Mystery musicians and tenor soared through melodies on the West End by Caffe Sicilila and Short and Main, Gloucester, Massachusetts, for the downtown block party. I hope to add their names so I can credit the beautiful impromptu arias! Snippets of and ‘O sole mio
*post updated September 4th thanks to Good Morning Gloucester readers! Giovanni Formisano is the mystery tenor — remember that name!- and an excerpt from New England Tenors Weekly:
“A native of Torre del Greco (Naples) Italy, Tenor Giovanni Formisano, began his vocal studies in the United States. After joining the Opera Workshop at the Longy School of music in Cambridge Massachusetts, Mr. Formisano participated in various Opera programs such as the “Key West Summer Opera program” under the direction of Soprano Donna Role, the “Richard Crittenden Opera workshop” and the “New York Summer Opera Scenes” under the direction of Metropolitan Opera Conductor Joshua Greene. Mr. Formisano quickly gained recognition for his Italianate, legato and full lyric sound and was featured in roles such as Rodolfo in G.Puccini’s “La Boheme”, Alfredo in G. Verdi’s “la Traviata” , Ruggero in G.Puccini’s “La Rondine” and Cavaradossi in G. Puccini’s “Tosca”.
Because of his upbringing in the Naples area of Italy, Mr. Formisano also specializes in the Neapolitan song style and has participated in various concerts highliting this very quality…” as highlighted in the New England Tenors Weekly
street ‘o sole mio
Poster annotated TBD (quite the smokescreen)
Good Morning Gloucester 
Joey – that is my very talented friend, Giovanni Formisano singing!!
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Joey,
We were friends of Giovanni 10 to 20 years ago when we lived on the North Shore. We moved to Portland, OR, and lost contact with a lot of our New England acquaintances. We are delighted that he has done well with his singing career and would enjoy being in touch with him again. If you have the time, you can share our contact info with him and give him our best wishes for his continued success.
Thanks,
Wendell & Linda Pierce
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A native of Torre del Greco (Naples) Italy, Tenor Giovanni Formisano, began his vocal studies in the United States. After joining the Opera Workshop at the Longy School of music in Cambridge Massachusetts, Mr. Formisano participated in various Opera programs such as the “Key West Summer Opera program” under the direction of Soprano Donna Role, the “Richard Crittenden Opera workshop” and the “New York Summer Opera Scenes” under the direction of Metropolitan Opera Conductor Joshua Greene. Mr. Formisano quickly gained recognition for his Italianate, legato and full lyric sound and was featured in roles such as Rodolfo in G.Puccini’s “La Boheme”, Alfredo in G. Verdi’s “la Traviata” , Ruggero in G.Puccini’s “La Rondine” and Cavaradossi in G. Puccini’s “Tosca”.
Because of his upbringing in the Naples area of Italy, Mr. Formisano also specializes in the Neapolitan song style and has participated in various concerts highliting this very quality…… as highlighted in the New England Tenors Weekly
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His name is Giovanni Formisano. Very talented
young man. Accomplished tenor.
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Thanks everyone for adding comments and supplying credit where credit is most definitely due! Fantastic tenor. I’ve added his name and the helpful biographical excerpt into the post. Perhaps someone will help fill in the credit for the musicians and more of the song list. When will he perform next?
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Giovanni will perform this Friday, September 28th, at 7:30PM at Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church (at Parish House) in Jamaica Plain, 146 Forest Hills St. In addition to Neapolitan songs, he will perform arias and duets with a Ukrainian soprano, Olga Lisovskaya. The two have performed together at Carnegie Hall and were featured on RAI TV, viewed by millions. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1889334104708495/
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Thank you and shared the notice today
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