Nancy Fox Brings Opera Fest to the United States and Ocean City New Jersey

    VENTNOR, NJ, September 24, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Ocean City Operafest International is an exchange program for young singers from two countries who will live and share a bi-lingual musical experience in Hachenburg, Germany and Ocean City, New Jersey. The students who went to the German Westerwald area in May of 2011 for a week long workshop, now welcome their new German colleagues to Ocean City where they all join additional cast members for a week here.

The opera, "Little Red Riding Hood" by Seymour Barab, stars Kenneth Young, retired from the Metropolitan Opera Chorus, as the wolf, and the role of Little Red is shared by Abby Murphy from Galloway and Julia Koegler of Hachenburg. The mother is Isabelle Benvenuti from Upper Township, and the Grandmother is Florentine Schumacher from Hachenburg. The woodsman is young Melvin Fuchs also of Hachenburg, and sharing the role is Matt Caufield of Ocean City. The opera is interactive, with child volunteers from the audience becoming part of the animated set.

The Philadelphia and South Jersey areas are the location of many immigrants from the Westerwald area in Western Germany. Fox Vocal Arts, the producer of the exchange, welcomes Hammonton's Paul Morris Dance Explosion as a collaborator in the project. Paul's dancers join the Operfest company in these performances. Paul Morris is an Ocean City native, as is Nancy Fox, the producer of many of the areas classic musical events. Presenting an opening musical preview at each "Little Red Riding Hood" performance will be next year's Operafest student group who will travel to Germany in May of 2012. Performances are aimed at children and their families and the admission is by donation. There are four performances: Friday, October 7 at 7PM at The German Society of Pennsylvania, Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa Saturday, October 8 at 10AM at The Presbyterian Church at Hammonton, NJ. Saturday, October 8 at 4PM at The Ventnor Methodist Church in Ventnor, NJ Sunday, October 9 at 4PM at St. Peter's Methodist Church in Ocean City, NJ The Operafest Company will also be performing on Sunday, October 2, at St Peter's Octoberfest dinner in the Stainton Room at 6PM, and at both St. Peter's church services on October 9 at 9AM and 10:45 AM. For more info. go to http://www.foxvocalarts.com

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