CONNECTICUT SUMMER OPERA FOUNDATION CONNECTICUT LYRIC OPERA SUMMER INSTITUTE present Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) Performed by singers of the CLO’s Summer Opera  Institute CONNECTICUT VIRTUOSI SUMMER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA ADRIAN SYLVEEN – ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR, JURATE SVEDAITE – STAGE DIRECTOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD, 7:30 PM WESTOVER SCHOOL 1237 WHITTEMORE ROAD, MIDDLEBURY CONNECTICUT TICKETS [...]

The Virtuosi is pleased to announce the 2014-2015 season of orchestral concerts and operas, building upon a 17 year tradition as Connecticut’s premiere chamber orchestra and, in our co-productions with Connecticut Lyric Opera, offering the state’s only full-season professional opera. October 2014 Heritage Concert: Music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Roccoco Variations and More Kathleen Schiano, [...]

The new CD Album by CT Virtuosi Concertmaster, Brunilda Myftaraj is on sale now at the Virtuosi Records website.

CLO’s “Madama Butterfly” flies on the wings of Svedaite’s title role By Milton Moore Published May 17. 2014 4:00AM   Updated May 17. 2014 5:47PM New London — Of the Big Three Puccini operas — “Tosca,” “La Boheme” and “Madama Butterfly” — “Butterfly” is the most perilous and the least performed, despite its wonderful score. [...]