allure of Broadway’s most cherished classics.

GINO QUILICO
Mr. Gino Quilico’s career spans more than forty years and is characterized by his remarkable career. Mr. Quilico has performed more than thirty roles at the opera and on all the most prestigious opera stages in the world: Metropolitan Opera (New York), La Scala (Milan), the Paris Opera, to name a few. than the most important.

It goes without saying that Gino Quilico has sung under the direction of the greatest conductors of the symphonic world: Herbert Von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa and of course Kent Nagano and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Mr. Quilico has participated in more than thirty opera recordings. In 1995, he received a Grammy Award for his participation in Berlioz’s Les Troyens with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

Gino Quilico has also performed with great success in musicals including Notre-Dame de Paris, by Plamondon-Cocciante where he played the role of “Quasimodo” and the role of “Jean Valjean” in Les Misérables.

Mr. Quilico’s involvement is not entirely devoted to opera and music. In 1990, he was one of the few Canadians to be appointed Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Gino Quilico has always had the promotion of lyrical art at heart while being a worthy representative of Canadian culture. This involvement was highlighted when he was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of his talent and dedication to this cause.

JULIE NESRALLAH
Mezzo-soprano Julie Nesrallah is a singer, actress and broadcaster who dazzles audiences with her engaging personality and her rich, expressive voice. Miss Nesrallah has sung for leading opera companies, symphonies, festivals and chamber music ensembles across Canada and the U.S. and around the world. Julie débuted as Isabella in Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri at Pacific Opera Victoria and went on to perform major roles including The Composer in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, Suzuki in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Cenerentola in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Carmen in Bizet’s Carmen and Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto, among others.

Concerts and festivals include engagements in Paris, Vienna, Hong Kong, Jordan, Macau, Brazil. In 2015, Miss Nesrallah sang at Carnegie Hall in New York City in a concert for harp and voice.  She sang God Save the Queen for “Will and Kate” the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their first visit to Canada on Parliament Hill in a performance that was viewed around the world. She was the sole vocalist in “An Evening for Peace” for Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan in Montreal.

Currently, Miss Nesrallah is the host of Tempo on CBC Music, Canada’s national classical music program; and is also the executive producer and star of Carmen on Tap, a company she created that performs Bizet’s opera Carmen as dinner theatre. Julie has been the recipient of several distinguished awards including the Canada Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Award, and most recently the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for her cultural contribution to Canada’s performing arts.

Miss Nesrallah graduated with honours from Carleton University in Ottawa where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in music and continued her studies at McGill University in Montreal graduating with a Performance Diploma.

DAVID WARRACK
David Warrack’s compositional catalogue includes songs, piano pieces, chamber, orchestral and choral works, and sacred material ranging from hymns to a full mass for choir and orchestra. From 1972 to 1991, David wrote the book, music, and lyrics for such shows as Oops!; Being Crazy is Fun; Tease for Two; Counter Melody; Praise; Windsor, and others. David Warrack was born in Calgary, where he remained through his undergraduate degree. He went on to study at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, then moved to Toronto where he studied piano with Boris Berlin, composition with John Beckwith, orchestration with Oscar Morawetz, and arranging with Gordon Delamont. The strongest influence in his professional life, however, came from Broadway conductor/author Lehman Engel.