NYFOS: Gracias a la vida
$20-$70 ($10 student – at the box office or call 212-501-3330); on sale August 8
- César Andrés Parreño, tenor
- Shelén Hughes, soprano
- Steven Blier, piano & host
The Mainstage season continues on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 8pm with "Gracias a la vida," a musical tour of South America, with songs from Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. The program features Ecuadorian tenor César Andrés Parreño and Bolivian soprano Shelén Hughes, with Steven Blier as pianist and host.
About César Andrés Parreño, tenor
About Shelén Hughes, soprano
Bolivian soprano Shelén Hughes passionately believes in education, social service, and music as core values in life. Previous credits include Snegurochka from Rimsky- Korsakov's 'Snegurochka' (Manhattan School of Music), Micaëla in Bizet's 'Carmen' (Chautauqua Institution), Magda in Puccini's 'La Rondine' and her Carnegie Hall soloist debut in April of 2019. Ms. Hughes was awarded 1st Place and People's Choice Award in the Harlem Opera Theater competition in 2017 and was a winner in the SAI Competition at the Chautauqua Institution in 2018.
Ms. Hughes is the founder of Voices for Bolivia, an international non-profit organization for children, woman and elderly in need in Bolivia, fully funded by classical music. She graduated with her BM receiving the honorary Hugh Ross award from the Manhattan school of Music and is a recipient of the 2018-19 Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Scholarship.