During the first four weeks of the campaign, 150 CDs were sold from the website, Music for a Home, to many far reaching places in the world. Orders have come from Germany, Austria, Denmark, the UK, Poland and Singapore - all primarily sold through viral marketing. The website saw its launch last month and has generated nearly 3500 unique views.
Di Villarosa hopes to gain the attention of a major news source in order to make his campaign a huge success. His talent speaks for itself.
"I am thrilled with the way the album has progressed. It's full of arias and Neapolitan love songs that are very close to my heart. I hope to save our home but to also bring opera to a starving culture," quoted the Metropolitan Opera veteran.
As a principle artist at the Metropolitan Opera, di Villarosa has shared the stage with Placido Domingo and other world renowned artists. Additionally, he has performed on the stage of the New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, Caramoor Summer Festival, Dallas Opera, Stuttgart Staatstheater, Opera Narodowa Warsaw, Poland and the Mannheim National Theater, Landestheater Linz, Austria.
Of his performances, The New York Times said, "As Alvaro, Emmanuel di Villarosa sang passionately, with plenty of ringing top notes." The Financial Times commented, "Emmanuel di Villarosa was exciting in Alvaro's taxing Act Three aria, cut in the revision, and elsewhere his thrilling high notes and firm tone never faltered."
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About Emmanuel di Villarosa
This internationally acclaimed tenor has been thrilling audiences in the United States and Europe for the past 15 years. He is in such high demand that he sings an average of 65 performances a year and is contracted into 2011. His vast repertoire, Italianate style and amazing technique will leave you breathless. His recent performance of Verdi's original version of La Forza del Destino was a grand success. Performed at the renowned Caramoor Summer Festival and under the baton of noted conductor Will Crutchfield, Emmanuel skillfully negotiated the difficult passages set forth by Verdi in this masterpiece. Before Verdi's death in 1901, he had to revise this opera discovering that the role was far too difficult for the average tenor.
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Please visit Emmanuel di Villarosa's websites for more information:
Music for a Home
Emmanuel di Villarosa, Official Site
Press:
North County Times Feature: Sun shining through mist for Big Apple Tenor
For media inquiries, please contact:
Jill Hatzioannou
jill@divillarosa.com