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On March 30, 2007, Cincinnati Opera presented rising tenor Mark Panuccio in a recital at Memorial Hall. The performance included a selection of well-known Neapolitan love songs, as well as works of Strauss, Britten and Liszt. Mark is a frequent performer on the Cincinnati Opera stage. This summer he will sing the role of Mao Tse-Tung in Cincinnati Opera's presentation of Nixon in China. Kenneth Griffiths, Professor of Accompanying at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music accompanies on the piano.

Evans Mirageas, Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Opera, introduces Mark Panuccio

INTRODUCTION

Cincinnati Opera Artistic Director Evans Mirageas sets the stage for Mr. Panuccio's performances.

Panuccio, with Kenneth Griffiths, Professor of Accompanying at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music at the piano, sings Pace non trovo from Tre sonetti di Petrarca by Liszt

Pace non trovo from Tre sonetti di Petrarca by Franz Liszt

Mattinata by Ruggero Leoncavallo

L’ultima canzone by Francesco Paolo Tosti

Aprile by Francesco Paolo Tosti

O Sole Mio by Eduardo di Capua