Past Events

February 22, 2025

All About Love

Audience members were treated to a wonderful evening of music.  A wine and cheese reception was sponsored by St Catherine of Siena.  

Performers: Natasha Scheuble, Julie Rumbold, Tess, Klibanoff, Daniel Juarez, and Alexis Zingale on piano.
Video clips available shortly.

November 1, 2024

Divine Divas

Enjoy some video clips:


Natasha Scheuble, Soprano and Julie Rumbold, Mezzo-Soprano  entertained us with a variety of delightful arias and duets.  Accompanied by Stephen Scarlato.

September 21, 2024

MVO’s 2024 Gala

Audience members were treated to a very special evening of dinner and music.
The very talented performers are pictured here:
Schauntice Shepard, Soprano, Julie Rumbold, Mezzo-Soprano, Daniel Juarez, tenor, Luke Scott, Bass-Baritone, Alexis Zingale, piano.

     Program Booklet    Gallery      

August 4, 2024

Viva Verdi! in Concert

Audience members were treated to  a variety of music by Giuseppe Verdi from the operas Aïda, Macbeth, Don Carlo, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata.  

They were performed  beautifully by soprano Kate Norigian, Mezzo-Soprano Julie Rumbold, tenor Daniel Juárez and Alexis Zingale, piano

Viva Verdi Program Booklet  

February 2 and 4, 2024

Werther

This opera tells a story based on the book by Goethe.  Werther is a young poet who falls in love with Charlotte.  Bound by a promise to marry Albert, Charlotte renounces her attraction to Werther.  She marries Albert and makes Werther promise to go away.  But the separation brings no relief to the two young people.  Werther can see no positive outcome for their impossible love.  

November 25, 2023   

Modern Vintage Opera

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Simsbury Celebrates!

Our Performers

Julie Rumbold, Mezzo-Soprano
Rebecca McFarland, Mezzo-Soprano
Sierra Manning, Soprano
Rachel Abrams, Mezzo-Soprano
Thaea Collins, Soprano
David Marottolo, Accompanist

November  05, 2023

MVO's

... at Saltwater Grille in Litchfield CT

A fun filled evening including dinner, a silent auction and lots of entertainment with professional singers performing arias and duets from various composers including Mozart, Verdi and Bizet

Video Clips 

December 10, 2022  

Merry and Bright

A Holiday Concert

A variety of arias and Christmas favorites performed by Andrew Potter, Daniel Juarez and Julie Rumbold accompanied by Blake Hansen.     View Gallery  

November 11 and 13, 2022

Riders to the Sea is a short, tragic one-act opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, set in the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland.  The plot is based on the hopeless struggle of a people against the impersonal but relentless cruelty of the sea.     View Gallery 
Riders Program Booklet   

July 24, 2021

France and Romance Concert        

An afternoon of music from French operas sung by tenor Daniel Juarez and mezzo-soprano Julie Rumbold including music from Carmen, Samson et Dalilia, Faust and Werther.   View Gallery   


March 7, 2020  

Concert of Opera Arias and Art Songs  

 A wide variety of arias and art songs performed by local talent including music from Bizet, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Verdi,  Mozart, Von Gluck and Gounod     View Gallery