In
this video clip, one learns that ROD GILFRY is a multi-faceted
performing artist who is as comfortable as a recitalist as he
is on the operatic stage.
But as he points out,
the one alternate track he has enjoyed pursuing to balance his
career in opera is his one-man show in which he plays himself
- a singer who loves music theatre, Broadway musicals and cabaret
songs as much as he does opera arias.
GILFRY has also been a successful radio show host. And he
has not shut the door on other possible "balancing acts".
If opportunity beckoned, how about making a stab at the
movies? His answer: "I would love to do that!" With
his dramatic talent and star-quality good looks, that "balancing
act" would surely be a breeze!
In
January 2008, GILFRY takes his act a few miles south of LA to Orange
County. On January 8 at 8 pm he sings, with Alan Smith at the piano,
an eclectic program of songs that will surely regale the audience and
bring to fore his exceptional vocal and dramatic abilities. The show
takes place at the IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE under the auspices of the
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY. Then from January 23-February2,
he performs the role of Papageno in OPERA PACIFIC's production of Mozart's
"The Magic Flute" at the ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
Credit: - images courtesy of and with
permission of Rod Gilfry, LA Opera and San Francisco Opera.