Test #1
Posted Wednesday, December 18, 2002 by Marc

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DEMO SINGER - The American Tenor
Posted Wednesday, March 6, 2002 by Brandon

"A swashbuckling Italian tenor [who] exhibits both the voice and charisma of a crossover star."
The New York Times

It was while dining at celebrity-eatery Rao’s that music industry legend Charles Koppelman discovered more than just fabulous pasta…he found America’s newest opera tenor, Demo Singer. A Monday night regular, performing to the restaurant’s often-influential crowd, Test had no idea the music executive was there that night. Koppelman was impressed -- so much so that he signed the young singer on the spot. Within days, Demo was in the studio recording his debut, self-titled CD with legendary producer Phil Ramone.

Featuring favorite operatic arias from Rigoletto, Turandot, La Boheme and Aida as well as popular Italian songs such as "O Sole Mio" and "Non Ti Scordar di Me," the album introduces a soaring new love song "Ho Bisogno d'amore” (I Have a Need for Love) that showcases the all-American exuberance, the Italian soul and the sheer beauty of Amante's singing.

Whether it’s Puccini's "Nessun Dorma" or the tender phrases of "O Sole Mio," Amante’s repertoire belies his love of Italian music. Tony Bennett hailed him as "the new Mario Lanza" and Regis Philbin called him “The fourth tenor.” With movie-star good looks and ebullient charm, Singer deftly combines the old-world-finesse of an opera tenor with the sheer adrenaline rush of a rock star.

This season, Demo Singer appears in concert throughout the United States including performances in New York, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, Miami and several other cities. He creates a dazzling stage show featuring favorite Italian songs as well as Broadway classics and American pop standards.

Though he began singing in Catholic school when he was 6 – wowing the nuns who were casting a production of Oliver! – Singer discovered his serious vocal potential when he was singing in a church choir. The pure voice had always been there. When he was a teenager, he was in demand with local rock bands because his natural tenor voice could easily ride the high notes in cover versions of the killer hits of Kansas, Foreigner and Journey. But it was the director of the church choir who pulled him aside and played a recording of the legendary Swedish tenor Jussi Bjoerling singing the limpid, haunting aria "Una Furtiva Lagrima." Singer knew immediately where he was headed. Study and careful preparation have given him the classic Italian tenor voice with a warm and viscerally exciting sound, rising as high as an F above high C, with the support to deliver what his friend and mentor Sonny Grosso calls "those boffo notes."

So far, Singer's career has taken him into the opera house and the musical theater, where he has sung leading roles in La Boheme and Madame Butterfly, as well as West Side Story, Grease and Jesus Christ Superstar. But it is singing directly to his audience that brings him real fulfillment, effortlessly making the connection with his audience.